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 Mary Anne Hitt, Appalachian Voices Mary Anne Hitt is the executive director of Appalachian Voices, a
nonprofit organization that brings people together to solve the
environmental problems having the greatest impact on the central and
southern Appalachian Mountains. The organization works with communities
across Appalachia to tackle two major causes of climate change:
mountaintop removal coal mining and the construction of new coal-fired
power plants. Their online campaign iLoveMountains.org uses Google
Earth to lift the cloak of secrecy that has allowed coal companies to
flatten almost 1 million acres, destroy 474 mountains, and bury over
1,000 miles of streams, devastating local communities in one of the
world's biodiversity hot spots.
Mary Anne is currently a senior fellow of the
Environmental Leadership Program. Her previous experience includes
working as executive director of both The Ecology Center and the
Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project. She was a recipient of the
Len and Sandy Sargent Environmental Advocacy Award at the University of
Montana, where she received her Master's of Science in environmental
studies, and was a Whittle Scholar at the University of Tennessee and
founder of the campus organization Students Promoting Environmental
Action in Knoxville. She grew up in the mountains of east Tennessee,
just outside Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. |
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LaDonna Redmond, Institute for Community Resource Development Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., Hip Hop CaucusVan Jones, Green For AllPaul Hawken, Author, "Blessed Unrest"Adrienne Maree Brown, The Ruckus SocietyMajora Carter, Green For All & Sustainable South BronxMalia Lazu, The Gathering for JusticeWinona LaDuke, Honor the EarthBaye Adofo-Wilson, Lincoln Park/Coast Cultural District, Inc.Mary Anne Hitt, Appalachian VoicesJakada Imani, Ella Baker Center for Human RightsBryant Terry, Black and GreenIan Kim, Ella Baker Center for Human RightsJerome Ringo, Apollo AllianceAndy Lipkis, TreePeopleEvon Peter, Native MovementPerformers: The Hot 8 Brass BandRobert Bullard, Environmental Justice Resource CenterAdi Nochur, 1SkyNile K. Malloy, Rainforest Action NetworkLynn Hinckle, UAW Local 879Andrew Ehrmann and Joey Adamji, Macalester CollegeCarlos Moreno, Summer Jobs CampaignKeri Bolding, California Public Utilities CommissionJoel Rogers, Center on Wisconsin Strategy, Author, "What Workers Want"Mahfam Malek, Green for AllMakani Themba-Nixon, The Praxis Projectibrahim abdul-matin, National Urban FellowAfeni Shakur, Amaru EntertainmentBracken Hendricks, Center for American ProgressKandi Mossett, Indigenous Environmental NetworkDiana Abellera, People's GroceryJen Soriano, Center for Media JusticeKarl Carter, Inner City EnterprisesShyaam Shabaka, Food FirstConnie Galambos Malloy, Urban HabitatAya de Leon, PerformerBiko Baker, The League of Young VotersGlen O'Gilvie, Earth Conservation CorpsPete Nelson, BioDimensionsKassidy Johnson, Responsible Endowments CoalitionAnasa Troutman, The Highlander CenterLamont Summersett, Lincoln Park Coast Cultural DistrictJohn Moore, Global GreenElsa Barboza, SCOPELance Williams, US Green Building CouncilRoxanne Brown, Blue Green AllianceSal Vaca, RichmondBUILDAlycia Carter, Office of Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9)Carlos Jimenez, Jobs with JusticeUele Siebert, Groovy FoodsAndy Johnson, Greencorps ChicagoAngela Greene, Solar RichmondAnnette Williams, Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training ProgramDr. Beverly Wright, Deep South Center for Environmental JusticeHonorable D'Army Bailey, Co-Founder of the National Civil Rights MuseumGloria Walton, SCOPE LAHashim Benford, Miami Workers CenterNia Robinson, Environmental Justice and Climate Change InitiativeNikki Henderson, California Student Sustainability CoalitionOmar Freilla, Green Worker CooperativesRagini Kapadia, Energy Action CoalitionTony C Anderson, Morehouse CollegeJonathan Adams, Applied Research CenterChuck Turner, Boston City CouncilorMikhail Pappas, Pennsylvania League of Young VotersRonne Adkins, Shelby County Health DepartmentWil Seegars, Generations to Come
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