Green New Deal Oversight Board - Who We Are

Aki (she/her) is a campaign director at 350 Seattle, where she builds, manages, and executes strategically designed campaigns to advance climate justice. She served on 350 Seattle’s board for over two years before transitioning to staff. Aki also serves on the steering committee of House Our Neighbors (HON), where she works to help make social housing a success in Seattle. Before joining 350 Seattle, Aki helped launch a new U.S.-based organization focused on economic systems change, where she led campaigns for bold climate-related financial regulation and policies to build a more just, sustainable, and democratic economy.  

Aki holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Washington, which informs her commitment to organizing grounded in care, community, and systemic change. Born and raised in Pune, India, she brings a global perspective to her work in climate justice, centered on international solidarity. 

Brittani serves as a Business Agent for the Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons International Association Local 528, representing much of western Washington. Before taking on this role, she was a vocal advocate for integrating sustainability into union conversations. Collaborating with fellow labor leaders, she is helping to introduce low-carbon concrete and educating workers on its technical aspects to promote broader adoption. Brittani also leads the Local’s Women’s Committee, focusing on fostering strong connections among members and building foundations from which to flourish.

Emily Pinckney attended Humboldt State University and Duke University and graduated with degrees in Wildlife Management and Marine Biology. Her areas of study included phycology, human impacts on marine environments, sensory physiology of marine animals, and how climate change is tightly tied to systems of subjugation and oppression.  

She has worked in wildlife spaces such as Seattle Aquarium and Point Defiance zoo and aquarium. Emily Pinckney is the former executive director of 500 Women Scientists, a social justice focused science organization that supports underrepresented folks in STEM. She uses science and community organizing to make policy more equitable and inclusive. She served on Governor Inslee's Environmental Justice task Force, the Sustainable Tacoma Commission, and the WA Build Back Black Alliance. She currently sits on the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Board of Directors. 

Fatima Kabba is a youth organizer, community advocate, and longtime member of Rainier Beach Action Coalition (RBAC), where she has been involved in environmental justice, youth leadership, and civic engagement work for over six years. Born and raised in Seattle with Gambian roots, Fatima is deeply passionate about creating spaces where young people of color feel seen, supported, and empowered.​ 

Her work centers around equity, healing, and shifting systems to better serve historically underrepresented communities—especially in South Seattle. She is excited to bring community voice and lived experience to the Green New Deal Oversight Board. 

George is a strategic program operations and community engagement professional committed to advancing racial, environmental, and health equity through community-centered systems change. His work has focused on building partnerships across Tribal Nations, healthcare, social services, government, and community organizations, with particular attention to Indigenous sovereignty, environmental justice, and the voices of communities most impacted by systemic inequities.  

As a Tribal member of the Standing Rock, he brings an established connection to Seattle’s climate justice movement and a strong understanding of the importance of community leadership in shaping equitable policy and programs. His professional experience includes managing complex initiatives and grant portfolios, developing strategic frameworks, facilitating cross-sector collaboration, and integrating Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Tribal Treaty Rights into planning and policy recommendations. George is grounded in collaborative approaches to Board service and is committed to helping advance a Green New Deal that is equitable, accountable, and rooted in community wisdom. 

As a community and political organizer, Hannah Lindell-Smith works at the intersections of climate and environmental justice, human rights, and democracy. She’s previously served as coalition coordinator for People Powered Elections Washington and interned with UNITE HERE Local 8. 

Currently, Hannah is a Campaigns Intern with 350 Seattle, and a youth representative on Seattle’s Green New Deal Oversight Board. In addition to her organizing, Hannah studies Law, Societies, and Justice at the University of Washington. She is also a dancer and aerialist, coaching and training at SANCA. 

Hannah received her Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studied from Pacific Lutheran University. Since then, she has worked in a variety of environmental fields, including waste reduction, water quality, and climate resilience. Throughout her career, elevating the voices of frontline communities, improving access to resources, and increasing community awareness of environmental stressors and how to combat them have been a top priority. She is excited to further expand on this work as part of the City of Seattle’s Green New Deal board.

Hannah is the Suquamish Tribe’s Climate Resilience Team’s Program Manager. She received permission from the Tribal leadership to represent them on this Board. The Suquamish Tribe is a Recipient of the City’s First People's Climate Fund and funds will be used to implement the Suquamish Tribe’s Climate Action Plan. 

Jamie 真理恵 Stroble is a long-time environmental and climate justice advocate, educator, and strategist rooted in Seattle and shaped by her upbringing in Hawai‘i. With over 16 years of experience advancing equity-centered community based-programs and policy, she has led environmental justice and climate equity initiatives across government, nonprofit, and community sectors. Jamie was a founding member of the City of Seattle's Environment & Equity Initiative Community Partner Steering Committee, and served nine years on the Seattle Planning Commission, including three as Co-Chair during pivotal updates to the city’s comprehensive plan. She also led the shaping of King County’s first-ever Climate Justice Framework and founded the Climate Equity Community Task Force to ensure frontline communities lead climate decision-making.  

Jamie’s work reflects a deep commitment to building BIPOC leadership and strengthening community capacity in climate action. From working with youth in the Chinatown/International District to creating paid internships in government for young climate leaders, she has consistently built pathways for underrepresented communities to engage in systems change. Jamie also serves on University of Washington’s EarthLab Advisory Board, is board co-chair of youth leadership & food justice organization FEEST, and coaches a Hawaiian outrigger canoe team.   

Jasmine Hadassa is a youth leader and climate advocate passionate about making sure young people and historically underrepresented communities have a voice in decisions that shape their future. She serves as a Youth Intern with Outreach & Transform Lives, a Seattle EJ Fund grantee, where she supports community projects, youth engagement, and storytelling. She is also a Youth Member of King County’s Climate Equity Community Task Force, where she works alongside other young leaders on climate equity and environmental justice. 

Jasmine also served as a Youth Leader with the Washington State Coalition of African Community Leaders, participating in environmental justice projects and advocating with state legislators for communities most affected by climate change. Jasmine has a strong interest in astronomy and science and is attending Bellevue College, where she plans to study astrophysics. 

John Sanchez is an Organizer with the Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local 7. He represents mechanical insulators across 20 counties in Western Washington and the entire state of Alaska. He has been in the trade for 9 years and has been an Organizer for 2 years. His work focuses on advocating for energy justice, healthier buildings, and workforce equity. John has been leading efforts to integrate mechanical insulation into public climate strategies because it plays a critical role in cutting greenhouse gas emissions, preventing energy waste, and protecting public infrastructure like schools and housing. He works closely with utilities, public agencies, and community partners to promote building assessments, secure incentives, and create access to union careers for workers in frontline communities.​ 

John is also a proud father with a growing family. He is expecting a baby girl soon, which is part of what drives him to ensure Seattle’s Green New Deal creates real, long-term opportunity for working families and for the next generation. 

Leah (she/her) is an environmental justice and public health practitioner with over ten years’ experience collaborating with frontline communities to advance community health and wellbeing. Through her work with the University of Washington Center for Environmental Health Equity, she supports frontline community-led and -rooted organizations build capacity to address environmental inequities in their communities and thrive. In her free time, she loves attending community events, running, making art, and holding science club with her friends.​ 

Matt Remle (Hunkpapa Lakota) is the Native American Program Coordinator for the Office of Native Education for the Marysville School District, the co-founder of Mazaska Talks, and is on the steering committee for the Stop the Money Pipeline. In 2014, Remle was awarded Seattle’s Individual Human Rights Leader Award. In 2017, he was awarded the National Indian Education Association’s Educator of the Year, the Billy Frank Jr. Natural Resource Protection Award and was named of Seattle’s Most Influential People. In 2020, he was named by the Seattle Times as one of the top ten most influential people to watch for in the next decade.

Nancy was born and raised in South Seattle and holds a degree from UW’s Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Department. Nancy is an environmental justice activist, facilitator, and consultant. Nancy works closely with community groups, business associations, government departments and agencies, nonprofits, coalitions of people, and community members to center their needs in environmental justice. As a consultant, Nancy centers their work around supporting communities of color, particularly Black and Indigenous communities, to move them toward truly being equitable partners in problem-solving the issues that affect where they live. They believe everything we do to further environmental justice needs to address how people — particularly people of color — are impacted.   

Nina Olivier (she/her) currently serves on the City of Seattle's Green New Deal Oversight Board as an Executive Committee Member and a Climate Resiliency and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Specialist. As King County's Circular Economy Program Manager, she focuses on driving innovation to strengthen markets for recycled materials and divert materials from the landfill. She supports implementation planning for Re+ and manages circular economy contract work while leading efforts to reduce emissions and promote a greener economy through the 2025 update to the King County Strategic Climate Action Plan.  

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Environmental Science from Western Washington University and a Master of Science in Natural Resource Management from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Her previous work experience includes roles as a Sustainability Manager at IMEG formally Rushing (Engineering), Program Coordinator at Built Green, Waste Solutions Project Coordinator at ENGIE Impact, Project Manager at Progressive Comfort Solutions, and Resource Management Volunteer with the Peace Corps. She is also affiliated with the City of Seattle's Building Emissions Performance Working Group, NextCycle Washington, ReUse Commons, and the Carbon Leadership Forum. 

Nirae “Ni” Petty (she/her/they) is a Seattle native, policy analyst, and organizing leader whose work centers environmental justice, community-informed policy, and equity. A Black queer young woman raised in a low-income household in Seattle’s Central District and Rainier Beach, Ni’s lived experience is deeply connected to the environmental health disparities affecting communities near the Duwamish River and continues to shape their approach to policy and community engagement.

Nirae has organized across government, nonprofit, and community sectors to support implementation of Washington’s HEAL Act and other equity-centered initiatives. They previously served as a Youth Representative on Washington’s Environmental Justice Council, where Ni founded Black Earth Day in Seattle, a community-centered environmental justice event recognized through a King County Proclamation. Nirae is certified in Targeted Universalism through UC Berkeley and SEED Collab and is completing an Executive MPA at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School, with a track in Policy and Data Analytics.   

Peter Hasegawa currently holds a seat representing Labor in addition to his work as a Labor Union Representative on the Board. He is the Director of Strategic Campaigns and Renewable Energy Policy for the electricians' union, IBEW Local 46. Peter is a passionate advocate for the Labor Movement to help lead the climate transition. 

Rachel (Muckleshoot Tribe) lives in Auburn, Washington and is also a descendant of the Duwamish Tribe, the first peoples of the area now known as Seattle. In 2017, she, along with many other Natives and allies, helped divest the City of Seattle’s $3 billion from Wells Fargo, in part because of its funding the Dakota Access Pipeline. This victory prompted Rachell and Matte Remle to co-found Mazaska Talks, an Indigenous-developed tool to help other communities divest their cities and organizations from banks contributing to the desecration of Mother Earth.  She is also a Lead Culture Educator for the Muckleshoot Tribe. There, she learns about traditional Indigenous plants, how to harvest them, and develops ways to incorporate them into everyday foods. She shares the importance and our ancestors’ teachings of these medicines to her Tribal community. Additionally, she works with youth and adults to learn to use our earth gym as a way to apply culture and healing as our bases for health and wellness. 

Roz Jenkins brings more than a decade of innovative leadership in nonprofit, for-profit, government, and utility settings to the Green New Deal Oversight Board. Her background includes workforce development, policy advocacy, equity program design, marketing/communications, and inclusion of WMBE firms in clean energy opportunities.   

Recently, Jenkins was promoted to Northwest Regional Director of Emerald Cities Collaborative. This appointment marks Jenkins’ third term of service to ECC's Northwest Region since 2018. She initially served as the region’s first Economic Inclusion Program Manager, convening the Washington Building Engineering Consortium, launching the HVAC Career Preparation Academy, and delivering the region’s first E-Contractor Academy for WMBE firms seeking opportunities in clean energy. Jenkins returned to ECC in 2023 to launch the Electrical Pathways Pre-Apprenticeship offering top graduates direct entry to union apprenticeship at the Puget Sound Electrical JATC.