Our Team

Karenna Gore is the founder and executive director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Karenna formed CEE in 2015 to address the moral and spiritual dimensions of the climate crisis.

Roberto Múkaro Borrero is a long-time advocate for the rights of Indigenous peoples; a chief of the Guainía Taíno Tribe; president of the United Confederation of Taíno People; and a strategic advisor for the Center for Earth Ethics.

Olivia “Liv” Watyana’li:yo Bigtree is Onyota’a:ka (People of the Standing Stone), Turtle Clan. A CEE fellow, Liv is participating in a student in the Kanien’kéha Ratiwennahní:rats Adult Language Immersion Program learning Kanien’kéha (Mohawk Language).

Eugenia “Genie” Cooper is a native of Houston Texas where she graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in Radio and Television Broadcasting. She is a 2014 graduate of One Spirit Interfaith Seminary.

As director of operations and external relations, Tim works on a variety of duties, including center administration, programs and partnerships, advancement, donor relations, and communications and public relations.

Tory is raised and shaped by the fierceness of her love for ocean, plants, open sky, and family of all contours. She has spent over 20 years farming, working for social justice organizations, writing and studying plant medicine.

Ned Joyner is the communications and education associate at the Center for Earth Ethics. His prime directive to aid in the restoration of humanity’s relationship with the natural world animates his work at the Center.

Dr. Erin Lothes is a theologian who researches energy ethics and the faith-based environmental movement. She is the senior manager of the Laudato Si’ Animators Program with the Laudato Si’ Movement (formerly the Global Catholic Climate Movement).

Alyssa Ng is a research and policy associate at the Center for Earth Ethics, where her focus on climate change, ecosystem restoration and policy changes informs programming and content development.

Samira Siddique is the director of strategic initiatives at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is a researcher, writer and advocate of climate change justice.

Rev. Dr. Gregory Simpson is pastor of Nauraushaun Presbyterian Church in Pearl River, N.Y., and treasurer and trustee for the Presbytery of Hudson River in upstate New York.

Shannon is a ritualist, dancer, writer, facilitator, traveler, administrator and life long student who works at the meeting point of the arts, ecology and spirituality. As Project Manager and Communications Manager, she has supported CEE’s Indigenous fellows and art-related work.

Emilie Unterweger is a second year Master of Divinity student at Union Theological Seminary and is completing her MDiv field education at the Center for Earth Ethics.