Our Team

Meleny Thomas

Development without Displacement Director

Terriq Thompson

Youth and Zero Waste Social Enterprise Leader

Maria Grajales

Youth and Zero Waste Social Enterprise Leader

Taysia Thompson

Youth and Zero Waste Social Enterprise Leader

Malika Jones

Board Secretary

Development without Displacement Director

Meleny Thomas

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.

Environmental Justice Coordinator

Shashawnda Campbell

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.

Zero Waste Just Transition Director

Greg Sawtell

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.

Youth and Zero Waste Social Enterprise Leader

Terriq Thompson

As a high school student in South Baltimore, Terriq Thompson helped lead the call for Baltimore to develop a systemic approach to addressing the lack of quality affordable housing and zero waste infrastructure to divert materials from incinerators and landfills. Terriq currently focuses on building opportunities for more youth through the development of local community economic development initiatives aligned with development without displacement and zero waste. Terriq is also a co-founder of Baltimore Broken Glass.

Youth and Zero Waste Social Enterprise Leader

Maria Grajales

Maria is a youth leader and South Baltimore resident who uses her passion for the arts to help grow the movement for development without displacement and Zero Waste. Maria is a co-founder of of Baltimore Broken Glass.

Youth Leader and Outreach Specialist

Carlos Sanchez

Carlos Sanchez is a youth leader and South Baltimore resident focusing on citywide outreach and education to connect more residents with the movement to create community owned development in Baltimore.

Youth and Zero Waste Social Enterprise Leader

Taysia Thompson

Taysia is a South Baltimore youth leader and resident active in the effort to shine a light on a broken waste system while she works to build a new one.

Board Chair

Sharon Hunt

Board Treasurer

Michael Middleton

Board Secretary

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