We are a small team of talented professionals with a wide range of skills and experience. We love what we do and we look forward to working with you.
Marybelle N. Tobias
Founder & Principal
I am an environmental and climate justice attorney with two decades of experience leading community-driven planning and advancing equity-centered policy across California. I am experienced in building equity frameworks and guiding environmental, climate, housing, transportation and civil rights decision-making to strengthen community resilience and deliver meaningful outcomes. I have deep expertise in equity data and assessment, participatory process design, multi-partial, consensus-oriented facilitation, and multilingual communications. I also provide efficient project management to ensure each project meets its objectives. I speak proficient Spanish.
U.C. College of the Law, San Francisco, formerly U.C. Hastings College of the Law (JD)
U.C. San Diego (BA, Political Science & Political Theory)
Nahal G. Ipakchi
Senior Associate
I am an environmental planner and equity strategist with nearly two decades of experience advancing environmental justice, climate adaptation, and inclusive community engagement. I design participatory processes that center frontline communities and Tribes in climate and environmental decision-making. I am skilled in community-facing data visualization and story mapping and have deep expertise in facilitation, technical assistance, multi-sector governance, and project management to help agencies deliver meaningful, equity-centered outcomes that build resilience, protect ecosystems, and support economic vitality. I speak intermediate Spanish and fluent Farsi.
The Evergreen State College (MES, Environmental Studies)
University of Texas at Austin (BA, English Literature)
Colin A. Logan
Senior Associate
I have over a decade of experience as a community organizer, coalition builder, and convener. My skills include community outreach and mobilization, real-time interpretation, and meeting facilitation. I am the former Coordinator of the Oakland Climate Action Coalition. I am the Energy Justice Organizer and Communications Lead for the Reclaim Our Power Campaign. I provide interpretation for the Berta Cáceres International Feminist Organizing School. I am fluent in Portuguese and Spanish.
Stanford University (BA, Urban Studies)
Sarina Vega
Senior Associate
I am a landscape designer, organizer and artist with a practice rooted in over seven years of community-based work with government on bottom-up environmental justice solutions, pairing GIS and spatial analysis capability with direct community engagement experience in disadvantaged communities. I am experienced in supporting Native American Tribes with climate change adaptation & resilience through landscape design and data solutions that center Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK). My research interests include transborder and queer spatial ecologies and cultural/historic landscapes. I speak proficient Spanish and beginners Pashto.
University of Southern California (MLA, Landscape Architecture & Urbanism)
Smith College (BA, Environmental Science & Policy/Studio Art)
UC San Diego Extension (Certificate in Geographic Information Systems)
Angela Nzegwu
Senior Associate
I am a trained facilitator and educator skilled in using dialogic tools to build community power and bridge social difference. Applying an intersectional lens, I lead community-building workshops and develop curricula for leadership development. Through creativity, compassion, and a collaborative approach, my work connects people, resources, and ideas to build communities of belonging, learning, and radical imagination. I have fifteen years of experience in administration, program development, and leadership training across various institutions, including colleges, universities, non-profits, and faith-based organizations.
Duke University (MA, Theology & Ethics)
Amherst College (BA, English & Religion)
Amani Will
Associate
I honor, synthesize, and unpack cross cultural information to help dismantle internal & external systems of oppression and free up creative liberation. My primary media are film, music, and the Inner Equity Coaching Council. Council tools include parts work, re-evaluative counseling, DJ.E.D.I. development (deep justice, equity, diversity, & inclusion), social emotional learning, meditation guidance, embodiment and somatic healing practices, energy work, creative liberation techniques, and other indigenous healing pathways.
San Francisco State University (BA candidate, Social Justice and Holistic Health)
Expressions Center for New Media (Certificate in Sound Arts)
Interchange Counseling Institute (Certified Counselor and Life Coach)
Earth Activist Training (Certificate in Permaculture Design)
Aitran Doan
Associate
I have experience advocating for environmental, immigration, and urban planning justice for systemically disenfranchised communities as well as providing direct services to these diverse communities. I currently work as a housing counselor and tenants rights community organizer at Chinatown Community Development Center in San Francisco. I speak fluent Cantonese and Mandarin and intermediate Vietnamese, Spanish, and Arabic (Jordanian and Palestinian dialect).
Stanford University (BA, International Relations, Honors in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity)
Katharine Bierce
Associate
I am a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) with over 15 years of experience in project management, strategic consulting, and enterprise communications. I have managed complex, multi-stakeholder projects for organizations including Salesforce, where I led cross-functional teams and managed marketing and communications initiatives. I currently serves on the Albany Climate Action Committee, directly contributing to local climate policy development in the Bay Area.
University of Chicago (BA, Psychology, Dean’s List)
Phi Beta Kappa
WeiKuen Tang
Associate
I have 31 years of Cantonese and Mandarin language translation and 29 years of interpretation experience. I am especially adept in simultaneous interpretation, experienced in working with people of diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, able to adapt to work in most situations and environments, and can work with or without professional audio equipment.
University of California, Berkeley (ABD, Art History)
Chinese University of Hong Kong (M.Phil, Art History)
Tran Diep Lam
Associate
I am a professional sustainability consultant, specializing in renewable energy, industrial decarbonization, and corporate sustainability. I join E/J Solutions to contribute my expertise to the mission of achieving an inclusive sustainability and energy transition. I speak fluent Vietnamese and intermediate Mandarin.
Stanford University (BS and MS, Earth Systems, with a Minor in East Asian Studies)
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