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Who We Are

Ahmina Maxey

Ahmina Maxey

Executive 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.

Pavan Vangipuram

Pavan Vangipuram

Communications Director

Pavan (he/him) comes to MEJC after almost a decade in nonprofit and government spaces, particularly focused around immigration, education and environmental advocacy.

Gabriela 'Gabi' Alcazar

Gabriela 'Gabi' Alcazar

Environmental Justice Organizer

Gabriela Alcazar (she/her) is an Environmental Justice Organizer with the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition.

Aiko Fukuchi

Aiko Fukuchi

Operations Associate

Aiko Fukuchi (they/them) supports the maintenance and strengthening of internal systems at MEJC as Operations Associate.

Gloria J Lowe

Gloria J Lowe

Board Member

Gloria J Lowe (she/her) is the founder and president of We Want Green Too which has served veterans and returning citizens for over 14 years.

Juan Jhong Chung

Juan Jhong Chung

Climate Justice Director

Juan (he/they/she) is a queer immigrant, born in Peru, of Indigenous Chanka and Cantonese Chinese ancestry.

Andrea Pierce

Andrea Pierce

Network Manager

Andrea Pierce (she/her, we/us) is a Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (LTBB) citizen and MEJC's Network Manager.

Ayanna-Grace King

Ayanna-Grace King

Environmental Justice Organizer

Ayanna-Grace (she/them) is an urban farmer by trade and organizer by passion. She has a diverse 10 year background in teaching, climate justice and social justice. Ayanna-Grace began her career as a teenage art teacher.

Bridget Vial

Bridget Vial

Energy Democracy Organizer

Bridget Saunders Vial (she/they) is the Energy Democracy Organizer with the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition.

Kathryn Savoie

Kathryn Savoie

Board Member

Kathryn Savoie (she/her) is veteran community organizer and has led a number of major health, human rights and environmental justice campaigns in the Detroit area over more than 30 years.

Anne Marie Hertl

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.

Kareem Scales

Kareem Scales

Development Manager

Kareem Scales (he/him) is the Development Manager at MEJC where he leads all of the organizations fundraising development and donor relations. Kareem is a nationally recognized change agent and innovative strategist with a passion for creating transformational change in underserved communities.

Roshan Krishnan

Roshan Krishnan

Policy Associate

Roshan (he/him) brings a variety of experiences fighting for climate and environmental justice to MEJC, including organizing for public power and accountability from investor-owned utilities in Ann Arbor, MI and Boston, MA.