Green Corps
Grassroots environmental organisation
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Green Corps is an environmental organization[5] in the United States[6] that trains recent college graduates[7] in a one-year post-graduate program[8] in grassroots community organizing. During the program, Green Corps organizers learn in the classroom and are deployed in the field to work on campaigns.[9]
Formation1992[1]
FoundersLeslie Samuelrich, Gina Cummings[2]
Type501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization[3]
Exec. Dir.
Renee Wellman| Formation | 1992[1] |
|---|---|
| Founders | Leslie Samuelrich, Gina Cummings[2] |
| Type | 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization[3] |
Exec. Dir. | Renee Wellman |
| Budget | $1,668,335[4] |
| Website | www |
Founding
Campaign history
Green Corps is hired by non-profits such as the Sierra Club to manage their campaigns in the field.[14] Campaigns Green Corps has worked on include:
Funding
Leadership
Executive Directors
Executive Directors of Green Corps have included:
- 1992 - 1994 Gina Collins Cummings
- 1994 - 2004 Leslie Samuelrich
- 2004 - 2008 Naomi Roth
- 2008 - 2012 Cindy Kang
- 2012 - 2017 Joshua Buswell-Charkow
- 2017 - 2022 Annie Sanders
- 2022 - present Renee Wellman
Board of directors
The current Green Corps Board of Directors includes:
- Douglas H. Phelps, President and Executive Director, The Public Interest Network
- Andy MacDonald, National Campus Organizing Director, Student PIRGs
- Leslie Samuelrich, President, Green Century Capital Management
- Wendy Wendlandt, Political Director, The Public Interest Network
- Naomi Roth, NRG Consulting Group
- Bernadette Del Chiaro, Executive Director, California Solar & Storage Association
- Mary Rafferty, Executive Director, Virginia Conservation Network
