Our Team

WE ACT’s staff is made up of a dynamic team of activists, lawyers, community organizers, public health experts, and local residents of Harlem. 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) // Senior Managing Director, Lebenthal, New York, NY
  • Patricia A. Terry (Treasurer) // President PT Associates, New York, NY
  • Charles H. Allison, Jr. // CEO Interstate Biofuels LLC, New York, NY
  • Darryl Banks, Ph.D. // Vice President, Energy Policy, Center for American Progress, Washington, DC
  • Joseph Bosch // Managing Director, Janney Montgomery Scott, New York, NY
  • Dennis A. Derryck, Ph.D. // Professor, The New School, New York, New York
  • Eric A. Goldstein, Esq. // Senior Staff Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) New York, NY
  • Albert Huang // Senior Attorney, Director of Environmental Justice, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), New York, NY
  • Sarangi Iyengar // Senior Manager of Compliance, Oscar Health
  • Jeff Jones // Consultant, Jeff Jones Strategies, Albany, NY
  • Marianne Engelman Lado // Florence Rogatz Visiting Clinical Professor of Law, Yale Law School
  • Ken P. Mak // Director of Investor Relations, JANA Partners LLC, New York, NY
  • Vernice Miller-Travis // Co-Founder, WE ACT and Principal Consultant, Miller-Travis & Associates, Bowie, MD
  • Phillip Morrow // President, SOBRO, Bronx, NY
  • Hope K. Plasha // Counsel, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY
  • Peggy M. Shepard // Co-Founder and Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, New York, NY
  • Regina L. Smith // Vice President/Executive Director, The Harlem Business Alliance, New York, NY
  • Dart Westphal // Supporting Center Partnership in Philanthropy, New York, NY

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