Jeanette Pantoja is a Senior Public Health and Climate Planner at MAPC. In this role, she supports collaborative approaches to address the social and physical conditions that impact health outcomes and disparities in the Boston region. Her work focuses on the health sector’s engagement in efforts to promote housing stability and economic mobility and on the integration of public health into local climate change planning processes.

Meg Howard is a Program Director at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center focused on building decarbonization. She lives in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston with her husband and toddler. She loves taking walks around her neighborhood’s beautiful green spaces like Jamaica Pond, Franklin Park, and the Arnold Arboretum.

Fidel Maltez is the Commissioner of Public Works for the City of Chelsea. Fidel has been with the City of Chelsea since 2017 and oversees all municipal construction as well as all public works related areas for Chelsea. Prior to Chelsea, Fidel spent 13 years with Cintas Corporation, 3 of which were spent in China as the Regional Engineering Manager. Fidel holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree from Lafayette College and is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Public Policy from Tufts University. Fidel is also a Senior Fellows at the Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Education. Fidel is originally from Managua, Nicaragua. Fidel is married to Maria Belen Power, and has two daughters, Maya (8) and Ana Victoria (4). 

Ruth Georges was born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, and moved to the United States in 1990. She attended the University of South Florida and double majored in Interdisciplinary Social Science with a concentration in Africana Studies & Psychology and a second degree in Women & Gender Studies. In 2015, Ruth attained a Graduate Certificate in Gender, Leadership & Public Policy from the Center of Women in Politics & Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Boston and is currently completing a Master’s in Public Administration at Suffolk University. Ruth previously served as a Neighborhood and Ethnic Liaison to Mayor Walsh, and as Manager of Engagement & Outreach for the Department of Youth Engagement and Employment for the City of Boston. Currently, Ruth is the Supervisor of Equity, Strategic Partnerships and Workforce Development for Eversource Energy and in her role, she utilizes procedural, distributional, and structural equity to expand access to energy efficiency programs and the workforce. 

Amanda Formica works on the Massachusetts Customer Energy Management team at National Grid, where she focuses on residential energy efficiency program strategy related to income eligible customers, new construction, workforce development, partnerships with municipalities and community organizations, and issues of equity. Her background is in stakeholder engagement, strategy, community development, and climate, energy, and transportation policy. She holds a Masters in International Business from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, a bachelor’s degree from the George Washington University, and is a proud Americorps and Fulbright Mexico alumna.