Joshua Bergeron, first term.

Joshua Bergeron is an intern architect at Ellerbe Becket in Minneapolis. He received a Bachelors of Science degree in architecture and a Masters degree in architecture from the University of Minnesota. He is also an adjunct faculty member at the College of Visual Arts in St. Paul where he has taught descriptive geometry and drafting. Joshua is highly interested in the overlap and intersection of design/ architecture with activism, energy, materials, health and wellness, and the economy. He is in the process of getting LEED certification from the US Green Building Council. He believes that strong, self-sufficient communities that are ethical for people, place and profit are a healthy way to a sustainable future.

Hattie Bonds, second term.

Hattie Bonds is a principal in the Minneapolis Public Schools.  She has a Bachelors degree in education and a Masters degree in secondary administration.  Her subject area of concentration is Science.  She has completed over half the course work in her Doctorial program in leadership.  Hattie is the president of The Minnesota Alliance of Black School Educators (MABSE) and founder of For Women Only! a Public TV program aired each Saturday on MTN channel 17 at 6 P.M. Hattie has served on many boards and committees dealing with education, racism, diversity, and social service agencies.  She worked at the ground level of the Healthy Legacy Campaign. Her interests have taken her to a new level of commitment to the environmental justice movement.  Hattie is a founding member of EJAM and serves as a board member of The Women’s Environmental Institute.  Her energy is directed at educating others about the environments’ effects on people’s health and mobilizing youth for needed changes.

Susan Breedlove

I have been active on the Northside since 1969 serving on committees of Pilot City Health Center’s TACTICS Board, Health and Safety Committee of Local #59 Minneapolis Teachers and Teacher Assistants (addressing environmental health issues at over 200 sites in our contract), and MNCHEC (focusing on children’s health issues) With EJAM, I have completed tasks such as creating our member list with colleagues and acting as "financial clerk" for EJAM. I consider myself as proactive in addressing environmental health issues. I am especially concerned about the health of urban residents, the implications of racism, and the welfare of our children.

Rose Brewer, second term.

Rose Brewer is the Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of African American & African Studies at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She has written extensively on Black Families, race, gender & class, and public policy.  She is the 2004 recipient of the Josie R. Johnson Human Rights and Social Justice Award. She is a scholar-activist who for over a decade has been a member of the board of Project South:  Institute for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide.  She is also on the board for a Fair Economy, and is a founding member of the Black Radical Congress.  And, she consults nationally on issues of Race, Gender & Class in the curriculum. Dr. Brewer serves on the EJAM Board of Directors.

Rep. Karen Clark

Representative Clark has been a progressive Minnesota State legislator for 24 years, public-health nurse and OB-GYN nurse practitioner and community organizer. Karen lives in the Phillips neighborhood in South Minneapolis, where she experiences first hand the serious problem of arsenic contamination and where she is actively engaged on this issue. She is a graduate of the JFK School at Harvard. Karen is the Founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Environmental Institute, an environmental research, renewal and retreat center dedicated to environmental justice. Karen’s passionate dedication to environmental justice is also reflected in her legislative, community and personal priorities. Karen is a part-time instructor at the U of MN and also at the College of St. Catherine’s Graduate Program of Holistic Health Studies. She is an EJAM Board member.

Darrell Gerber

I have been involved with EJAM both as an active member and on the Board of Directors as Secretary since before the first Founder’s Day. I received a B.S. in Engineering Science at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado and an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. After working a number of years for an industrial automation company I decided to change careers and work in public policy. I have recently completed an M.S. degree in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. My focus was on Energy Policy with a specialization on the use of biofuels as alternatives to fossil-based transportation fuels.

Collie Graddick

Collie Graddick is an Agricultural Consultant with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture working in the Seed, Noxious Weed and Pesticide Regulatory Units. The Pesticide program involves educating homeowners on pest management issues, proper pesticide use and on reducing the amount of pesticides used as well as reducing human exposures to pesticides. He was worked for the department for 12 years. Prior to that Collie was an extension educator working in the areas of commercial vegetables, small grains and youth development. He grew up on a 200-acre sustainable farm near Columbus, Georgia producing vegetables, beef and pork. Collie received a B.S. degree in Agronomy from Fort Valley State University, Georgia and an M.S. from Tuskegee University, Alabama in Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Production. Collie serves on the EJAM Board of Directors.

Michael Haynes, first term.

Michael Haynes is a Coldwell Banker ECO Broker Realtor that is trained specifically in “Green Building” sciences and specializes in clients with MCS (multiple chemical sensitivity). He is owner and founder of MinnesotaGreen.Biz an organization committed to developing and  promoting Green businesses.. He is active in several community organizations, including US Green Building Council, Central Area Neighborhood Association, 38th Street Development Corridor, Alliance for Metropolitan Stability and is also serving on the steering committee for the 2008 Northland Bioneers .He is an active consultant and speaker on Green Building and Neighborhood Sustainability.  He has a Bachelors Degree in Economics and 12 years of corporate management and data architecture experience. With a family legacy of political and social activism, he is passionate and committed to the next generation of young adults that will create a new order of environmental and economic security.

Boise D. Jones

I am CEO of Urban Isles Consulting a firm specializing in GIS/Public Policy/ Environmental Justice/Economic Development. I am a graduate of the Department of Geography and Planning, and Political Science from California State University, Chico. I have worked as a consultant to the Democratic, Republican, and Green Parties. Currently, I provide Technical Assistance to the West Broadway Area Coalition in Minneapolis, revitalizing the West Broadway Avenue commercial corridor. In addition, I manage a project for Pillsbury United Communities, Community Employment Strategies Division. I serve as a Researcher/Outreach for EJAM.

Terrance Noble, first term.

I’m a Minnesotan that has been working for social justice for 15 years. I’m presently a phone canvass manager for Clean Water Action Alliance in Northeast Minneapolis. There I’m responsible for implementing our membership interaction and direct fundraising plans and overseeing a team who contacts members on a daily basis. I look forward to applying my experience managing a team committed to making yearly fundraising goals of about $1 million a year to a grassroots organization, such as EJAM, in order to improve membership development and communication. I also have experience as an organizer who has worked to expand the collaborative efforts in communities of color to heighten awareness of children health issues.

Kathleen Schuler, second term.

Kathleen Schuler is a founding member of EJAM and has served on the Board since 2006. She is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, where she focuses on protecting children from environmental toxins, both through educating parents and advocating for public policies that reduce human exposure to toxic chemicals. She is also Co-Director of Health Legacy, a statewide public health coalition dedicated to “safe products, made safely.” Ms. Schuler has a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Minnesota. She is also a past Bush Leadership Fellow in environmental health.  That experience included study at Boston University and an internship with the Center for Health, Environment and Justice.

Cheryl Wilson, second term.

Cheryl Wilson grew up in South Minneapolis and is a product of the Minneapolis Schools. With well over 29 years of experience in community organizing/direct services/advocacy. She worked as Parent Educator for the Minneapolis Public Schools. Cheryl has worked within the educational systems around issues of parental involvement, volunteer coordination and parent education. She moved away to rural Minnesota where she provided direct services to African/African American community members in domestic violence, sexual assault, abused children and general crime through a Latino organization. When back in the urban context, Ms. Wilson has been the Director of the Morris Miller Youth Center and developed the Organizing Project of African American Congregations to enhance the power of community through organizing. Cheryl studied business for non-profits at the College of St. Thomas, MN. In her continual journey through life and learning, her trainings includes: Center for Third World Organizing, Oakland, CA, Organizing Apprenticeship Project, Minneapolis, MN, Highlander Research and Education Center, New Market, TN, Midwest Academy, Chicago, IL. She has served on many local and national boards. She is currently a board member of Pedagogy and Theater of the Oppressed. She has come to understand that change begins with self and the understanding of the power that each individual has with their story and voice. Cheryl continues to train community members in grassroots organizing. Her passion is to create an authentic culture of organizing in Minnesota to address the disparities and injustices that exists within the systems in regards to underrepresented communities.