Our Speakers


Shelia Boudreau
Founder and Principal Landscape Architect + Planner
Spruce Lab Inc.

Lien Tran
Associate Professor and Director Matters at Play Lab
DePaul University, Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media

Brenda Mallory
Chair, Council on Environmental Quality
The White House

Monica Jahan Bose
Storytelling with Saris

Salma Tihani
Artist, Educator, Climate Justice Educator

Rachel Kline
Program Associate
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Katy Hinman
Program Director
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Dr. Beverly Xaviera Watkins
Scientific Diversity Officer
Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Karen Dawn Blondel
Executive Director and Founder
Public Housing Civic Association, Brooklyn, NY

Bereatha Howard
Climate Equity Program Coordinator
CLEO Institute

Alika Esperson
Campaigns and Advocacy Institute
CLEO Institute

Meghana Kunapareddy
Region 6, Katy, Texas
NEYAC Member