Our Team.
Democracy Green hires and develops leaders directly from communities. These leaders then lead outreach and transformative change initiatives in their home counties.
In 2021, Democracy Green launched the Environmental Justice Leaders Fellowship and the Critical Environmental Justice Fellowship (a fellowship that prioritizes advocacy for returning citizens and criminal justice reform). A fellow is chosen annually, and through this seasonal fellowship, selected applicants undergo a series of trainings that include: environmental justice 101, eco-advocacy, social issues at the intersection, and in-community campaign development.

Kristen Pearson
Western NC Regional Coordinator
Home County: Burke County, NC

Robert Whittington, Jr.
Marketing Director

Christine Parnham
Bookkeeper

Ms. Evelyn Johnson
SE Community Outreach Coordinator
Home County: Brunswick County, NC

Ms. Rosa Gardner
SE Quality Control
Home County: Brunswick County, NC

Ken Mitchell
Community Outreach Coordinator
EJL Fellow
Class of 2023
Home County: Brunswick County, NC

Hassein Walton
CEJ Fellow
Class of 2022-2023
Home County: Wake County, NC

Kia Lewis
EJL Fellow
Class of 2022
Home County: Craven County, NC

Trey Messer
EJL Fellow
Class of 2021
Home County: Wake County, NC
