Sarah resides in Oakland California and is the Director of The Capacity Collaborative. She has founded and managed numerous nonprofit organizations throughout her career and has specialized in building financial, communications and leadership capacity for vulnerable.communities. Sarah has worked with Native American Tribes throughout the American Southwest for over 20 years to help build their green economies and protect their environments. She has served as a national and international capacity building and leadership trainer and has trained in capacity building, advocacy, community outreach and leadership in countries around the world. She holds a BA in International Relations from San Francisco State University and an MS in Environmental Geography from Cambridge University.

Elaine resides in Oakland California and is Associate Director of the Capacity Collaborative. Elaine has worked with companies, government agencies and nonprofits on issues such as climate change, reducing plastics, recycling, composting and water contamination through training, research and analysis, feasibility studies and analysis of markets and businesses. She brings over fifteen years of management and consulting experience in education, sustainability, and health care, with an emphasis on developing and implementing strategic, marketing and sales plans with multidisciplinary teams. Elaine has also served as Director of Dominican University’s Green MBA program. She holds an MBA in Sustainable Enterprise from Dominican University of California and a B.S. in Nutrition and Dietetics from Southern Illinois University, summa cum laude.

Kathleen resides in Montgomery Alabama and is a Senior Associate for the Collaborative. She is an environmental engineer and climate activist with a passion for helping rural communities. Kathleen earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical and ocean engineering from the University of Rhode Island and pursued graduate studies in sustainability and Biomimicry. She brings over three decades of experience building coalitions among disparate stakeholder interests to generate community-based sustainability solutions through strong engagement and strategic communications. A LEED Accredited Professional (AP) since 2009, she was among the first Sustainable SITES APs and is the first Just Communities Accredited Practitioner. Kathleen is based in Montgomery, Alabama and honors local organizing and the legacy of the civil rights movement in all that she does.

Nakisa Glover, resides in North Carolina and is a Senior Associate. She is a climate and environmental justice practitioner, tech advocate, cultural consultant, thought leader, and community engagement expert. She develops strategies across activism, films, music, and podcasts that engage millennials, Gen Z, artists, entertainers, community leaders, entrepreneurs, politicians, and other stakeholders to create more equitable, sustainable, and regenerative communities. Nakisa is the Founder of Sol Nation, a Charlotte-based nonprofit that advocates for real solutions for the Charlotte community, and serves in several leadership roles to advance equity and wellness including former Regional Partnership Coordinator of Girls Who Code, where she closes gender and diversity gaps in technology; former Think 100% Organizer for Hip Hop Caucus, where she highlights solutions to climate change and environmental injustices to help make Think 100% The Coolest place in the climate movement.

Lindsay resides in Detroit Michigan and is a Senior Associate for the Collaborative. Her experience is centered in environmental and climate justice, LGBTQIA+ rights, movement building, impact and narrative strategy. She has worked on campaigns and built programs with a range of organizations including Southeast Climate & Energy Network,Young Entertainment Activists, Exposure Labs, Doc Society, New Zero World, Peoples Climate Movement, GLSEN, Save Sutro Forest, Sierra Club, and MoveOn. Throughout her career, she has received extended training in DEIJ and anti-oppression approaches and has built expertise in movement and impact strategy, grassroots organizing, coalition building, strategic planning, organizational development, recruitment, team building and training, leadership development and more.

Jill resides in Hoopa California and is a Senior Associate for the Collaborative and it also the Executive Director of the Native American Environmental Protection Coalition (NAEPC). Jill supports efforts to reach out to Tribes in California, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona to provide guidance on new and existing Tribal approaches and programs in the solid waste, climate, water and wastewater arenas. Jill is a member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and currently serves on their Tribal Council. She is the newest, and the first Native American Tribal member of the AB32 Environmental Justice Advisory Committee for the California Air Resources Board.

Cynthia resides in Santa Fe New Mexico and is a Senior Associate for the Collaborative. She is an enrolled member of the Hopi Tribe and is Tewa and Ihanktowan Dakota Oyate (Yankton Sioux). Throughout the past 15 years, Cynthia has worked to build Tribal environmental capacity and seeks to ensure that the communities she works with and for, maintain a balance between environmental protection and public health and safety. She currently chairs the New Mexico Tribal Resiliency Action Network and enjoys establishing partnerships with neighboring Tribes, Pueblos, Federal and State agencies. Cynthia is a graduate of Arizona State University, where she obtained her BS in American Indian Studies.

As a Lead Associate, Eleni is based in Vieques Puerto Rico and is one of the lead coordinators of the Vieques Recycling Partnership and the founder of Vieques Earth Week. Eleni is managing the Water Resiliency and the Closing America’s Wastewater Gap projects, focused on the communities in Vieques without access to running water or other utilities. Eleni graduated with an M.S. from the University of North Texas in Behavior Analysis and did her undergraduate degree at Western Michigan University in Organizational Psychology.

As an Outreach Coordinator, Idarys resides in Adjuntas Puerto Rico an is focused on ensuring safe, clean drinking to her community in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. In 2016, Idarys was elected to serve as secretary of the Board of Directors of their community water system. Most recently, she has provided communications and outreach to non-PRASA systems in central Puerto Rico. Ms. Garcia studied at The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico obtaining a BS in Secondary Education, and later obtained a second BA at the University of Puerto Rico in Office Systems, achieving Magna Cum Laude.

As a Senior Advisor, Lauralee resides in Walnut Creek California, has an MBA in Sustainable Enterprise and has served as Director of Dominican University’s GreenMBA program. She has executive management and leadership expertise gathered from 25 years in the financial, hi-tech and health care industries. Lauralee co-facilitated leadership and internal/external communications training to water systems and government agencies in over 26 states to gather support for water initiatives. In addition, she has led efforts to develop waste management, solar, climate adaptation and other plans and recycling enterprises for southwestern Tribes.

Comfort resides in Entebbe Uganda and is co-Director of Women’s Climate Centers Uganda. She is a public health specialist who encourages a systemic and holistic approach in the promotion of low-cost climate change solutions. Her Current focus and passion is development of innovative climate change solutions that offer sustainable and inclusive services with a key focus on the circular economy and leaving no one behind. She also serves as the Principle Investigator for Amref Health Africa and the African Academy of Sciences to pilot a digital sanitation project targeting informal settlements in.

Godliver resides in Fort Portal Uganda and is co-Director of Women’s Climate Center’s Uganda. She is a passionate Water Sanitation and Hygiene champion with over 8 years’ experience of working with rural grassroots communities from Uganda Kenya and Tanzania. Her specialty is training, designing and constructing low cost environmentally friendly technologies like toilets (micro flush, pour flush, composting, eco sans, double VIP toilet), Bio sand filters, rain water harvesting tanks, and promoting vermiculture and energy saving stoves.

Rose lives in Kakamega Kenya and is co-Director of Women’s Climate Centers Kenya. Her work addresses the interconnected impacts of climate change in vulnerable communities, focusing on low-cost environmentally appropriate technologies, advocacy and leadership. Rose has over 10 years experience working with grassroots communities in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania coordinating and managing various development programs

Rosemary resides in Kisumu Kenya and is co-Director for Women’s Climate Centers Kenya. She is a community activist and expert in community dialogue. She has developed multiple training manuals on climate smart agriculture and bio intensive agriculture and other related technologies. She is deeply experienced in developing “train community” and “train the trainers” programs.