PRESENTERS

Derrick Evans is the Founder and Executive Director of Turkey Creek Community Initiatives (TCCI), is a sixth-generation native (6-G) of Turkey Creek, a Mississippi Gulf Coast community settled by his freed African-American ancestors in 1866. To combat a litany of threats to environmental quality, cultural continuity, and community survival. Since Hurricane Katrina struck, Mr. Evans and TCCI have provided relief for survivors, facilitated community-based recovery planning, and broadly advocated for a more just and sustainable future for coastal Mississippi's most vulnerable communities. He is also a Gulf Coast Fund Advisory Group member.

Peter Teague is the Environment/Contemplative Practice Program Director at the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Peter has extensive experience in the field, having served as senior environmental policy advisor to Congressman Leon Panetta, Senate candidate Diane Feinstein and Senator Barbara Boxer. Peter also worked as Senior Program Officer at the Tides Foundation. Before joining the NCF staff, Peter, a former business litigator and Peace Corps Volunteer, led the Horizons Foundation, the nation’s oldest and largest LGBT community foundation.

Jerome Ringo, former president and current board member of the Apollo Alliance, is senior executive for global strategies for Green Port, a private company that focuses on establishing sustainable green ports around the world. He wrote this for the Progressive Media Project, a source of liberal commentary on domestic and international issues. Mr. Ringo is a former National Wildlife Federation Board chairman

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