Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors

Maria Goldstein, M.D.

Board Secretary

Retired public health physician with the New Mexico Department of Health.

Nathaniel Matthews-Trigg, MPH

Provides expertise to community health clinics on climate and health equity and on public health, healthcare, and emergency management risks at regional, national, and international forums.

Manuel Pino

Board President

Retired Professor of Social Behavioral Sciences at Scottsdale Community College, Arizona. From Acoma Pueblo.

Linda Sapochak, Ph.D.

Board Treasurer

Over 25-years of scientific research experience in academia, industry and national laboratories and more than 14-years of program and division management experience in a Federal Government Agency.

Julie Stephens

Community Planner
(Stephens & Associates)

Community Planner (Stephens & Associates), co-founder and retired Director of the Rio Grande Community Development Corporation, emphasizing environmental justice and energy concerns in Bernalillo County’s unincorporated South Valley.

Esther Yazzie-Lewis

Assistant Professor of Diné Studies at Navajo Technical University, retired Navajo translator for federal courts in Albuquerque. Activist from Eastern Navajo Agency.