Mustafa Santiago Ali, Vice President of Environmental Justice and Cimate and Community Revitalization
National Wildlife Federation
Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali is a renowned thought leader, international speaker, policy maker, and community liaison. In addition to serving as a Vice President for the National Wildlife Federation, Dr. Ali founded the Revitalization Strategies, a business focused on moving our most vulnerable communites from surviving to thriving. He was also Senior Vice President of the Hip Hop Caucus, a national nonprofit , non partisan organization connecting hip hop communities to the civic process.
Marianne Engleman-Lado, EPA Administrator
Marianne is the Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civic Counsel of Environmental Initiatives, where she focuses on the Administration's committment to equity, environmental justice, and civil rights enforcement.
Willow Gatewood, Young Environmentalist Spotlight
Willow is a Rachel Carson Campus Fellow at Catawba College. They were selected through the largest ever nationwide competition. Willow is a senior at Catawba studying the environment and sustainability. Their passions lie in regenerative, sustainable living, socioenvironmental justice , and helping others see the connection between human-made systems and the ecosystem.