Corrine Van Hook Turner (she/her) leads the overall vision and strategy for the organization and its programs, bringing a lens of racial equity and transformative movement building. Corrine convenes and cultivates creative leadership within climate justice and deep democracy ecosystems toward a shared vision for a Just Transition to a world of interdependence, resilience, and regeneration.Corrine’s 20+ years of experience are deeply immersed in movements advancing social, economic, environmental and racial justice. As a former IDEAL Scholar (Initiative for Diversity in Education and Leadership), she witnessed and continues to nurture the compelling impact of investing in youth and disenfranchised communities of color so that leadership reflects the diversity it seeks to serve. Since then she has continued to develop her leadership working with the Rockwood Leadership Institute, Greater New Beginnings Youth Services, Oakland Climate Action Coalition, and contracting with various organizations. Corrine was the former Co-Director of Rooted in Resilience (formerly Bay Localize), a grassroots organization working to catalyze a movement for more equitable, resilient communities. After sunsetting the 10+ year old organization, she served as the Program Manager and Director of Climate Innovation initially as a program of Movement Strategy Center (MSC) previous to leading the entire organization toward the end of 2020. She currently serves on the board of EARTHseed Farm and steering committee of the California Trade Justice Coalition. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Victoria Martinez (she/her) is the Deputy Director of organizational Culture at People's Climate Innovation Center. She comes with over 24 years of Human Resources and Operations experience; most recently serving as the Chief of Staff with Movement Strategy Center (MSC). While at MSC she continued to build and cultivate a restorative, transformative culture by partnering with the Fiscal Sponsored Projects and Network within MSC. Born and raised in Oakland, California, she learned the skill of adapting to change and surviving at an early age; giving her the ability at a young age to see the beauty of each individual beyond the cover of their book ( she prefers to say versus skin). Victoria takes pride in being strongly involved and supportive of the positive changes within her community and especially the youth; sharing the importance of wellness and mental health. Most importantly, she enjoys spending time with her  6 children and grandchildren. Victoria appreciates that she is constantly evolving during the journey of life, she comes with the knowledge of Labor Law  & Human Development & Relations.

Jaime Love (she/her) provides leadership, strategy and support to People's Climate Innovation Center programs that advance approaches to community-driven planning and movement building, while centering racial equity and whole-systems solutions.  Jaime has over 20 years of experience in a variety of spaces including public health, philanthropy, and climate resilience, with a deep focus on racial justice and health equity. Her work in the public health sector cultivated opportunities for direct community organizing and advocacy work in communities with disproportionate health impacts and enhanced her leadership in philanthropy and the nonprofit sectors around racial equity and climate justice. Her expertise ranges from program development and leadership, equity, policy advocacy, to communications and outreach. Jaime is a 2016 PLACES Fellow (Professionals Learning About Community, Equity, and Smart Growth), and has participated in multiple leadership programs including Rockwood Leadership Institute and Interaction Institute for Social Change. Jaime is currently on the board of the Blue Ash YMCA, Co-op Cincy, and Green Umbrella locally. Nationally, she sits on the PLACES Advisory Committee and the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) Policy Committee. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Cincinnati in Health Promotion and a BS from Central Michigan University. Love for family and community is what drives Jaime's ongoing work for racial justice.

Radiah Shabazz (she/her) is the Director of Communications at People’s Climate Innovation Center. She brings over a decade of experience in nonprofit strategic communications, anti-oppressive practice, racial justice, and organizational change. Radiah has uniquely bridged her strategic communications expertise and anti-oppressive social work training to implement and advise on communications strategies that broaden the generation and dissemination of content that elevates the intersection of racial justice with climate change, education, health, and affordable housing. She is passionate about using radical and transformative communications strategies to advance racial justice and cultivate Black liberation. Prior to joining the People's Climate Innovation Center, Radiah enhanced communications in her roles at Grounded Solutions Network, the Institute for Sustainable Communities, and the National Housing Conference. She also worked at Start Early (formerly The Ounce of Prevention Fund) and On Earth Peace in social work and racial justice support capacities. Radiah has also provided strategic communications and infrastructure support to Social Justice Fund NW, the Asian American Scholar Forum, and the Vera Institute of Justice through her communications consultancy, YasBrook Consulting.

Radiah holds a BA in journalism from Howard University and an MA in social work (MSW equivalent) from the University of Chicago. She is deeply committed to actualizing daily liberation and wellness. She does so through quality time with her family, traveling, watching psychological thrillers, reading, and writing.

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Latriece Love-Goodlett- (she/her) is located on the land of the Ohlone people in Oakland, CA, and comes to People’s Climate Innovation Center with over 20 years of experience as a facilitator and trainer and nine years as an equity and justice consultant, and several years as a certified conflict mediator. She is a pro-Black heart-centered leader, storyteller, anti-racism practitioner, certified conflict resolution mediator, and award-winning musician and speaker. Latriece has several years of work experience in the private sector and for the local and federal government and non-profits, including Grounded Solutions Network as the Training Program Manager, Expecting Justice as the Associate Director, SEEDS Conflict Resolution Center as the Program Manager, and GRID Alternatives as the Program Associate. Latriece holds a BA in Liberal Arts from Sonoma State University from the Hutchins Program. And enjoys being of service and encouraging people to be their authentic and whole selves and speak their truth.

Latriece cherishes community and values that we each have an opportunity daily to honor our ancestors and practice Kuumba (creativity). Her work is informed by the practice of Ubuntu (I am because we are), Mother Wit, deep empathy, and a focus on racial justice, social justice, environmental justice, and our collective liberation. Latriece aspires each day to be the best version of herself to make her ancestors, family, and herself proud. She believes doing so acknowledges and ensures that her ancestors' collective sacrifices, good work, trials, and triumphs are not in vain. Latriece is a bibliophile and can often be found loving up on her family, singing, writing songs or poetry, performing, traveling, eating good food, listening to music, or spending time with friends and being in community.

Amber Washington is the Events and Operations Manager at People’s Climate Innovation Center. She is an experienced professional, with over 15 years of experience producing and managing events of varying scales for organizations such as PolicyLink, Harbor Regional Center, and Big Bowl of Ideas. Before joining Climate Innovation full-time, Amber supported the team as a consultant. In both capacities, she is responsible for providing event leadership and expertise to ensure engaging, interactive, and valuable experiences for Climate Innovation’s constituents. 

Amber holds a B.A from the University of California, Berkeley and a Masters of Public Administration from California State University, Northridge. When she isn’t working an event or planning one, you can find Amber walking around Inglewood with her dog, Sushi. 

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Chantal Madray (she/her) is a network weaver, resilience planner, strategist, storyteller, and project manager for People’s Climate Innovation Center (PCIC). She manages the National Association of Climate Resilience Planners (NARCP), a multi-stakeholder, peer-learning resource, and referral network that fosters effective place-based climate resilience planning and implementation through frontline community leadership and accountability. In this deeply relational role, Chantal ensures that equity is at the center of NACRP network development, membership, expansion, and partnerships. She supports the design and implementation of core NACRP offerings, including the annual NACRP Facilitators Credential Program, which uplifts the principles and practices of community-driven planning to cultivate a growing field of practitioners and bring about transformational systems-level change that subverts the traditional top-down approach to planning and makes community-driven planning the norm.

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Chantal most recently worked as a Climate Programs Manager for Resilience and Justice/DEIAJ at Second Nature. In this deeply collaborative role, she managed climate action programs and partnerships focused on resilience planning, cross-sector collaboration, and climate justice. Chantal worked closely with the over 400-member Climate Leadership Network to understand challenges, identify opportunities, and develop tools and resources to advance their shared climate action goals through the development and implementation of campus-community resilience assessments and/or climate action plans.

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An environmental planner, strategist, and relationship builder by training, Chantal’s work has broadly focused on strategic planning, cross-sector partnerships, adaptive program management, climate resilience, environmental justice, and stakeholder engagement, with experience working on projects related to watershed restoration and protection, strategic plan development and implementation, organizational development and trust, and diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and justice (DEIAJ). Chantal brings an intersectional DEIAJ lens to all of her work, which is enriched by both her personal/lived and professional experience as a first- generation American and woman of color from a low-income family and frontline community.

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Chantal holds a Bachelor’s in Environmental Thought & Practice and Global Sustainability, as well as a Master’s in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia (UVA).

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Nyasha Harris (she/her) is the Communications Manager at People’s Climate Innovation Center. With a Bachelor of Arts in Communication & Information Sciences from the University of Alabama with a minor in Women Studies, she focuses her work on developing inclusive communications to serve communities impacted by structural discrimination. Prior to joining Climate Innovation, Nyasha's nonprofit experience includes Grounded Solutions Network, Human Rights Campaign during the 2017 Alabama legislative session and the World Environment Center where she led communications to engage global corporations in advancing sustainable business practices. 

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Kalina Browne (she/her) is the Youth Program Coordinator at People’s Climate Innovation Center. She is focused on Climate Innovation's Young Climate Leaders of Color (YCLC) program and Young Black Climate Leaders (YBCL). Her upbringing as an islander from the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines drives her passion to create equitable climate change solutions that are inclusive of historically underserved communities. 

Earning her Masters in Coastal Science and Policy in 2022, Kalina blends her academic training with community driven work. Her graduate research focused on Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion within the conservation field. Prior to her studies she worked with Ocean Conservancy’s Climate team as a RAY Conservation Fellow and subsequently returned to work with Ocean Conservancy while completing her Masters this time with their Ocean Justice team focusing on equitable access to ocean resources. Kalina also worked within Green 2.0 as a fellow to create their report Coastal Considerations: Improving NGO Engagement with Coastal Communities of Color. 

Outside of work Kalina enjoys mentoring young folx interested in the environmental field, watching romantic comedies and spending time with family and friends.  

Esmeralda Hic (She/Her/Ella) works as the Senior Collaborative Partnerships Program Coordinator at the People's Climate Innovation Center. She strives to center the vision and goals of frontline communities in the co-development of climate solutions with national partners and community based organizations. She was raised in the ancestral homelands of the Cahuilla (Qawishpa Cahuillangnah) people, located in the Coachella Valley of Southern California. Her experiences growing up in her hometown shaped her passion and care for the planet and people and continue to drive her fight for climate and economic justice.

Esme graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Earth System Science and a Bachelor’s of Arts in Chicanx/Latinx Studies from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) in 2020. At UCI, Esme worked as a Community Resilience Projects Fellow alongside community leaders in Santa Ana, CA. She worked on a variety of environmental justice projects including a youth-led investigation on lead soil levels in the community, a food justice cooperative, and engagement between the university and the surrounding communities. Following her undergraduate career, she was a RAY Clean Energy Fellow based at the Institute for Market Transformation where she worked to shift traditional practices for energy efficiency policy development into community centered and led processes.