Neena Mohan is a climate justice advocate and fund development professional working towards a Just Transition. Neena has served as the Climate Justice Program Manager, Climate & Air Campaign Manager, and currently as Grants Manager at the California Environmental Justice Alliance. Neena has previously represented CEJA on the AB 32 Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC) to the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Clean Transportation Program Investment Plan Advisory Committee, and the UC Davis Transportation Equity and Environmental Justice Advisory Group (TEEJAG). Neena has also advanced equitable climate adaptation and resilience strategies in the Bay Area as a former Senior Associate with Farallon Strategies, managing the Bay Area Climate Adaptation Network. Prior to this, Neena was an Environmental Equity Fellow at The Greenlining Institute and a Climate Associate Fellow with Alameda County’s Office of Sustainability. Neena has been published in UC Berkeley’s premiere law journal, Ecology Law Quarterly, as part of the university’s Just Transition Symposium. Neena holds a B.S. from UC Berkeley in Environmental Sciences and in Conservation & Resource Studies, with a minor in LGBT Studies. Neena’s skillset is strengthened by education and training in intermediate accounting, nonprofit financial success, project management, and liberatory coaching.
Outside of work, Neena has developed skills as a holistic healing practitioner, and holds certifications in yoga, forest therapy, integrative somatic trauma therapy, and Buddhist psychology. Neena is a graduate of Justice Outside’s Outdoor Educators Institute, Critical Ecology Lab’s Liberation Ecology Field Course, and People’s Climate Innovation Center’s Young Climate Leaders of Color program.