Founder’s Celebration Honors Michael Green’s Audacious 26-Year Legacy at the Center for Environmental Health
San Francisco, California–The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) hosted a Founder’s Celebration on Friday, May 5 in San Francisco, honoring Michael Green’s 26 years of transformational leadership at the organization.
More than 160 people attended, including activists, community organizers, CEH board and staff, longtime friends and donors to the organization. CEH’s Interim CEO Regina Jackson emceed the event and commended Green’s legacy as “an environmental justice warrior.”
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- SAN FRANCISCO, CA – May 5 – Kirsten Beckwith, Francesca Vietor, Andre Carothers, Michael Dorsey, Eileen Moncoeur, Rob Rosenheck, Michael Green, Bobbi Dunphy, Eliza Nemser, Chris Olin, Monica Silva-Gutierrez, Tina Eshaghpour and Jose Bravo attend Center for Environmental Health’s 2023 Gala on May 5th 2023 at The Pearl @ 601 19th St, SF, CA 94107 US in San Francisco, CA (Photo – Nico Henderson for Drew Altizer Photography)
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- SAN FRANCISCO, CA – May 5 – Regina Jackson and Michael Green attend Center for Environmental Health’s 2023 Gala on May 5th 2023 at The Pearl @ 601 19th St, SF, CA 94107 US in San Francisco, CA (Photo – Nico Henderson for Drew Altizer Photography)
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- SAN FRANCISCO, CA – May 5 – Michael Green attends Center for Environmental Health’s 2023 Gala on May 5th 2023 at The Pearl @ 601 19th St, SF, CA 94107 US in San Francisco, CA (Photo – Nico Henderson for Drew Altizer Photography)
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- SAN FRANCISCO, CA – May 5 – Sarah Wayne Callies attends Center for Environmental Health’s 2023 Gala on May 5th 2023 at The Pearl @ 601 19th St, SF, CA 94107 US in San Francisco, CA (Photo – Nico Henderson for Drew Altizer Photography)
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- SAN FRANCISCO, CA – May 5 – Regina Jackson attends Center for Environmental Health’s 2023 Gala on May 5th 2023 at The Pearl @ 601 19th St, SF, CA 94107 US in San Francisco, CA (Photo – Nico Henderson for Drew Altizer Photography)
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- SAN FRANCISCO, CA – May 5 – Sarah Wayne Callies, Juliet Green and Melanie Green attend Center for Environmental Health’s 2023 Gala on May 5th 2023 at The Pearl @ 601 19th St, SF, CA 94107 US in San Francisco, CA (Photo – Nico Henderson for Drew Altizer Photography)
Actress, director, and writer Sarah Wayne Callies was a featured speaker, who said Green has “done the work to protect the most vulnerable among us from dangers we might not even know are there. We are all safer – even those of us who don’t know it – for the work of Michael Green and CEH.”
In his remarks, Green thanked the staff and board for 26 years of partnership working to eliminate toxic chemicals across sectors and transforming entire markets. “I look forward to supporting the next generation of leadership and believe in a great future for CEH,” he said.
Event sponsors included Lexington Law Group, Beautycounter, the California Wellness Foundation, the Center for Food Safety, Monica Silva-Gutierrez and Google, Naturepedic, Passport Foundation, Sue and Robert Lebby & Casey Green, and Trillium Asset Management.