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
Marianne Engelman Lado, Esq. (Secretary) Visiting Professor of Law, Environmental Justice Clinic, Vermont Law School and Lecturer, Yale School of Public Health, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Sarangi Iyengar (Treasurer) Senior Manager of Corporate Compliance, Oscar Health
Charles H. Allison, Jr. Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Finance, Energy Policy, and Sustainability Management and Faculty Director, The Finance Lab at The New School
Dennis A. Derryck, Ph.D. Founder and President, Corbin Hill Food Project
David Evans, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus at Columbia University Medical Center in Pediatrics and Public Health
Eric A. Goldstein, Esq. Senior Attorney and New York Environment Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Albert Huang, Esq. Senior Attorney, Environmental Justice, Healthy People & Thriving Communities Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
Jeff Jones Consultant, Jeff Jones Strategies
Ken P. Mak Director of Investor Relations, JANA Partners LLC
Vernice Miller-Travis Principal at Miller-Travis & Associates and Senior Associate in the Community Planning and Design Group of Skeo Solutions
Phillip Morrow President and CEO of SoBRO
Peggy M. Shepard Co-Founder and Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Dart Westphal Senior Associate, Support Center for Nonprofit Management

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