Our Board of Directors

Our Inaugural Board of Directors oversees the Climate United coalition’s strategy and implementation of the award from the National Clean Investment Fund (NCIF).

The Board is comprised of clean energy, community and economic development, sustainable finance, civil rights, economic justice, and movement-building pioneers. The members of our Board include:

Phil Angelides

President & Owner

Riverview Capital Investments

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Meesha Brown

Meesha Brown

President & CEO

PCI Media

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Martin D. Eakes

CEO

Self-Help

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Rafael E. Cestero

CEO

The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC)

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Crystal German

Executive Vice President

Self-Help

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Brendan Herron

Strategic Advisor

HASI

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Dolores Huerta

Co-Founder

United Farm Workers Association

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Mindy Lubber

CEO and President, Ceres

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Andrew Marino

Partner, Summa Equity

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Sadie McKeown

President

The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC)

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Harold Pettigrew

President & CEO

Opportunity Finance Network

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Lori Lea Pourier

President & CEO

First Peoples Fund

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Jennifer Pryce

President & CEO

Calvert Impact

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Renée Sattiewhite

CEO

African-American Credit Union Coalition

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Patrice Willoughby

Senior Vice President, Global Policy and Impact

NAACP

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Our Inaugural Advisory Council

To ensure ongoing and continued engagement with core partners and representatives of the communities we serve, our Inaugural Advisory Council will inform strategy, provide direct feedback on program and product design, and ensure accountability to mission. The initial members of our Advisory Council include:

Duanne Andrade

Executive Director

Solar and Energy Loan Fund (SELF)

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Byron Auguste

CEO & Founder

Opportunity@Work

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James H. Bason

President & CEO

TruFund Financial Services, Inc.

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John Doherty

Senior Advisor to the General President

International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT)

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Skya Ducheneaux

Executive Director

Akiptan

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Albert Gore

Executive Director

ZETA

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Debi Gore-Mann

President & CEO

The Greenlining Institute

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Rev. Susan Hendershot

President

Interfaith Power & Light

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Janet Joseph

Consultant & Principal

JLJ Sustainability Solutions

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Jack Lawson

President & CEO

Clearwater Credit Union

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Terri Mickelsen

CEO

Clean Energy Credit Union

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Mark Magaña

Founding President & CEO

GreenLatinos

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Whitney Mann

Manager, Climate-Aligned Finance

Rocky Mountain Institute

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Maggie Monast

Senior Director, Climate-Smart Agriculture – Finance Markets

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

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Joe Morris

Director, Metro IAF Clean Energy Initiative

Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF)

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Ruth Ann Norton

President & CEO

Green and Healthy Homes Initiative

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Caroline Nowery

Sr. Vice President & Chief External Affairs Officer

Locus Impact

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Tia Boatman Patterson

President & CEO

California Community Reinvestment Corporation

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Chéri Smith

President & CEO

Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy

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Thomas Stanchak

Managing Director of Sustainability

Stoneweg US, LLC

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J. Phillip Thompson

Professor of Political Science and Urban Planning

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Pete Upton

Chairperson & CEO

Native CDFI Network

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Kyle Whyte

George Willis Pack Professor; University Diversity & Social Transformation Professor; Professor of Philosophy

University of Michigan

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