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Jerome Ringo is the president of the Apollo Alliance. A dedicated champion of environmental justice and clean energy, he is one of the most influential conservationists in the U.S. today. He is a member of the Green Group and Newsweek's Environment and Leadership Council. Ringo was the only African-American delegate at the 1998 Global Warming Treaty Negotiations in Kyoto. Ringo became the first African American to head a major conservation organization when he served as chairman of the board of the National Wildlife Federation from 2005 to 2007.
Jerome Ringo, one of the most influential conservationists in the U.S. today, will speak about how he became involved in environmental justice and his current efforts promoting energy conservation and independence.
Ringo began organizing environmental justice groups after observing the negative impact of pollution on primarily poor and minority groups in Louisiana, where he worked for many years in the petrochemical industry. He eventally decided to devote all of his time to conservation efforts. Ringo is president of the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of labor, environmental, national security, civil rights, and business leaders fighting to make America independent from foreign energy.