Ellen and Elise Gerhart are a mother-daughter team who resisted the seizure of their land by eminent domain for the construction of a natural gas pipeline which would transport natural gas liquids for the production of plastics. Ellen and Elise welcomed protestors and resisters onto their land to form Camp White Pine, holding tree stands to…
Delphine Levi Alvares is the European coordinator of the Break Free From Plastic movement. She has been a driving force behind the development of the movement’s holistic strategy, linking to the broader global movement. She has played a central role in the foundation of the movement since its inception in 2016, uniting more than 80…
Diane Wilson is the Executive Director and Waterkeeper of San Antonio Bay Estuarine. For 30 years Diane has fought Formosa’s wastewater discharge into Texas bays. For the last decade she has fought to stop Formosa Plastics Point Comfort plant from discharging illegal plastic pellets and powder into the bays. Since 2016, Diane and a group…
Carroll Muffett is President of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), a nonprofit organization that uses the power of law to protect the environment, promote human rights, and ensure a just and sustainable society. He is a recognized expert on international environmental law and a leader in the emerging fields of climate litigation and…
Smruti has dedicated her career to mission-driven organizations around the world, from education and maternal health to plastic pollution. A fundraiser, strategic communicator and changemaker, Smruti oversees our grants programs and enjoys helping donors turn their passion into action, connecting them with programs that will drive meaningful impact for people and planet. Prior to joining…
Judith founded Beyond Plastics in 2019 to end plastic pollution through education, advocacy, and institutional change. Passionate about protecting public health and the environment, she teaches classes on plastic pollution as a Senior Fellow and visiting faculty member at Bennington College, and was recently a Visiting Scholar at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at…
As Communications Associate, Sage coordinates the Story of Stuff’s communication strategy through social media, engagement programs, and video production. Prior to joining the Story of Stuff, she created and taught UC Berkeley’s largest ever student-led course, Solutions for a Sustainable Future. While a student at Cal, she also worked on the University of California’s carbon…
Michael Silberman, campaigns strategist, has been guiding social change organisations to achieve greater impact through the creative use of participatory strategies and technologies for more than a decade. He currently leads the Mobilisation Lab, a global learning and collaboration network powering the future of social change campaigns. Amidst growing threats — to people, the planet, and the…
Dr. Kenneth Geiser is Professor Emeritus of the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Dr. Geiser is one of the authors of the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act and served as Director of the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute from its founding in 1990 to 2003. His research and writing…
Jen Sokolove is Director of Programs and Strategy at the Water Foundation. She has been working on sustainability issues for more than two decades, with a focus on community-based conservation. Prior to joining the Water Foundation, she led strategy and grantmaking at the Compton Foundation around movement-building and narrative in climate change, reproductive justice, and…
