Meet the Team
Evey Mengelkoch - Social Media, Corporate & Congressional Communications
Evey writes and manages posts for the campaign's Twitter and other parts of the social media. She also contributes to outreach to Congress and corporations as well as other tasks as needed.
Erin F. McClain - Changemaker Training, Corporate & Congressional Communications
Erin is an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania pursuing a degree in Climate Science and Creative Writing. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with an A.S. Mathematics from the Community College of Allegheny County, and was named the Two Year College Student of the Year by the Northeast Regional Honors Council in 2021. Her interests are in Passive Housing and Food and Agriculture Policy with regards to climate change. Erin works with the congressional and corporate outreach team and changemaker training.
Sophie Gormley - Legal, Corporate & Congressional Communications
Sophie works on CTC’s congressional and legal teams. She is a Masters student in George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management Legislative Affairs program. She hopes to work in a government affairs or legislative affairs team at an environmental nonprofit in DC. 
Arianna Soresi - Fundraising, Research, Environmental Justice
Arianna recently earned her B.S. in Physics at the University of Miami and is now pursuing a M.S. in Sustainable Business. She joined Change The Chamber in November 2022, and is involved in the fundraising, research, and environmental justice teams. On the fundraising team, she researches, compiles, applies, and interviews for grant opportunities. She was involved in the recent achievement of the Lush Charity Pot grant. She is interested in sustainability, renewable energy, plastic pollution, ESG standards and the ongoing climate crisis.
Gabriela Carson - Legal
Gabriela is a recent graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science. She works mainly with the legal team, and is interested in environmental policy, corporate responsibility, and sustainable development. 
Sarah Hill - Social Media, Student Group Recruitment, Research, ESG Campaign
Sarah creates content for Twitter and Facebook, helps out with our Research team, and helps recruit student groups to our coalition.
Erika Pietrzak - Environmental Justice, Podcast & Live Webinars
Erika is an undergraduate student at Duke University in North Carolina and resides in Maryland. She is majoring in Public Policy and African American & African Studies with a minor in Earth and Climate Sciences. She is a co-leader for the Environmental Justice team.
Samantha Grimes - Corporate & Congressional Communications
Samantha earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology at Marian University and her Master of Science in Conservation Biology from the University of Central Florida. She helps with the Congressional Outreach team. She is interested in environmental policy, education, and their intersections with equity. 
Meliya Soller - Podcasts & Live Webinars
Meliya is a student at Hamilton College and is majoring in environmental studies and minoring in biology. She works with the podcast team and is interested in science communication and environmental policy.
Robin Doyle - Social Media, Changemaker Training, Environmental Justice
Robin is a graduate of Florida State University where she earned her B.A. in English with a concentration in Editing, Writing & Media. She is interested in the intersection of environmentalism and social justice, exploring the ways in which media representations of social issues impact societal values. She aims to use this knowledge to promote meaningful change, sustainable behaviors and environmental equity.
Kendall Chappell - Legal, Research, Environmental Justice
Kendall is a fourth year at UChicago studying environmental science. She is very interested in the legal side of environmental issues, and works with the environmental justice, legal, and research teams.
Shruti Machiraju - Social Media, Fundraising, Corporate & Congressional Communications
Shruti is a recent graduate of Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Bioenvironmental Sciences. She contributes to Congressional Outreach, creates content for Twitter, and helps with Fundraising. She is interested in pursuing a career in environmental law and policy.
Manushi Sharma - Environmental Justice, Changemaker Training
Manushi is passionate about intersectoral and systems-wide approaches to tackle public health and environmental injustice issues. She specializes in participatory learning and evaluation of programs. 
Chisom Nnajiofor - Corporate & Congressional Communications
Chisom, a recent graduate with a master's in Global Public Policy from Suffolk University, has been a pivotal member of Change the Chamber since August 2023. Her commitment to environmental policies, sustainability and equity is rooted in personal experiences in Nigeria. As a passionate advocate for climate actions, she engages in impactful research and congressional projects, Chisom aims to make a difference in the communities most affected by climate issues. 
Ellie Georgeson - Corporate & Congressional Communications
Ellie is an undergraduate at Tulane University, working on her degree in Political Science and Environmental Studies. She helps with the congressional and corporate outreach team. Her overall interest in climate advocacy is in promoting climate education and access to the green workforce.
Rae Dunbar - Corporate & Congressional Communications
Rae is a member of the Congressional Outreach team, where she meets with both campaign managers to aid elected officials in reelection and corporations to encourage them to lobby for climate policy. Rae is also a writer and editor for this team. She has composed letters to corporations, and is currently working on a report about the U.S. Chamber. She also presented about the current state of climate change for a Change the Chamber and CAC national webinar titled Climate Solutions and Green Jobs.
Tony Passino - Changemaker Training, Corporate & Congressional Communications
Tony loves the outdoors and it is through this love that he is motivated to be a national climate fellow with change the chamber. Currently, he helps to lead the changemaker training team and contributes through writing blog posts. As of September 2023, he is pursuing a Ph.D. in business administration with a focus on organizations and social change at UMass Boston. When he is not studying or working with CTC, he can be found in a tent or on a bike with his partner Olivia.
Elic Weitzel - Research, Corporate & Congressional Communications
Elic works with the Research and Congressional and Corporate Communications teams. He is pursuing his Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Connecticut and is most interested in sustainability, democratic governance, and natural resource policy.
Hunter Mundy - Changemaker Training
Hunter helped to create the "How to be an Environmental Changemaker" toolkit and strives to make a positive impact in the world today.
Miguel Lopes - Research, Environmental Justice
Miguel is a graduate of Lusofona University of Porto with a bachelor's degree in European Studies, Lusophone Studies and International Relations. He is very interested in climate justice and climate legislation. He is a member of the Research and Environmental Justice teams.
Sophie Cifolelli - Research, Corporate & Congressional Communications, Environmental Justice
Sophie has earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science with a concentration in Public Policy, and credit toward a Masters of Arts Program. She facilitates core team meetings and assists with research and Congressional outreach data. Her interests are climate change’s impact on gender inclusiveness and mental health awareness.Past Team Members
Will Felix - Podcast, Corporate & Congressional Communications
Will received his Bachelors of Arts degree with majors in Marine Affairs and Ecosystem Science & Policy from the University of Miami in 2021. Will manages, co-hosts, and produces the Let's Talk About Climate podcast. Additionally, he assists in strategic planning for Corporate & Congressional Communications. He is interested in pursuing a career in environmental advocacy and policy.
Emma Vagelos - Recruitment, Changemaker Toolkit
Emma heads the recruitment team along with direct action. Her most recent project has been organizing the "How to be an Environmental Changemaker" toolkit.
Ethan Barragán - Social Media, Environmental Justice, Corporate & Congressional Communications
Ethan helps gather climate news, environmental justice resources, and helpful campaign links for the weekly newsletter. He also helps facilitate Core Team meetings, attends coalition Zoom calls, sends emails to the campus groups.
Zach Roberts - Research, Corporate & Congressional Communications
Zach researches the U.S. Chamber's record on policy, writes articles, and contributes to Congressional outreach. He is a recent graduate of William & Mary in Government and Environmental Policy, and is committed to advancing the clean energy transition and creating a more sustainable world.
Sabrenia Sweatt - Graphic Design/TikTok
Sabrenia is a cat enthusiast and show fanatic. She’s passionate about using her artistic abilities to spread messages for mental health and protection of wildlife animals.
Meleine Yao - TikTok, Research
Meleine leads the Tiktok team and contributes to research and other social media teams. She enjoys researching current news on climate change science, climate change policies, environmental injustice, and the selected target companies each month.
Logan Solomon - Research, Outreach
Logan does research on the influence corporations have on continuing the fossil fuel economy. He also works with our senate outreach team pushing congress to enact science based climate policy.
Leo Menninger - Research, Communications
Leo Menninger researches the U.S. Chamber's political activity. He creates content for social media and directly communicates with U.S. Chamber member corporations about their responsibility to Change the Chamber.
Hannah Leland - Communications, Media Outreach
Hannah helps manage Change The Chamber's outreach to corporations, and regularly writes and edits messages for a variety of components of the campaign.
Nolan George - Research
Nolan helps research the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's fossil fuel lobbying. His area of interest is exposing the Chamber's misleading rhetoric and showing how the Chamber does not promote a sustainable future.
Nicolette Cure - Social Media, Communications
Nicolette manages all outreach and communication with individuals working in the environmental sector, as well as other environmental groups, on the campaign's LinkedIn account. Through her outreach, she connects people to the Lobby For Climate campaign, informing them about our goals and encouraging them to share our social media posts.
Maggie O’Brien - Research, Social Media
Maggie helps with a variety of tasks, from editing research posts for the blog to crafting tweets for the social media storms. She also finds and shares scholarly articles with the coalition’s Environmental Justice database. As an environmental studies student, she has experience examining frames of scientific communication and interpreting public policy.
Julian Reed - Podcast, Strategy
Julian manages, co-hosts, and produces the campaign's very own podcast called Let's Talk About Climate. Additionally, he assists in strategic planning for communicating with target audience.
Hannah Besly - Direct Action, Environmental Justice, Communications
Yesenia Chavez - Research, Corporate & Congressional Communications, Environmental Justice
Yesenia earned her B.A. from Yale University and is currently a graduate student in environmental sciences and policy at Johns Hopkins. She is a co-lead of the Research team and collaborates with the Corporate & Congressional and Environmental Justice teams. She is interested in international environmental justice, specifically in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Felicia Wang - Corporate & Congressional Communications, Research
Felicia is a member of the Corporate and Congressional Communications Team. She enjoys lobbying the EPA and Congressional staff for better climate policies, as well as participating in coalition meetings to learn from other groups and build people power. She also helps track Chamber of Commerce actions, research new policies, and write op-eds.
Nina Jacobs - Environmental Justice, Legal, Corporate & Congressional Communications
Nina is a writer and editor for multiple teams. She co-leads Environmental Justice, and enjoys onboarding and training new members interested in climate justice. 
Aaron Molina Fletcher - Graphic Design/Instagram
Aaron is a professional in Communications with a passion for nature. As a member of the Graphic Design Team, he collaborates with the Research Team and the Podcast Team to create engaging content to bring attention to critical issues within the context of environmental protection. 
Morgan Thibodeau - Graphic Design/Instagram
Morgan helps brainstorm and design content for the Instagram team. She also assisted with creating Change the Chamber’s new campaign identity.
Emily Daggar - Social Media, Core Team Recruitment
Emily is a student at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. She helps with writing posts for Twitter and Facebook, as well as recruiting for the Core Team.
Jenna Burgess - Research, Social Media
Jenna co-leads the research team. She tracks the Chamber of Commerce as well as corporations that have a strong influence over environmental policy. She has also worked with the social media team to help educate youth on the importance of environmental advocacy.
Victor Nnah - Twitter, Communications
Tara Bayer - Social Media, Direct Action
Tara works with the Instagram team to edit and create posts. On the direct action team, she smooths away logistic issues and helps flesh out campaign ideas. 
Cassidy Yueh - Social Media
Cassidy is a graphic designer for Change the Chamber. She has been working on campaigns against fossil fuels and sustainability advocacy.
Jenny Kim - Research, Social Media, Recruitment
Jenny helps manage and create content for the campaign Instagram, conducts research on target companies and the U.S. Chamber, and recruits groups to engage with our campaign. She writes blog posts on cases surrounding the Chamber. She hopes to continue advocating for science based climate legislation by changing the Chamber.
Matthew Melliza - Recruitment, Social Media
Matthew creates eye-catching instagram posts and Tiktoks that call out corporations for their U.S. Chamber of Commerce fossil fueling activities. He reaches out to student groups to encourage them to help with the campaign.
Laurel Mire - Social Media, Direct Action
Laurel has worked in many of the campaign's facets, including student group outreach, writing and editing content, webinar participation, and research. She currently works on the social media and direct action teams, creating weekly posts for the campaign’s Facebook page and organizing a coalition of boycotts at schools across the country. She is interested in the role of effective science communication in shaping perception and action in the public and political spheres.
Savannah Brito Goncalves - Environmental Justice, Social Media, Communications
Trey Purves - Fundraising
Trey is a student at Columbia University studying Sustainable Development. At Change the Chamber, he works with the fundraising team to scout and obtain grants, and with the Facebook team where he writes weekly posts sharing recent climate happenings.
Emma Woelkers - Corporate & Congressional Communications, Research, Environmental Justice
Emma received her Bachelor’s of Science in Environmental Studies and Sustainability at Northern Michigan University. She co-leads the Congressional and Corporate Outreach team, and assists with the Research and Environmental Justice teams. She is interested in environmental policy, community organizing, and protecting our water.
Shen Shen - Research, Environmental Justice, Recruitment, Twitter, Corporate & Congressional Communications
Shen co-leads the Research team, contributes to the campaign’s Twitter and recruits core team members & student groups. She is also an active member of our Environmental Justice and Corporate & Congressional Communications teams.
Yin Liu - Communication, Social Media, Environmental Justice, Podcast
Yin helps create weekly posts for Change the Chamber’s Facebook and Instagram. She works alongside the Target Communications and Environmental Justice teams to empower youth voices in climate justice. She is also co-host of the 'Lets Talk About Climate' podcast.
Joey Abbott - Graphic Design/Instagram
Joey creates graphics for CTC's official Instagram and is one of the Instagram + TikTok team co-leads.
Emily Halliday - Graphic Design/Instagram
Emily is a Master of Public Health student at Boston University. She designs content for our Graphic Design/Instagram Team.
Michelle Coulson - Graphic Design/Instagram, Student Group Recruitment
Michelle is soon to graduate from Texas State Technical College with an Associate in Graphic Design. She uses her knowledge in graphic design to create posts for the Instagram page. She also helps with recruiting student groups for our coalition.
Abby Waldron - Corporate & Congressional Communications, Social Media Management
Abby is a recent graduate from the University of Georgia. She helps lead the Congressional & Corporate Outreach team and is a frequent contributor to the campaign's Twitter.
Paloma Quiroga - Research, Environmental Justice
Paloma is part of the research team where she helps conduct research on target companies every month as well as tracking the U.S. Chamber’s political activity and lobbying. She is also a member of the environmental justice team.
Jill Cass - Communications, Podcast, Research
Jill is one of the hosts and content creators for the Let’s Talk About Climate podcast. She helps with recruitment as well, both onboarding new members and reaching out to student groups across the country to partner with the campaign. In addition, Jill assists in planning and communicating with US Chamber member companies, the Chamber itself, and with campaign partners.
Emma Marotta - Research, Communications
Emma helps develop conversations with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as well as individual member companies. Through her research and writing, she helps expose the U.S. Chamber's destructive lobbying, funding and litigation and catalyze the steps corporations need to take to ensure a livable planet.
Lucien Wallace - Direct Action, Research
Lucien Wallace generates ideas and carry out plans for our direct action campaigns. He contributes to the campaign blog and conducts research regarding educating students about political competency and activism.
Rebecca Rennecker - Research, Social Media
Rebecca researches the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's involvement in climate lobbying. She focuses on their involvement with the fossil fuel industry and creates social media and blog posts exposing large companies for their anti-climate actions and affiliations.
Vivian Kim - Social Media, Student Group Recruitment
Vivian creates content for the campaign Twitter account and monitors the social media storms. She interacts with the environmental community to drive the social pressure for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Lobby For Climate.
Amber Reader - Corporate & Congressional Communications, Social Media, Recruitment
Amber helps lead the Congressional Outreach team and contributes some of her other time towards writing post, special interest projects, and welcoming/introducing new members to Change The Chamber*Lobby For Climate.
Diego Colunga - Research
Diego is a recent graduate with studies in Sustainable Development and International Relations. He co-leads the Research Team. His main interest in the climate fight is in finding better ways of organizing and thriving in harmony with our planet.
Becca Phillips - Podcast, Environmental Justice
Becca helps host and produce podcasts for Let's Talk About Climate, CTC's podcast. She also supports the environmental justice and core team efforts.
Stella Younkin - Research
Stella is a co-lead of the Research Team. She helps research the U.S. Chamber’s activity, social media, endorsements, corporate donations etc., as well as work on other research projects that are used by various teams.
Daniel Block - Corporate & Congressional Communications, Social Media Management
Daniel attends Brandeis University and is pursuing a degree in Environmental and American Studies. His most recent project has been identifying key midterm campaigns to meet with and figure out the best ways for CTC to support climate champions as the nation approaches November. 
Aaditi Lele - Media, Corporate & Congressional Communications, Environmental Justice
Aaditi is a first-year at Vanderbilt studying Political Science, Environmental Sociology, and Climate Studies. She organizes with the Fossil Free Five coalition, filing legal complaints against fossil fuel investments, and serves as the Policy Communications Coordinator at Zero Hour.
Elin Chan - Communications, Podcast
Elin helps organize, plan, and communicate with US Chamber member companies and directly with the Chamber. She manages, co-hosts, and produces the podcast 'Lets Talk About Climate'.
Roya Wolfe - Graphic Design/Instagram, Advertising
Roya helped develop the Instagram by creating and designing several graphics and researching pieces and stories. She also helped the Advertising team create social media ads targeting specific corporations and their lobbying practices. She works at a nonprofit and studied environment and energy at Georgetown University SFS. 
Gabriel Slaughter - Research, Communications
Gabe Slaughter researches the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's fossil fuel lobbying and engages stakeholders involved with our effort to change the Chamber.
Connor Seto - Research, Outreach
Connor works with the research team to analyze reports and help senator outreach by researching stances and voting history.
Frances Schulenberg - Social Media
Frances works with the Instagram team to create graphics for Change the Chamber's social media accounts.
Nevia Selmon - Media Outreach, Recruitment
Nevia assists in the development of outreach that is used in contacting reporters. Through her media outreach, she shines light on the corruption of the US Chamber of Commerce, helping to broaden public knowledge. She has participated in an international webinar to educate global youth on ways to mitigate the climate crisis. 
Kyle Giuseppe - Research
Kyle researches the Chamber of Commerce’s political donations to climate change denying politicians as well as the Chamber’s lobbying efforts for the energy industry. Our Mentor
Debra Rowe - Mentor
Debra Rowe, Ph.D. is founder of the Disciplinary Associations' Network for Sustainability and senior advisor to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Dr. Rowe has been professor of energy management, renewable energy technology and psychology for over 40 years at Oakland Community College. She won an Energy Education Award at MIT. She also taught corporate and campus sustainability at the University of Vermont.