Meet Our Team

Verde is proud of our multicultural, multi-lingual, dynamic, and entrepreneurial team! Our predominately BIPOC staff represents the communities we serve.

Candace Avalos

(she/her)
Executive Director
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Blythe Garma

(she/her)
Deputy Director
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Stacie Walen

(she/her)
Finance Director
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Paige Lakin

(she/her)
Development Director
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Itzel Muñoz

(she/her/ella/name)
Finance and HR Coordinator
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Mary Benson

(she/her)
Development Coordinator
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Sentilla Hawley

(she/her)
Communications and Development Coordinator
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Bianca Martinez

(she/her)
Administration Coordinator
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Outreach

Jasmine Co

(she/they)
Community Programs Manager
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Malín Jiménez

(she/her/ella/name)
Leadership Development Coordinator
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Nestor Campos

(he/him)
Education Coordinator
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Raina Brot-Goldberg

(she/they)
Environmental Education Program Coordinator
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Amandeep Sohi

(he/they)
Community Engagement Coordinator
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VERDE Builds

Javier Urenda Camacho

(he/him)
Verde Builds Program Manager
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Michelle Martinez

(she/her)
Heat Pump Program Coordinator
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Elizabeth A.

(she/they)
Heat Pump Program Coordinator
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Saulo Israel Quezada Tierrablanca

(he/him/el)
Foreman / Project Coordinator
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Diana Aguilar Vazquez

(she/her)
Cooling Portland Coordinator
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Paz Lazo

Cooling Portland Coordinator
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Verde Advocacy

Cheyenne Holliday

(she/her)
Advocacy Manager
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Indi Namkoong

(she/they)
Transportation Justice Coordinator
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Anahi Segovia Rodriguez

(she/her/ella)
Energy Justice Coordinator
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Xitlali Torres

(she/her)
Air Quality and Climate Program Coordinator
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Roselyn Poton

(she/her)
Water Justice Coordinator
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Annabelle Rousseau

(she/her)
Advocacy Coordinator
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Living Cully

Luis Velasco

(he/they)
Living Cully Program Manager
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Alagia Conwell-Felix

(she/her)
Community Engagement Coordinator
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Verity Vogel

(she/her)
Community Engagement Coordinator
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