Our Team
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Dr. Beverly Wright
Founder & Executive Director
Dr. Beverly L. Wright is an award-winning environmental justice scholar, advocate, author, civic leader, professor of Sociology, and the Founder and Executive Director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ), the first-ever environmental justice center in the United States. Under the Biden administration, Dr. Wright was appointed to the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, where she advises on how the federal government can address current and historic environmental injustices.
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Windy Beck
Water & Energy Justice Project Researcher
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Amanda Bonam
Interim Network Manager, NBEJN
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Kim Boyd
Executive Assistant to Dr. Beverly Wright
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Celeste Cooper
Grants & Special Projects Manager
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Kim Dunn
Technical Training Director, Worker Training Program
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Simone English
Research Associate
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Monique Harden
Director of Law & Policy and Community Engagement Program Mgr.
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Ginger LeBlanc
Communications Director
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Bruce McClue
Technical Training Mgr., Worker Training Program
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Michelle Nwagwu
Evaluation Coordinator
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Javonda Nix
Community & Student Engagement Program Mgr.
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Olivia Lopez
Government Affairs & Community Engagement Manager
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Rhonda Smith
Finance & Operations Manager
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Kim Sawyers
Salesforce Admin and Data Manager
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Barbara Shelby
Wrap Around Service Facilitator, Worker Training Program
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Stella Takizala
Fiscal Manager
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Michelle Wales
Director of Development & Grants Management
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Mary Williams
Director of Community & Student Engagement
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Dr. Danielle Wright
Navigate NOLA – Division Director
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Della Wright
Director of Evaluation & Assistant Director of Navigate NOLA