Our Speakers


Ashley Robinson
Deputy Chair
Rise to Thrive

Jameka Hodnett
Executive Director/Co-Founder
Rise to Thrive

Tené Lewis
Board Member
Rise to Thrive

Kendall Tallmadge Tryhane
Fellowship Program Administrator
National Museum of the American Indian

Dr. Alenda Y. Chang
Associate Professor
Film and Media Studies UC Santa Barbara

Brenda Ingram
Ivy City Resident

Melba Newsome
Director Environmental and Epistemic Justice Initiative
Wake Forest University

Deepa Vedavyas
Director of Resiliency and Sustainability
NOPEC

Lindi von Mutius
Director Climate Action Accelerator
Harvard University

Leah Mahan
Filmmaker

Anvi Anand
Eco Ambassador
Columbia University’s Center for Sustainable Development