Abby organizes community through creative outreach, intentional relationship building, and develops youth leadership to radically push the climate justice movement forward in the South Coast. With roots in Minnesota, Abby first fought for climate justice during the #Stopline3 movement. Abby worked as a marine biologist studying tropical coral reef ecosystems for many years. However, it was through that work that they began to witness injustices on local communities that stemmed from science, policy, and management. Those experiences prompted Abby to pursue an interdisciplinary graduate program to gain the skills to fight for ocean justice. Abby completed their Master’s degree in Marine Resource Management from Oregon State University in 2023. Their master’s thesis critically examined social power dynamics in the process of designating a marine protected areas, with the goal of creating more equitable and inclusive ocean protection processes. Abby loves being outside, cuddling with their 2 cats, and making all kinds of cheese! You can reach Abby at AbbyK@RogueClimate.org

Ann comes to Rogue Climate with many years of experience in non-profit operations including Josephine County 4-H Leaders Association, 32 years as the treasurer of the Grants Pass Rotary Club, Grants Pass Museum of Art, and many other organizations. Ann is a graduate of the University of California, Davis, with a business degree. She brings with her a love for nature and animals. Leisure time is spent traveling the world and working with her many animals on her hobby farm. Ann is the operations director for Rogue Climate, overseeing finances and grants as well as HR.

Blanca works to build leadership with the Latinx community in the Valley. Raised in Southern Oregon she grew up with a loving family who worked hard as farmworkers and in warehouses for little pay. After earning a bachelor’s in English Literature and Ethnic studies at Willamette University Blanca served as an AmeriCorps member in San Jose in 2014 and 2015. Working with families forced to sleep in garages due to inflated rent rates and underpaying jobs reignited her passion for economic and racial justice. While living in Portland, Blanca served families through free after school programming and organized with low-income folks and people of color who continue to bear the brunt of climate chaos, the housing crisis, and more. You can reach Blanca at Blanca@RogueClimate.org

Colleen is leading Rogue Climate through a period of leadership transition, after our incredible founding Executive Director, Hannah Sohl, thoughtfully stepped down in April 2024. During this exciting time, she is supporting all aspects of the organization and organizing our search for an executive director to lead Rogue Climate in our next chapter. Colleen has a deep commitment to social justice mission-based work, serving up high-level problem solving, decision-making, and outcomes-based results. She is an adaptive and resilient leader with a demonstrated history of deepening relationships, developing teams, and building positive cultures. Colleen can be found with her head in a book, surrounded by tall trees, or in a dark venue enjoying theater, live music, and cinema.

As an organizer, Maroun is committed to mobilizing collective power for climate justice, with the long-term goal of assisting Latino/a/x communities in climate disaster recovery and resiliency. Maroun graduated in 2023 with a double major in Sociology & Anthropology and International Studies. He began his journey as a research assistant, supporting in-depth interviews with Latino/a/x members impacted by the Almeda Fire for a study focused on post-fire health impacts on 55+ individuals. Additionally in this role, Maroun facilitated a study group for immigrants in the Rogue Valley hoping to take the U.S. Naturalization Test. In his free time, Maroun loves to make music, practice Muay Thai & Jiu Jitsu, and go to the Illinois River! You can reach Maroun at Maroun@RogueClimate.org.

Bio coming soon! You can reach Masayo at Masayo@RogueClimate.org

Kiera is a senior at Ashland High School and has been working on the Ashland Youth for Electrification campaign as a member of Rogue Climate Action Team (RCAT) since March of 2023. She was inspired to get involved after the Almeda Fire in 2020 and the increasingly hot summers in Ashland. She was able to help plan the walkout at her school which motivated her to continue the work and have a say in her future. Since then, she has been deeply involved in the campaign. She’s most excited to work on the Climate and Clean Air Policy Package and the Ashland Youth for Electrification campaign this summer. As a fellow, she’s excited to strengthen RCAT’s presence in the community and get people involved!

Norah is a junior at South Medford High School. She joined the Rogue Climate Action Team (RCAT) through the Youth Internship in July of 2023, and has been a member since. The environment of the group drew her in, and she was excited to get involved with direct climate action through the Ashland Youth for Electrification campaign. As a fellow, Norah is looking forward to building skills in community organizing and base building, and further strengthening the campain to pass the Climate and Clean Air Policy Package.

Alessandra is now on the board after previously leading Rogue Climate’s work transforming energy systems to benefit communities most impacted by climate change. She was born and raised in the Bay Area, CA where she first became concerned with the intersections of environment, public health, and racism. Alessandra graduated from Southern Oregon University with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology and previously organized a food insecurity campaign at SOU and later worked as a Community Organizer focusing on immigrant justice at the Rogue Valley chapter of Unite Oregon. Alessandra serves as a member of the Seeding Justice Foundation Grant Making Committee and the Southern Oregon Latino Partnership Program.

Alison is a writer and theater producer who tries to make our world better. For 15 years, she was director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle, a multi-decade program of commissioning and developing 37 new plays about moments of change in American history, including Sweat by Lynn Nottage (Pulitzer Prize Winner for Drama) and All the Way by Robert Schenkkan (Tony Winner for Best Play). Carey is co-founder of the nationally acclaimed Cornerstone Theater Company, which collaborates with communities across the nation to tell their stories, and her work has been produced at venues such as Arena Stage, the Public Theater, the Mark Taper Forum, the shuttered mother plant of Bethlehem Steel, and a dirt-floor cattle sale barn.

David’s experience in advocacy and community engagement includes working with various non-profit community-based organizations. He has worked with Unete, Unite Oregon and Rogue Climate supporting the Latino/a/x community, those affected by the Rogue Valley wildfires in 2020, as well as helping coordinate community driven vaccine events with the Oregon Health Authority. He has also served as a COVID-19 case investigator for Jackson County Public Health during the peak of the pandemic. David graduated from Southern Oregon University in 2020 and holds a bachelor’s degree in human services. He also volunteers on the board of Oregon Spinal Cord Injury Connection . When not working, David loves to travel internationally, spend time outdoors in the pursuit of wild game, and if successful, preparing a meal for friends and family with his fresh catch/harvest.

Isabella Lee Tibbets is indigenous Quechua from Ecuador and the new board president after taking a two year leave from the organization where she was a No Pipeline Fellow. Despite being born in Ecuador, growing up in the Rogue Valley kept her connected to the nature around and drove her passion for protecting the environment and communities. Having international climate experience from attending COP25 in Madrid in 2019 was important in showing the connection between communities near and far with the struggles that people are facing when it comes to the effects of climate change. She is an activist, mother, artist, and community organizer with a wide range of passions including the environment, social justice, indigenous rights, and politics. She works for Southern Oregon Climate Action Now (SOCAN) as their Development Associate in charge of fundraising and donor relations. When she is not busy with her many community activities and work, she is busy taking care of her two young boys and spending time outside with them and their family puppy.

Misha Hernandez is a mother, ONA Labor Representative, and a social/environmental justice advocate. Her son, Gabriel Hernandez, was very active with Rogue Climate, and the family stood with fighting the Jordan Cove LNG pipeline. Misha is honored to be a part of Rogue Climate and looks forward to building the environmental connection with youth and community. Misha’s passion for environmental justice runs deep into her childhood where her first memories were long camping trips by the mountain lakes of Colorado, feeling the winds in the great plains of Wyoming, and swimming at the Oregon coast. Misha sees the destruction of the beauty and grace of the earth and its water as violation of every living being.