Our Team

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

Board of Directors

Jeff Jones (Chair)
Consultant
Jeff Jones Strategies
Albany, NY

Ken P.  Mak (Treasurer)
Investor Relations Professional
New York, NY

Nancy Anderson, Ph.D. (Secretary)
Founder
Nancy E. Anderson Associates
New York, NY

Lakeisha McCoy Aquino
Software & Platforms Global Marketing Lead
Accenture
New York, NY

Peter Bokor
Vice President
The Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation
New York, NY

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

David Evans, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociomedical Sciences
Columbia University Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY

Abiola Fasehun, Esq.
Executive Leadership Fellow
Tiffany & Co.
Livingston, NJ

Eric A. Goldstein, Esq.
Senior Staff Attorney
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
New York, NY

Neetin Gulati
Senior Director
Ankura Consulting Group
New York, NY

Sarangi Iyengar
Vice President
Deutsche Bank
St. Johns, FL

Christy Loper
Environment Program Director
Robertson Foundation
Brooklyn, NY

Vernice Miller-Travis (WE ACT Co-Founder)
Executive Vice President
Metropolitan Group
Bowie, MD

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

Marielle Villar Martiney
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES)
Brooklyn, NY

Crystal Romeo Upperman
Vice President of Social Performance& Resilience
AECOM
Washington DC

Dart Westphal
Senior Associate
Support Center Partnership in Philanthropy
Bronx, NY

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