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Emma Weis
Emma joined Clean Water Action as an Intern in the fall of 2023 before transitioning to a full-time role as the Climate Justice Organizer in the Boston Office in the winter of 2024. Emma graduated from Connecticut College in May of 2023 and earned a B.A. in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Social Justice and Sustainability. Before moving to Boston, Emma was an intern with the Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs while living in New London, CT and worked to ensure a just transition to a renewable energy economy. This work included drafting press releases and other campaign
Omesa Mokaya
Omesa has a fervent passion for environmental and climate justice and equity. He is deeply committed to addressing issues that bedevil EJ and underserved communities at the frontlines of climate change. Omesa grew up in the Kisii highlands in Western Kenya where he witnessed firsthand the devastating impacts of climate change and made it a personal mission to help communities adapt to and enhance their resilience towards those impacts.
Omesa currently lives in Worcester, Massachusetts where he moved to in 2021 when he joined Graduate School at Clark University. While at Clark, he founded The
Mercedes Forsyth
Mercedes is responsible for implementing the ReThink Disposable program in Philadelphia. In this role, she collaborates with a variety of establishments, ranging from family-owned restaurants to music venues and school districts, to establish circular systems that promote sustainability within the food service sector.
Nichole Keway Biber
Dr. Nichole Keway Biber is a tribal citizen of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (Waganakising Odawa), and is part of the Turtle Clan (Mishiike Dodem). Her family currently resides in East Lansing, where she earned her PhD in English from MSU. Nichole began working for Clean Water Action as the Mid-Michigan Campaign Organizer in September of 2023, in a continuation of her efforts as a Water Protector to Shut Down Line 5. She is motivated to help stand against all such threats to traditional lifeways and the well-being of every community in the Great Lakes water basin and beyond.
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Shalynn (Shay) Brooks
Shay joins Clean Water Action as the SouthCoast Energy Efficiency Outreach Specialist. As a Fall River native, she is excited to help expand access to energy efficiency in a place she will always call home as well as in Taunton, Westport, New Bedford, and Attleboro.