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ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERT PROFILE
Nellis Kennedy-Howard
AFFILIATION: Asdzaa Consulting
TITLE: Principal
LOCATION: Texas
LANGUAGE: English
EXPERTISE AREA: Climate Change, Conservation, Deij, Energy Policy, Environmental Justice, Environmental Racism, Indigenous/Native Communities, Just Transition, Pollution, Sustainability, Tribal Relations Or Indigenous Sovereignty, Water
ABOUT THE EXPERT:
Asdzą́ą́ Consulting (pronunciation) was founded by Nellis Kennedy-Howard. Asdzą́ą́ (meaning “woman”) is a Navajo woman-owned consulting firm assisting mission-driven organizations in becoming more effective, more impactful, and more equitable. Nellis Kennedy-Howard is a former Sierra Club Executive who served as Director of Equity, Inclusion, and Justice where she worked to transform the country’s oldest and largest environmental non-profit to become more equitable.
Nellis is an attorney with certificates in Federal Indian Law and Natural Resources Law. She previously worked alongside Winona LaDuke as Co-Executive Director at the Native non-profit organization, Honor the Earth. She first became an environmentalist after learning of the country’s largest uranium spill, which took place just miles from her family’s home on the Navajo Reservation.
CONTACT:
Contact Nellis Kennedy-Howard at Experts@diversegreen.org.
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