Meleny Thomas is the executive director of the South Baltimore Community Land Trust. She has over 15 years of serving youth and families and building community based organizations. Meleny believes in equitable development and continues to advocate for marginalized communities like the one in which she resides. She holds a Bachelors in Psychology, Masters in Nonprofit Management and Leadership and is currently finishing her dissertation in Public Policy and Administration with a specialization in Nonprofit Management and Leadership.

Shashawnda Campbell is a community leader and activist for Environmental Justice. As a student at Ben Franklin High School in South Baltimore, Shashawnda co-founded “Free Your Voice”, a student led group that worked for 5 years to shut down the largest incinerator proposal in US history set to be built less than a mile away from their school. Shashawnda has since helped develop the South Baltimore Community Land Trust to create community-led development without displacement, permanently affordable housing, and zero waste infrastructure. A lifelong Baltimore resident, Shashawnda is committed to the implementation of Baltimore’s Fair Development Plan for Zero Waste to help lead her City through a just transition that respects our lives and our planet.

Greg Sawtell is the Zero Waste Just Transition Director with the South Baltimore Community Land Trust. He has worked on environmental justice campaigns since 2012 in Baltimore beginning with the successful effort to stop the nation's largest trash incineration from being built less than a mile from schools in South Baltimore. Greg coordinated the development of Baltimore's community led Zero Waste Plan and is currently focused on implementation in coalition with labor, community, and government. Greg is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and the University of Maryland School of Social Work.

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