Confirmed Plenary Speakers
Dorceta E. Taylor
James E. Crowfoot Collegiate Chair and Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability
Annie Leonard
Beverly Wright
Founder and Executive Director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
Kyle Powys Whyte
Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Department of Community Sustainability at Michigan State University
David Pellow
Dehlsen and Department Chair of Environmental Studies and Director of the Global Environmental Justice Project at the University of California Santa Barbara
Deeohn Ferris
Vice President of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the National Audubon Society
Gerald Torres
Professor of Environmental Justice at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Peggy Shepard
Vernice Miller-Travis
Gregory Jenkins
Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, Geography, and African Studies at Pennsylvania State University
Shelton Johnson
Park Ranger at Yosemite National Park
Rachel Morello-Frosch
Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health
Donele Wilkins
Malik Yakini
Kim Moore Bailey
Chief Executive Officer at Youth Outside
Tony Reames
Assistant Professor at University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability
Eva Hernandez-Simmons
Deputy National Program Director at the Sierra Club
Rosita Scarborough
Interim Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at The Nature Conservancy
Rachel Leon
Executive Director at the Environmental Grantmakers Association
Nayyirah Shariff
Director of Flint Rising
Savi Horne
Executive Director at the Land Loss Prevention Project
Jamie Williams
President at The Wilderness Society
Denise Porche
Executive Director at the Island Foundation
Manuel Pastor
Distinguished Professor, Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity; Director, USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE); Director, USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII)
University of Southern California Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Other Confirmed Featured Speakers
Kerry Ard
Associate Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Sociology at The Ohio State University School of Environment and Natural Resources
Marccus Hendricks
Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation at University of Maryland
Carla Dhillon
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Bryn Mawr College
Mona Munroe-Younis
Executive Director at Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint
Manu Maunganidze
Member of the board of directors at Bristol Green Capital Partnership CIC
Xueying Yu
Associate Professor of Economics at Beihang University School of Economics and Management
Confirmed Workshop Leaders
Ashley Richardson
Associate Director of Career Services at University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability
Kim Elliott
Director of the Office of Academic Programs and Chief Enrollment Manager at University of Michgan School for Environment and Sustainability
Mary Adelzadeh
Senior Program Officer at First Nations Development Institute
Cedric Taylor
Associate Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at Central Michigan University
Kate Levy
Filmmaker at Kate Levy Productions
Max Weintraub
Regional Lead Enforcement Coordinator at the Environmental Protection Agency
Mayra Cruz
Climate Resilience Program Manager at Catalyst Miami
Mary Jones
Community Organizer for Western Massachusetts and Connecticut with the Toxics Action Center
Saachi Kuwayama
Legislative Intern for the House Committee on Natural Resources
A.J. Hudson
Environmental Fellow at UPROSE and Ph.D. student at University of Miami
Elena Huisman
Grants and Program Manager at Growald Family Fund
Ogonnaya Dotson Newman
Senior Program Officer in the Environment Program at The JPB Foundation