Krista Brewer is a life-long resident of Atlanta, Georgia. She grew up as the daughter of an Emory University professor, and part of the progressive South. After getting a Masters in urban planning and working briefly in that field, she turned to a career in journalism and editing before “retiring” to raise her three children.

Krista has served on PTA boards, and the boards of trustees of her children’s schools. Her other philanthropic and volunteer involvement includes women’s empowerment, civic engagement, and voter mobilization. Krista was instrumental in founding ProGeorgia, the civic engagement state table in Georgia, the first in the Deep South and reviving Georgia Conservation Voters, where she serves as President of the Board.

Laura is a director of and works with the Environmental Working Group to limit the toxic chemicals in food, air, water and consumer products. In 2004, she co-founded Mothers and Others for Clean Air and is currently the chair of the board; in 1994, she and her husband co-founded Chattahoochee Riverkeeper.

Laura serves on the boards of her family’s foundations: The Turner Foundation, Jane Smith Turner Foundation, the Turner Endangered Species Fund, and Ted’s Montana Grill. She is vice chair of the League of Conservation Voters Education Fund and sits on the national boards of the League of Conservation Voters, Defenders of Wildlife, Waterkeeper Alliance and the Carter Center Board of Councilors; she also serves on the advisory board for the Ray C. Anderson Foundation. She is a member of the Rotary Club of Downtown Atlanta.

Laura is the recipient of numerous humanitarian and environmental awards, including the League of Conservation Voters Environmental Hero Award, the SCLC Drum Major for Justice Award, the Healthy Child Healthy World’s Mom on a Mission for Service Award, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta’s Legacy Award, the YWCA Academy of Women Achievement Award, the National Garden Clubs Award of Excellence, the Andrew Young Foundation Pass on Blessings Award, and is a Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Legacy of Leadership Honoree.

Jillian Murphy is the Senior Program Officer at the Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund. She also serves as an advisor to the Democracy Alliance, where she manages the Climate Equity Action Fund.

Since joining the fund in 2016, she has led the Fund’s work with its state partners across the country, grown resources and expanded its state strategies. Prior to joining the Fund, she served as the Associate Director of Climate Communications at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, where she directed CAP Action’s political and electoral engagement on climate change and environmental issues in the 2016 election.

She has also worked in communications and campaign roles with national environmental campaigns like the Climate Action Campaign.  She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Miami University in Oxford, OH, with degrees in botany, environmental science, and Latin American studies.

A native of Atlanta, GA, she lives in Maryland with her husband, two rescue dogs, and cat.

Michelle Sanchez currently serves as the Latinx Director for the Democratic Party of Georgia. She began her career as a paralegal, worked in public relations, before moving into roles focused on organizing for progressive issues. Prior to her role with the Democratic Party, she served as the District Operations Director for the Progressive Turnout Project. She also served in two roles with the New Georgia Project, first as the Latinx and Faith Organizer, and then as the Quality Control Manager. Michelle is well versed in voting rights and democracy issues having served as a Board Member on the Hall County Board of Elections.

She received a Certificate of Leadership Mastery from the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, and early on in her career was certified as a Supervisor of Asbestos Removal by Occupational Safety and Environmental Education, Inc. 

Michelle is active within the Democratic Party, and previously served as the Executive Vice President of the Young Democrats of Georgia. In 2016 she ran for the Georgia House of Representatives to represent Hall County.

Ontario Smith is a political and external affairs specialist with more than than 15 years of experience navigating the challenging political and regulatory environments that face projects across the United States.

Ontario has worked for Fortune 200 companies in a variety of capacities within analytical, policy and political organizations. Ontario’s career began at Pacific Gas and Electric Company in San Francisco, where he led regulatory efforts related to ratemaking. Ontario transitioned into a role as principal local representative to the City and County of San Francisco where he led outreach and lobbying strategies with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and other City agencies. Ontario also worked at AT&T, in Atlanta, where he led external affairs in the Metro Atlanta region. 

In his current capacity as Managing Principal and Co-Founder at S2 Partners, Ontario works with clients across the country to enhance their relationships with local and state government officials, local stakeholders and organized labor. The S2 Partners team works to facilitate an environment where collaborative zoning, land use and workforce strategies are implemented, ensuring that important projects are designed, approved and constructed in diverse communities. 

Ontario is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

A graduate of Berry College, Wendy Davis has spent more than thirty years fostering civic engagement as a political strategist and community activist. Since 2010 she has produced telephone town hall events for VocalFi, helping clients across North America host interactive conversations with thousands of participants simultaneously. 

Committed to building a better Rome – a vibrant, welcoming, and prosperous city that is reaching for the 22 nd Century – Wendy served eight years as a Rome City Commissioner. Her primary goal was to involve more neighbors in the process of everyday governing, and she found innovative ways to share information and gather citizen input.

Determined to ask tough questions and propose new ideas, Wendy also distinguished herself as the city commissioner most responsive to citizens’ concerns. She has also been a leader in protecting greenspaces in Rome and increasing recreational and educational opportunities related to Rome’s rivers. 

During the 2022 election cycle, Wendy was a candidate for Congress in northwest Georgia.  For the last ten years, Wendy has held leadership roles in state and national organizations of municipal officials and within the Democratic Party. In addition, Wendy has been an active participant in a broad range of local community activities, including the successful effort to bring minor league baseball to Rome.

Daniela Rodriguez is a Mexican immigrant rights activist and community organizer. At the age of 13, she immigrated to the U.S. with her mother seeking a better life. In 2013, during her first year of college at GSU, she became a co-founder of Savannah Undocumented Youth Alliance, a grassroots org that advocated for the rights of undocumented college students in GA. In her work as an advocate for education equity and immigration reform in the south, she has shared her personal story and has used her voice to speak up for those who are not always heard. Daniela has been featured in various local, state, and  international newspapers and has spoken at various panels & radio shows.

She is a former ProGeorgia fellow & a Border Angels intern. She is recipient of several awards from organizations such as 9to5 working Georgia Working Women, Step Up Savannah, and for four consecutive years, she was selected as one of the 50 most influential latinas in the state of Georgia. In 2021 the ATL Magazine featured Daniela as one of 60 Georgians doing important work for the future of Georgia and in 2022 Voyage Savannah Magazine included Daniela in their rising stars section. She is a member of Savannah’s Hispanic Task Force & the Racial Equity Taskforce, & serves on the board for the Savannah Morning News. In honor of International Migrants Day, the City of Savannah inducted Daniela to the Municipal Archives, making her officially part of history.

Currently, she serves as the Executive Director of Migrant Equity Southeast -an immigration justice organization in South GA.  Because of her resilience, she has inspired other students with similar backgrounds and stories. She believes that education is a human right and that immigrants are Here To Stay. When she is not busy managing her various roles, she enjoys exploring coffee shops, reading and watching documentaries.