Emerald Cities Collaborative (ECC)
Jessymar Gallaga currently serves as a Compliance Manager at Emerald Cities Collaborative since May 2024. Prior experience includes roles as Compliance Quality Manager at Ednovate Inc from April 2023 to January 2024, and Regional Manager and Program Director at Think Together between October 2019 and April 2023. Jessymar also worked as Program Manager at Youth Policy Institute from August 2018 to August 2019, and held positions including Teacher Assistant at the University of California, Berkeley from August 2016 to August 2018, Administrative Assistant at East Los Angeles College from September 2013 to July 2016, and Operations Manager at Vera Davis Family Source Center from April 2011 to July 2016. Educational qualifications include a Master of Education in Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, along with an Associate of Arts in Sociology from East Los Angeles College.
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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.