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 About Us > Staff Bios
Our Staff
Lois Marie Gibbs, Executive Director
In 1978, Lois founded the Love Canal Homeowners' Association, and CHEJ in 1981. Her vision has guided our efforts to provide critical organizing and technical assistance to communities engaged in their own environmental struggles. Lois sits on numerous Boards and Advisory Committees. She is the recipient of an honorary Doctorate from SUNY at Cortland, New York, the 1990 Goldman Environmental Prize, the 1998 Heinz Award, and the 1999 John Gardner Leadership Award from Independent Sector. [read more]
Robin Miller, CPOC Campaign Coordinator
Robin recently joined CHEJ as the new CPOC Campaign Coordinator. She has been a social justice activist for many years and worked with several environmental, peace, and justice organizations in Minnesota and Central New York before founding the Justice Through Peace Initiative in Oswego County, New York in 2002. She is a recent graduate from Meredith College in Raleigh, NC and completed course work at SUNY Oswego in NY in History, American Studies, and Women’s Studies. Prior to returning to college, Robin was an AmeriCorps Volunteer at a literacy center in Durham, NC where she worked with the ESOL Program. She has three grown children, and three grandsons. In her free time Robin enjoys sewing, vegetarian cooking, oil painting, and learning to play her Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer.
Stephen Lester, Science Director
Stephen received his first Master's of Science, in Toxicology, from Harvard University, and his second Master's of Science, in Environmental Health, from New York University. He received his Bachelor's of Science in Biology from American University. Stephen has served on numerous scientific advisory committees including the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and the Natural Resource Council of the National Academy of Sciences.
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