Staff and Board
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins | Chief Executive Officer
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins is the Chief Executive Officer of Green For All. Under her leadership, Green For All has become one of the country’s leading advocates for a clean-energy economy, and one of its most important voices on the intersection of economics and environment.
Phaedra has led Green For All to several groundbreaking policy victories at the federal, state, and local levels. At the federal level, she led a successful effort to include two key provisions in the House’s climate and energy bill: securing funding for job training, and guaranteeing broad access to clean-energy jobs.
Under Phaedra, Green For All has helped states like Washington and New Mexico pioneer state-level green jobs and energy-efficiency programs. And the organization is helping cities like Portland and Seattle craft groundbreaking energy-efficiency home retrofit programs that use innovative financing mechanisms and community agreements about job standards to cut energy bills, create green jobs, reduce pollution, and expand business opportunities.
Green For All is redefining the face of environmentalism. Through partnerships with popular artists such as The Black Eyed Peas, Drake, Wiz Khalifa and Wyclef Jean, Green For All is reaching new audiences about the benefits and opportunities of going green.
Prior to joining Green For All, Phaedra was a leader in California’s labor movement, heading both the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council and Working Partnerships USA. This has given her a unique perspective that has enabled her to bring labor, environmental, business, grassroots, and government leaders together in common purpose. Her ability to speak to all of these groups has made Phaedra one of America’s preeminent leaders on green jobs and green pathways out of poverty.
The scope and scale of Phaedra’s many achievements have won her wide praise and recognition. In 2011, The Grio recognized Phaedra as one of their 100 History Makers In The Making. In 2010, for the second year in a row, Ebony included her in its Power 150 and Essence named Phaedra one of the 25 Most Influential African-Americans in 2009 and one of the 21 Leaders of the New School in 2010. Black Enterprise Magazine honored Phaedra as one of their 2010, 40 Next: Emerging Leaders for Our Future. She has been featured in various outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and The Huffington Post, and on ABC, BET, CNN, MSNBC, and NBC.
Phaedra leads on numerous boards including serving as the Chair of the Department of Labor’s Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship, the Commission to Engage African Americans on Climate Change for the Joint Center, the Economic Policy Institute, the Leadership Council of California Forward, the Tipping Point Community Board, and the Partnership for Working Families. Phaedra serves as a Young Global Leader with the World Economic Forum.
Staff
Shamar Bibbins | Senior Political Associate
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Maritessa Bravo Ares | Executive Program Assistant
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Markese Bryant | College Ambassador Program Associate
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Mary Creasman | Chief Strategy Officer
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Katherine Daniel | Communities of Practice Program Manager
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Cheryl Patrice Derricotte | Director of Strategic Growth
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Ryan Dexter | Videographer & Media Archivist
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Khary Dvorak-Ewell | Senior Associate
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Diana Frappier | Director of Finance and Administration
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Kimberly Freeman Brown | Interim-Executive Director
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Rosa González | Director of Education and Outreach
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Emily Gordon | Senior Associate
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Jeremy Hays | Chief Strategist for State and Local Initiatives
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Kristina Johnson | Senior Writer
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Christy Kincannon | Executive Aide to the CEO
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Ken Lewis | Strategic Growth Associate
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Maritza Martinez | Fellowship Program Manager
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Julian Mocine-McQueen | Campaign and Partnerships Manager
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Brian Purchia | Communications Director
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Julie Roberts | Director of State and Local Initiatives
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Seema Rupani | Organizer
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Sarah Shanley Hope | Chief Development Officer
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Monet Zulpo-Dane | Staff Director
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Board of Directors
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Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins | CEO, Green For All
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Juliet Ellis | Assistant General Manager External Affairs, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
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Lamman Rucker | Actor
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Marc Jones | Chairman and CEO, Aeris Communications
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Donald Cohen | Chairman, In the Public Interests
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