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

Gregory J. Anderson (Chair)
Interim President & CEO
Bridge Street Development Corporation
New York, NY

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

Marianne Engelman Lado, Esq., (Secretary)
Visiting Professor
Vermont Law School
New York, NY

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

Rory Christian
Principal
Concentric Consulting Group, LLC.
New York, NY

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

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

Abiola Fasehun
Executive Leadership Fellow
Tiffany & Co.
New York, NY

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

Sarangi Iyengar
Senior Manager of Compliance
Oscar Health
New York, NY

Jeff Jones
Consultant
Jeff Jones Strategies
Albany, NY

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

Phillip Morrow
President (retired)
South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp

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

Dart Westphal
Senior Associate
Support Center Partnership in Philanthropy
New York, NY

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