Our Advisors

Peggy Shepard is co-founder and executive director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice She is a national leader in advancing environmental policy and the perspective of environmental justice in urban communities — to ensure that the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment extends to all.

Dr. Sacoby Wilson is Associate Professor and Director, Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health (CEEJH), University of Maryland. Dr. Wilson is an environmental health scientist and environmental justice advocate with the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

William K. Reilly has enjoyed careers in public service, non-governmental organizations, and private sector finance. He has served four US Presidents: Presidents Nixon, George H.W. Bush, Clinton and Obama. Mr. Reilly was Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1989 to 1993.

Heather McTeer Toney serves as the Climate Justice Liaison for the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and as Senior Advisor to Moms Clean Air Force. She was the first African-American, first female and the youngest to serve as Mayor of Greenville, Mississippi from 2004-2012. In 2014, she was appointed by President Barack Obama as Regional Administrator for the EPAs Southeast Region.

Ms. Margaret Gordon is the Co-founder and Co-director of the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project. She has defined new models for environmental justice advocacy, organizing, policy, and collective action. Under her leadership, the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project has led the creation of the groundbreaking Owning Our Air emissions reductions plan as part of the implementation of California Assembly Bill 617.

Luc Vincent is Vice President of Engineering and Product Group Lead, Artificial Intelligence at Meta. Previously, Luc spent twelve years at Google, where he led and grew Google Street View into one of the company's most iconic billion-user products. He was instrumental in the company's partnership with Aclima to map hyperlocal air quality in cities around the world.

Gloria Walton is President and CEO of The Solutions Project. Gloria has been named one of the country’s most exciting “next generation” political leaders. She leads The Solutions Project, which supports climate changemakers, innovators, and solutionaries at the grassroots.

Kerry Duggan is Principal at SustainabiliD. In 2020, Kerry was a Biden appointee to the Biden-Sanders Unity Climate Change Task Force. She served in the Obama-Biden White House as Deputy Director for Policy to then Vice President Joe Biden. Simultaneously, she served as Deputy Director of the Detroit Federal Working Group to support Detroit’s revitalization.

David Sherman is an executive advisor and consultant in leadership, business strategy, transformation, sustainability and social entrepreneurship. He is co-author of Flourishing Enterprise: The New Spirit of Business. He is a partner at NOW Partners and the founder of Cooperative Advantage.

Nick Parker is a pioneer in sustainable entrepreneurship. He introduced the cleantech concept to the finance and business community in 2002 by launching Cleantech Group. Nick makes catalytic investments and advises on new business initiatives achieving “exponential impact”

Martin Goebel is the Founder and Principal of Moebius Partners. Martin was the founder of Sustainable Northwest in Portland, Oregon and led the organization for 19 years Currently, he advises a number of philanthropies and partnerships including the Cooperative Advantage Collaborative and the Academy for Systemic Change.