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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