Our Team

WE ACT’s staff is made up of a dynamic team of activists, lawyers, community organizers, public health experts, and local Uptown residents. We are committed to the mission of achieving environmental and climate justice both in New York City and nationwide.

Board of Directors

Gregory J. Anderson (Chair)
Agent at New York Life Insurance Company & Financial Services Professional at NYLIFE Securities LLC, New York, NY

Marianne Engelman Lado, Esq. (Secretary)
Florence Rogatz Visiting Professor, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Sarangi Iyengar (Treasurer)
Senior Manager of Compliance, Oscar Health

Charles H. Allison, Jr.
Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Financial Management and Sustainability, The New School, New York, NY

Dennis A. Derryck, Ph.D.
Founder and President, Corbin Hill Food Project, New York, New York

David Evans, Ph.D.
Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences, Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

Eric A. Goldstein, Esq.
Senior Attorney and New York Environment Director, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY

Albert Huang, Esq.
Senior Attorney, Environmental Justice, Healthy People & Thriving Communities Program, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY

Jeff Jones
Consultant, Jeff Jones Strategies, Albany, NY

Ken P. Mak
Director of Investor Relations, JANA Partners LLC, New York, NY

Vernice Miller-Travis
Co-Founder, WE ACT and Senior Advisor for Environmental Justice and Equitable Development, SKEO, Charlottesville, VA

Phillip Morrow
Chairman, Morrow & Associates, Bronx, NY

Peggy M. Shepard
Co-Founder and Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, New York, NY

Dart Westphal
Senior Associate, Support Center for Nonprofit Management, New York, NY

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