National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Staff

Cassandra Carmichael is the eco-justice program director for the National Council of Churches where she helps serve the environmental ministries of NCC’s 35 member denominations, which represent 100,000 churches nationwide. In her role as director, Cassandra oversees all NCC eco-justice initiatives. Previously, she was director of faith-based outreach at the Center for a New American Dream, where she worked to encourage communities of faith to take action to conserve resources and protect the natural environment. Cassandra has worked as an environmental consultant with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and A Rocha USA, and was a teacher educator, university instructor, and environmental education specialist at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where she received her graduate degree in environmental education. Cassandra is a senior fellow in the Environmental Leadership Program; a board member on the Chesapeake Bay Alliance, and in May 2005 received the Community Award from R.E.S.P.E.C.T. for her faith-based work in the Chesapeake Bay region.

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