Green Corps

Green Corps is an environmental organization^[5] in the United States^[6] that trains recent college graduates^[7] in a one-year post-graduate program^[8] in grassroots community organizing. During the program, Green Corps organizers learn in the classroom and are deployed in the field to work on campaigns.^[9]

Green Corps Inc.

Formation	1992; 33 years ago (1992)[1]
Founders	Leslie Samuelrich, Gina Cummings[2]
Type	501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization[3]
Exec. Dir.	Renee Wellman
Budget	$1,668,335[4]
Website	www.greencorps.org

Founding

Green Corps was founded in 1992 by Leslie Samuelrich and Gina Cummings^[10] with the financial backing of U.S. Public Interest Research Group^[11][12] in response to the momentum created by Earth Day 1990. Green Corps was created to channel young talent into environmental advocacy causes.^[13]

Campaign history

Green Corps is hired by non-profits such as the Sierra Club to manage their campaigns in the field.^[14] Campaigns Green Corps has worked on include:

• Launching fossil fuel divestment campaigns on campuses.^[15][16][17]
• Launching a national campaign to label GMO foods.^[18]
• Leading the fights to shut coal plants on college campuses.^[19]

Funding

In 2014, a donation of $200,000 was given by Green Corps to the Center for Public Interest Research, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.^[20]

In 2015, Green Corps paid $240,480 to the Fund for the Public Interest for “program and fundraising support”.^[21]

Leadership

Executive Directors

Executive Directors of Green Corps have included:

• 1992 - 1994 Gina Collins Cummings
• 1994 - 2004 Leslie Samuelrich
• 2004 - 2008 Naomi Roth
• 2008 - 2012 Cindy Kang
• 2012 - 2017 Joshua Buswell-Charkow
• 2017 - 2022 Annie Sanders
• 2022 - present Renee Wellman

Board of directors

The current Green Corps Board of Directors includes:

• Douglas H. Phelps, President and Executive Director, The Public Interest Network
• Andy MacDonald, National Campus Organizing Director, Student PIRGs
• Leslie Samuelrich, President, Green Century Capital Management
• Wendy Wendlandt, Political Director, The Public Interest Network
• Naomi Roth, NRG Consulting Group
• Bernadette Del Chiaro, Executive Director, California Solar & Storage Association
• Mary Rafferty, Executive Director, Virginia Conservation Network

See also

• Environment portal
• Ecology portal
• Earth sciences portal
• Energy portal