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Profiles of Minority Professionals

This database contains profiles of more than 200 minority environmental professionals who have outstanding careers in the environmental field. These professionals profiled here are diverse -- they range from academics to environmental lawyers, planners, policymakers, and wildlife photographers. The profiles focus on how individuals got introduced to the environmental field, developed their careers, sought advice and mentoring, and in turn, mentored others.

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  • Dawn Adams
    Director
    Tapestry Institute
  • Jimmy Adegoke
    Assistant Professor of Geosciences
    University of Missouri-Kansas City
  • Julian Agyeman
    Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning
    Tufts University
  • Mary Anne Alabanza Akers
    Associate Professor
    University of Georgia, School of Environmental Design
  • Claudia Alexander
    Project Scientist; Manager, US Rosetta Project
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
  • Alfonso Alonso
    Research Scientist and Conservation Biologist
    Smithsonian Institution, MAB Program
  • Rhonda Anderson
    Environmental Justice Organizer
    Sierra Club
  • Richard Anderson
    Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences and Policy Division
    Duke University
  • Carl Anthony
    Program Director
    Sustainable Metropolitan Communities Initiative, Ford Foundation
  • Seth Appiah-Opoku
    Associate Professor
    University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
  • Don Aragon
    Executive Director, Wind River Environmental Quality Commission
    Member, National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC)
  • Omar Bagasra
    Professor of Biology, Claflin University
    Director, South Carolina Center for Biotechnology
  • Kenneth Bailey
    Geospatial Information Technology Specialist and Community Development Officer
    Office of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior
  • Kemi Balogun
    Executive Director
    Center for Environmental Citizenship-EnviroCitizen
  • Hirendra Nath Banerjee
    Assistant Professor
    Elizabeth City State University
  • Paul Barber
    Assistant Professor
    Boston University
  • Hank Bart
    Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
    Tulane University
  • Janine Bascomb (a pseudonym)
    Department of the Interior
  • Frances Beasley
    Assistant Director of Environmental Policy and Planning
    Department of Public Utilities, City of Columbus, Ohio
  • Jason Bell (a pseudonym)
    Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Claudia Benitez-Nelson
    Assistant Professor, Marine Science Program, Department of Geological Sciences
    University of South Carolina
  • Ruth Blake
    Biogeochemist
    Yale University
  • Marcelo Bonta
    Independent Consultant
  • Gillian Bowser
    Adjunct Professor and Research Scientist
    Texas A&M University
  • Renae Brodie
    Assistant Professor
    University of South Carolina
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