Sarah Francisco leads SELC’s Virginia Office, overseeing nearly 20 attorneys and the organization’s legal and policy work across the state. Prior to serving as director, Sarah led SELC’s National Forests and Parks Program.

The Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) is the first grassroots, nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to fighting global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

In this grantee profile, WestWind interviews Christine Harley. Christine Soyong Harley initially came to SIECUS as an interim executive in October 2018 before joining the team permanently in the Spring of 2019.

Deb Hauser of Advocates for Youth Deb Hauser has been with Advocates for Youth for 26 years, first as Director of the Support Center for School-based Health Care, then as Executive Vice President.

Skip Stiles is the Executive Director of Wetlands Watch, a small non-profit based in Norfolk, VA, that works in the tidewater region of the state to protect and conserve wetlands.

Faustina Fynn-Nyame is currently the Programme Director of Marie Stopes International Ghana, where she has held this position since 2005. Born in Ghana, Faustina’s family migrated to the UK at the age of 7 where she was educated and raised in the United Kingdom.

Emma Gilchrist is a writer and citizen engagement specialist based in Victoria, B.C. She studied journalism in Calgary before becoming a writer and editor for the Calgary Herald, where she created an award-winning column and website on environmental issues.