Emerald Cities Collaborative (ECC)
Esmeralda Bisono is a skilled professional with extensive experience in community engagement, sustainability, and project management. Currently serving as the Northeast Community Engagement and Policy Manager at Emerald Cities Collaborative since January 2023, Esmeralda previously held multiple roles at the City of Salem, Massachusetts, including Sustainability and Resiliency Department Manager and Community Solar Coach, focusing on the Solarize Mass program to enhance small-scale solar adoption. Esmeralda's background also includes a Project Management Internship at Seaside Sustainability, Inc., coordination of the Green Navigators program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and campaign management for a sheriff election. Esmeralda holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sustainability from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
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Emerald Cities Collaborative (ECC)
Emerald Cities Collaborative (ECC) is a national nonprofit organization founded in 2009 that advances racial, economic, and climate justice to build communities that are more equitable, economically just, and sustainable. Headquartered in Washington, DC, ECC implements replicable place-based strategies in community and worker power building, economic inclusion, and equitable implementation in five regions (Northwest, Northern California, Southern California, Northeast, and D.C./Maryland/Virginia) and select cities throughout the US. Additionally, ECC’s national Civic Infrastructure and Strategic Initiatives provide a broad range of policy capacity, program leadership, coalition building, and technical assistance to community-based organizations, government, and more. PURPOSE: Emerald Cities Collaborative (ECC) centers and collaborates with frontline communities, especially communities of color, to ensure that they are at the forefront of decision-making, that they benefit from the economic opportunities of the transition to clean energy, and that climate investments are driven back to those communities. MISSION: Emerald Cities Collaborative (ECC) advances racial, economic, and climate justice to build communities that are more equitable, economically just, and sustainable through replicable strategies in community and worker powerbuilding, economic inclusion, and equitable implementation. VISION: We envision healthy, sustainable, powerful, and thriving communities, especially communities of color.