CWFNC Staff and Board of Directors, 2010 . Back row (L-R): Nathanette Mayo, Joanna Connolly, Katie Hicks, Jodi Lasseter, Isaac Coleman. Front row (L-R): Hope Taylor, Montie Hamby, DeWayne Barton. Not pictured: Joann Almond, Allen Hubbard, Marshall Tyler; Belinda Joyner.

CWFNC is a private non-profit membership organization serving residents across the state of North Carolina. We have a very active and diverse board and staff, dozens of volunteers and hundreds of members who work hard to make North Carolina a better place.

We have helped people in every county of North Carolina through organizing and technical assistance, and have been a key player in many statewide environmental issues.

CWFNC researches environmental problems, analyzes public policy, and educates and empowers people. Skilled, confident and knowledgeable people who remain active in their communities are among our most important achievements.

We spearhead statewide action such as our People’s Enforcement Campaign, as well as help local communities develop strategies to address threats to their community environment and health. Issues we work on are environmental justice, surface and drinking water protection, and toxics, including air quality. In 2005, we are launching our Water Justice Campaign, calling for our state's laws and regulations to recognize safe, affordable drinking water to be a human right for every North Carolinian.

Clean Water for North Carolina has been a key player in many statewide environmental issues such as hog factories, PCB landfills, groundwater policy, hazardous waste incineration, enforcement policy and radioactive waste management. We have also published well-documented reports on enforcement and water quality challenges in four river basins across North Carolina.

Staff
Hope Taylor, Executive Director, Durham and Asheville Offices
Hope joined the staff in August of 1999, after six years of teaching chemistry and biology in community colleges and universities in the Durham area, as well as providing technical assistance to communities at Superfund sites. During her 20 years of work as a basic biomedical researcher at the National Institutes of Health and Duke University, she remained active on environmental and social justice issues. Deciding to train for a career more connected to communities, she graduated with a Master of Science in Public Health in Environmental Chemistry and Biology from UNC-CH in 1993. Hope is also a dairy goat farmer and works to deepen CWFNC ties with rural communities across the state to protect our surface and ground water.

Katie Hicks, Water Justice Organizer, Asheville Office A native of Western North Carolina, Katie graduated from UNC-Asheville with a double degree in Environmental Science and Spanish, so she's well equipped to help us with outreach to - and collaboration with - diverse western NC communities. She co-chaired Active Students for a Health Environment at UNCA, interned with Dogwood Alliance, worked on a wide range of laboratory projects at the Environmental Quality Institute, and most recently provided a variety of educational programs as a resource interpreter at the Cradle of Forestry in America. Joining the staff in December 2009, Katie is excited to be part of CWFNC's team; her work will focus on environmental justice issues affecting NC communities.

Belinda Joyner, Northeastern Organizer, Garysburg, grew up in Northampton County and has worked as a teacher's assistant specializing in reading skills. She has been involved in numerous local environmental struggles and has been an effective organizer against threats including a liquid fertilizer plant, a hazardous waste incinerator and a private prison, with a strong history of grassroots fundraising for diverse causes.