About
Mandy is deeply passionate about community-driven climate, food, and environmental justice initiatives and the infrastructure and policy that allows them to thrive. She facilitates a collective of NAACP members and allies in the Centering Equity in the Sustainable Building Sector (CESBS) Initiative. In her prior role at the U.S. Green Building Council, she supported the improvement of the LEED rating system for sustainable buildings, with a focus on social equity and international applicability. She has also studied and worked on climate change resilience and equity initiatives from the local to national scale in the U.S. and East Africa.