Who We Are
Jamesa Johnson Greer
Executive Director
Jamesa Johnson-Greer, J.D. (she/her) is the Executive Director of Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition.
Anne Marie Hertl
Organizing Director
Anne Marie Hertl (she/her) joins the MEJC team leveraging a decade of non-profit experience working as an organizer and regional activist to support social justice movement building throughout the environmental sector in Michigan.
Gabriela 'Gabi' Alcazar
Network Manager
Gabriela Alcazar (she/her) is the Network Manager with the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition.
Jacob Sirhan
MAJIC Manager
Jacob Sirhan (he/they) is a queer Palestinian organizer and movement-builder. Their organizing background has centered around Palestinian liberation and anti-colonial/anti-imperial movement work, racial justice solidarity work and coalition building, as well as police & prison abolition.
Michelle Martinez
Board Member
Michelle Martinez (she/her) is the inaugural director of the Tishman Center for Social and Environmental Justice at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability.
Ahmina Maxey
Operations Director
Ahmina (she/her) is committed to ensuring that grassroots leadership and expertise are valued and strengthened as we work for transformative and systemic change.
Aiko Fukuchi
Operations Associate
Aiko Fukuchi (they/them) supports the maintenance and strengthening of internal systems at MEJC as Operations Associate.
Dana Mohammad
Just Transition Associate
As the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, Dana (she/her) believes that her freedom and liberation is tied to all those who are oppressed under systems of racism and exploitation.
Kyle Whyte
Board Member
Kyle Whyte (he/him) is an environmental justice organizer, educator, and researcher, currently serving as the George Willis Pack Professor at the University of Michigan, where he teaches in the environmental justice graduate program.
Juan Jhong Chung
Climate Justice Director
Juan (he/they/she) is a queer immigrant, born in Peru, of Indigenous Chanka and Cantonese Chinese ancestry.
Katrina Hamann-Azanov
Communications Specialist
Katrina (they/she) is responsible for developing communication strategies that advance the goals of MEJC and amplify messaging surrounding climate, racial, and economic justice.