GEE-21 Youth Board
The GEE-21 Youth Board is a team of young professionals who serve two-year terms. The Youth Board offers valuable insights and guidance on initiatives such as the Conference of the Parties (COP) and other organizational priorities.
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Hailey Campbell
Hailey Campbell is a recent graduate with experience in climate resilience planning, youth climate policy education, and stakeholder engagement across municipal, NGO, and academic settings. She is a collaborative team player dedicated to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and climate justice. She believes that a just transition and sustainable future can only be achieved by prioritizing local communities and phasing out fossil fuels. As Executive Director of Care About Climate, Hailey aims to drive intergenerational collaboration, strengthen youth voices in climate policy-making, and build cross-sector partnerships to drive sustainability practices that achieve climate justice and long-term sustainability goals. Hailey has attended COPs since COP25 (Madrid), and successfully led the charge for countries to finally recognize youth as key stakeholders in climate decision-making in the Action for Climate Empowerment Work Programme adopted at COP26, and the institutionalization of an Annual Youth Forum at COP.
Diana Lopera
Diana Lopera is a proud daughter of immigrants and a child of the Pacific, born and raised on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. She left home to pursue a B.S. in Global Environmental Science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she deepened her commitment to environmental and social justice. Through her leadership in programs focused on youth empowerment and community-driven sustainable initiatives, Diana was invited by the Global YMCA to attend COP26 as a World YMCA Youth Climate Ambassador, where she advocated for the voices of small island nations and amplified the importance of youth-led solutions to address climate change through the lens of intersectionality. Diana also attended COP26 as part of the State of Hawaiʻi Delegation to support Governor David Ige and the Hawaiʻi Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, where she was serving as part of the inaugural Climate Ready Hawaiʻi AmeriCorps VISTA cohort. Diana currently works at the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources, where she has been involved in initiatives focused on community-based management to preserve nearshore marine resources around each main Hawaiian island so that local resources are available and plentiful, today and for future generations.
Emily Sarasa
Emily Sarasa is a legal professional committed to social justice and sustainability, leveraging extensive experience in policy advocacy, litigation support, and community engagement. As a Policy Field Fellow with the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaiʻi, Emily advocates for policy changes related to policing accountability, decriminalizing poverty, discrimination, and houselessness. She earned a Juris Doctor and Certificates in International Law and Environmental Law from the William S. Richardson School, where she held leadership roles in multiple student organizations. Through the support of GEE-21 and her law school’s Environmental Law Program, she attended COP 27, COP 28, and COP 29. She presented her COP research on protest mobilization to the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy 2024 Conference and expects to publish the research in the Winter of 2025. Emily is driven to advance equitable policies and innovative solutions that promote systemic change and community empowerment.