Team

We're growing.

If you would like join our team in order to contribute to our mission to help vulnerable communities address the impact of climate change, please reach out to Hank Cauley on LinkedIn.

You can also read our Mission Statement here.

Board Members

Kate Thompson
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Kate Thompson

Interim Chair

Kate is a transformational leader, an international development expert, a former management consultant, and a thought-leader on business strategies that deliver triple bottom line results — such that businesses are more profitable, governments are more effective, and civil society organizations are able to scale services more efficiently.

N4J Team Board Member Jeff Rose

Jeff Rose

Board Member

Jeff has four decades of senior and executive experience in bank management providing team leadership for the development of various credit approval and risk management models. He is grounded in middle market commercial finance, regulatory compliance and risk management. He has provided leadership for non-profits serving animal welfare, homelessness and higher education. Former National Bank Examiner. Graduate of Rice University and former Board of Trustee Member.

Melissa Dann
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Melissa Dann

Board Member
Melissa has 25 years of experience in international environmental policy and program strategy. She currently advises foundations, NGOs and the private sector on strategies to achieve transformative and effective change. She has served on many boards and has deep governance expertise.
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Debbie Cohen

Board Member

Debbie has over 35 years of broad experience in finance, management, marketing, communications, and personnel at for-profit and nonprofit organizations and as an independent consultant and a real estate agent. Her current and past Board and other volunteer positions are consistent with her interests in environmental and social issues.

Lisa Thomas

Lisa Thomas

Board Member

Lisa has over 25 years of project and operations management experience working in corporate America. She is passionate about eradicating adverse issues affecting the African American community.

Team Members

N4J Team Member Hank Cauley
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Hank Cauley

Interim CEO

Hank has a mix of corporate, academic, and NGO experiences over his 35-year career.  He has started or turned around seven organizations and major projects. Typically, he has worked to find common ground on social, environmental, and business issues.  He thrives in situations requiring urgent and thoughtful action that create results.

N4J Team Member Frank Hicks
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Frank Hicks

Co-Founder and Managing Director - Finance and Innovation

Frank has over 30 years of broad expertise in international development as a senior manager, board member, and consultant with leading NGOs, foundations, and impact investing funds. He is based in Costa Rica, formerly in West Africa, Asia, and the US.

N4J Team Member Michael O’Brien-Onyeka
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Michael O’Brien-Onyeka

Executive Vice President – Global Partnerships

Michael brings a wealth of expertise and more than 25 years of experience to this position. Most recently, he was the Senior Vice President – Africa Field Division at Conservation International. In addition, Michael has held senior positions at Greenpeace Africa, Oxfam, the National Democratic Institute, the African Child Policy Forum, and Amnesty International.

N4J Team Member Steven Nitah
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Steven Nitah

Managing Director - Canada

A former tribal chief and negotiator for the Łutsël K’é’ Dene First Nation and a specialist in Aboriginal and Treaty Constitutional Rights, Negotiations, and Relationship Building with indigenous peoples.

Clarenda Stanley
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Clarenda Stanley

Managing Director - Farmer Inclusion

Clarenda is an award-winning fundraiser and communications professional and CEO/Founder of Green Heffa Farms, the nation’s first Certified B Corp Black-owned farm.

Jasmine Gibson
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Jasmine Gibson

Regional Hub Outreach Coordinator

Jasmine is an environmental justice advocate with a background in stormwater infrastructure and horticulture science. Using her background as an integrated force, Jasmine brings attention to communication barriers and the social exclusion of green infrastructure in POC communities.

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Doug Seip

Policy Specialist

Doug is a conservation and sustainability practitioner who focuses on using responsible economic solutions to protect global environments in the face of climate change.

Lisa Cloete

Creative Director

As the Creative Advisor and Lead Storyteller, Lisa comes to N4J passionate about restoring and protecting our natural world and with a wide range of experience in the creative world of storytelling. She has worked in the art industry, publishing, education and literary fields. She has also worked in Communications for an ocean-based NGO and run’s her own small social media campaign for beach clean ups in her city in South Africa.

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Missy Rosen

Chief People Advisor
Results driven HR professional in leading tactical and strategic consulting to create organizational development strategies to support key business objectives.  Background includes leadership and development of globally positioned teams. 
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Sunny Bain

Professional Virtual Assistant

Sunny has more than 28 years working as an Executive Assistant and 21 working as a Professional Virtual Assistant in her own business supporting her clients virtually.  Typically, she works with entrepreneurs and small business owners handling among many things’ office administration. 

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Ganesan ‘Bala’ Balachander

Senior Advisor

Bala has over three decades of experience at the global, regional and national levels in corporate banking, international development, applied ecological research and social enterprises. He brings an interdisciplinary perspectives to addressing challenges at the intersection of ecology, economy and equity. He has lived and worked in Europe, US, Asia-Pacific and India, where he is currently based.

Luis Miguel Ormeno

Senior Advisor
Luis Miguel has over 20 years of professional expertise working in international development, conservation and finance initiatives for leading NGOs, research centers, government and impact investing funds. He is currently based in Peru, having worked all across Latin America with special emphasis in the Amazon.
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Edith Mebiama
Finance Systems Advisor

Edith has 24 years of non-profit financial and operations management experience. Her specialty is in management of financial systems and in creating business processes that fit to purpose.

Barlin Hassan Ali

Impact Advisor
Barlin has more than two decades of experience in dealing with international development and global international disaster response. In 2018, she received the Humanitarian Ambassador for International Women Achievers Award.
Mohamed Hassan Nur
Impact Advisor

Mohamed is a civil and environmental engineer with 30 years of professional experience in energy conservation, environmental impact assessment, management, and sustainability. He has managed multimillion-dollar projects, and directed and supervised multidisciplinary teams of engineers, scientists, analysts, and senior project managers that provided supervisory, technical support, policy and regulatory analysis to various US Government agencies, private industries, and international organizations.

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Isabelle Blanco
Philanthropy Advisor
Isabelle provides research consulting services to non-profits in the development of fundraising and strategic plans. She currently consults with Focus Fundraising and for the development team at Center for Policing Equity, an organization using data science to measure police bias.  Isabelle has also worked for USAID, the UN, Catholic Relief Services and Care International in Africa and Asia.
Elizabeth Delaney Moore
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Elizabeth Delaney Moore

Communications Advisor
Elizabeth comes to Nature4Justice after years crafting positioning strategies in pre-IPO companies. For equally many years, she’s dedicated herself to grassroots environmental and social justice issues.  She spends much of her free time translating court documents for and serving as a mentor to asylum seekers, many of whom have fled situations caused in part by climate change.
Gian Brodi
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Gina Brogi

Strategy Advisor
Gina has 30 years of experience in media and entertainment and she is grounded in an acumen for multinational deal negotiation and execution; development of empowered, productive leaders; and a focus on technology solutions. She has a passion for applying her global business expertise to climate solutions.
Lynne Manrique
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Lynne Manrique

Strategy Advisor
Lynne has 20 years of experience as a strategy and implementation leader for nonprofits, public-private partnerships, and local, state, and national governments, spanning 10 US states and about 20 countries. She has served as director of program planning for a $6B public charity, associate director of science, technology, and economic development for a nonprofit research and consulting firm, and executive director of a small foundation focused on expanding women’s leadership opportunities.
Hank Cauley
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Hank Cauley

Co-Founder, Interim CEO

Hank has a mix of corporate, academic, and NGO experiences over his 35-year career.  He has started or turned around seven organizations and major projects. Typically, he has worked to find common ground on social, environmental, and business issues.  He thrives in an environment requiring urgent and thoughtful action that creates results.

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Frank Hicks

Co-Founder, Principal

Frank has over 30 years of broad expertise in international development as a senior manager, board member, and consultant with leading NGOs, foundations, and impact investing funds. He is based in Costa Rica, formerly in West Africa, Asia, and the US.

Kate Thompson
Linkedin

Kate Thompson

Interim Chair

Kate is a transformational leader, an international development expert, a former management consultant, and a thought-leader on business strategies that deliver triple bottom line results — such that businesses are more profitable, governments are more effective, and civil society organizations are able to scale services more efficiently.

N4J Team Board Member Jeff Rose

Jeff Rose

Board Member

Jeff has four decades of senior and executive experience in bank management providing team leadership for the development of various credit approval and risk management models. He is grounded in middle market commercial finance, regulatory compliance and risk management. He has provided leadership for non-profits serving animal welfare, homelessness and higher education. Former National Bank Examiner. Graduate of Rice University and former Board of Trustee Member.

Melissa Dann
Linkedin

Melissa Dann

Board Member
Melissa has 25 years of experience in international environmental policy and program strategy. She currently advises foundations, NGOs and the private sector on strategies to achieve transformative and effective change. She has served on a variety of boards and has deep governance expertise.
Linkedin

Debbie Cohen

Board Member
Debbie has over 35 years of broad experience in finance, management, marketing, communications, and personnel at for-profit and nonprofit organizations and as an independent consultant and a real estate agent. Her current and past Board and other volunteer positions are consistent with her interests in environmental and social issues.
Lisa Thomas

Lisa Thomas

Board Member

Lisa has over 25 years of project and operations management experience working in corporate America. She is passionate about eradicating adverse issues affecting the African American community.

Team Members

N4J Team Member Hank Cauley
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Hank Cauley

Co-Founder and CEO
Hank has a mix of corporate, academic, and NGO experiences over his 35-year career.  He has started or turned around seven organizations/major projects. Typically, he has worked to find common ground on social, environmental, and business issues.  He thrives in an environment requiring urgent, thoughtful action that documents results.
N4J Team Member Frank Hicks
Linkedin

Frank Hicks

Co-Founder and Managing Director - Finance and Innovation

Frank has over 30 years of broad expertise in international development as a senior manager, board member, and consultant with leading NGOs, foundations, and impact investing funds. He is based in Costa Rica, formerly in West Africa, Asia, and the US.

N4J Team Member Michael O’Brien-Onyeka
Linkedin

Michael O’Brien-Onyeka

Executive Vice President – Global Partnerships

Michael brings a wealth of expertise and more than 25 years of experience to this position. Most recently, he was the Senior Vice President – Africa Field Division at Conservation International. In addition, Michael has held senior positions at Greenpeace Africa, Oxfam, the National Democratic Institute, the African Child Policy Forum, and Amnesty International.

N4J Team Member Steven Nitah
Linkedin

Steven Nitah

Managing Director - Canada
A former tribal chief and negotiator for the Łutsël K’é’ Dene First Nation and a specialist in Aboriginal and Treaty Constitutional Rights, Negotiations, and Relationship Building with indigenous peoples.
Clarenda Stanley
Linkedin

Clarenda Stanley

Managing Director - Farmer Inclusion

Clarenda is an award-winning fundraiser and communications professional and CEO/Founder of Green Heffa Farms, the nation’s first Certified B Corp Black-owned farm.

Jasmine Gibson
Linkedin

Jasmine Gibson

Regional Hub Outreach Coordinator

Jasmine is an environmental justice advocate with a background in stormwater infrastructure and horticulture science. Using her background as an integrated force, Jasmine brings attention to communication barriers and the social exclusion of green infrastructure in POC communities.

Doug Seip

Policy Specialist

Doug is a conservation and sustainability practitioner who focuses on using responsible economic solutions to protect global environments in the face of climate change.

Lisa Cloete

Creative Director

As the Creative Advisor and Lead Storyteller, Lisa comes to N4J passionate about restoring and protecting our natural world and with a wide range of experience in the creative world of storytelling. She has worked in the art industry, publishing, education and literary fields. She has also worked in Communications for an ocean-based NGO and run’s her own small social media campaign for beach clean ups in her city in South Africa.

Linkedin

Missy Rosen

Chief People Advisor

Results driven HR professional in leading tactical and strategic consulting to create organizational development strategies to support key business objectives.  Background includes leadership and development of globally positioned teams.

Linkedin

Sunny Bain

Professional Virtual Assistant

Sunny has more than 28 years working as an Executive Assistant and 21 working as a Professional Virtual Assistant in her own business supporting her clients virtually.  Typically, she works with entrepreneurs and small business owners handling, among many things, office administration. 

Luis Miguel Ormeno

Senior Advisor
Luis Miguel has over 20 years of professional expertise working in international development, conservation and finance initiatives for leading NGOs, research centers, government and impact investing funds. He is currently based in Peru, having worked all across Latin America with special emphasis in the Amazon.
Linkedin

Ganesan ‘Bala’ Balachander

Senior Advisor

Bala has over three decades of experience at the global, regional and national levels in corporate banking, international development, applied ecological research and social enterprises. He brings an interdisciplinary perspective to addressing challenges at the intersection of ecology, economy and equity. He has lived and worked in Europe, US, Asia-Pacific and India, where he is currently based.

Barlin Hassan Ali

Impact Advisor

Barlin has more than two decades of experience in dealing with international development and global international disaster response. In 2018, she received the Humanitarian Ambassador for International Women Achievers Award.

Mohamed Hassan Nur

Impact Advisor

Mohamed is a civil and environmental engineer with 30 years of professional experience in energy conservation, environmental impact assessment, management, and sustainability. He has managed multimillion-dollar projects for various US Government agencies, private industries, and international organizations.

Linkedin

Isabelle Blanco

Philanthropy Advisor
Isabelle provides research consulting services to non-profits in the development of fundraising and strategic plans. She currently consults with Focus Fundraising and for the development team at Center for Policing Equity, an organization using data science to measure police bias.  Isabelle has also worked for USAID, the UN, Catholic Relief Services and Care International in Africa and Asia.
Gian Brodi
Linkedin

Gina Brogi

Strategy Advisor
Gina has 30 years of experience in media and entertainment and she is grounded in an acumen for multinational deal negotiation and execution; development of empowered, productive leaders; and a focus on technology solutions. She has a passion for applying her global business expertise to climate solutions
Lynne Manrique
Linkedin

Lynne Manrique

Strategy Advisor
Lynne has 20 years of experience as a strategy and implementation leader for nonprofits, public-private partnerships, and local, state, and national governments, spanning 10 US states and about 20 countries. She has served as director of program planning for a $6B public charity, associate director of science, technology, and economic development for a nonprofit research and consulting firm, and executive director of a small foundation focused on expanding women’s leadership opportunities.
Elizabeth Delaney Moore
Linkedin

Elizabeth Delaney Moore

Communications Advisor

Elizabeth comes to N4J after years crafting positioning strategies in pre-IPO companies. For equally many years, she’s dedicated herself to grassroots environmental and social justice issues.  She spends much of her free time translating court documents for and serving as a mentor to asylum seekers, many of whom have fled situations caused in part by climate change.

Linkedin

Edith Mebiama

Finance Systems Advisor

Edith has 24 years of non-profit financial and operations management experience. Her specialty is in management of financial systems and in creating business processes that fit to purpose.