Who We Are

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

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

Environmental Justice Organizer

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

Aiko Fukuchi

Operations Associate

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

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

Climate Justice Director

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

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

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

Energy Democracy Organizer

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

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

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

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

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.