Jade Begay

Jade (Diné and Tesuque Pueblo) is an Indigenous rights and climate justice expert and strategist. She has partnered with climate and Indigenous organizations and Tribal Nations globally to develop strategies, create narratives, and build campaigns around climate change, Indigenous leadership and self determination, and social justice. Jade is developing an environmental justice start-up, The EJ Agency, and is a RISE research fellow. A board member of The Native Conservancy, Doc Society, Amazon Watch, and Evergreen Action, Jade was appointed by President Biden in 2021 to serve on the first ever White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. At Mesa, she wrote about Native people and U.S. citizenship and analyzed data on how climate change impacts Native people in the U.S.