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Wahleah Johns

Former Director, U.S. DOE Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs

Wahleah John is the Former Director of the US Department of Energy’s Office of Indian Energy Policy & Programs.

Johns is a member of the Navajo (Diné) tribe and comes from northeastern Arizona. Her background is in renewable energy and community organizing, having co-founded Native Renewables, a nonprofit that builds renewable energy tribal capacity while addressing energy access. Her work with the Black Mesa Water Coalition and Navajo Green Economy Coalition has led to groundbreaking legislative victories for groundwater protection, green jobs, and environmental justice. In 2019, she was awarded the Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellowship.

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