Rahwa Ghirmatzion was previously the executive director at PUSH Buffalo, a community organization that works at the grassroots to create and implement a comprehensive revitalization plan for Buffalo’s West Side, focused on affordable housing rehabilitation, land use, climate policy, solar installation, and green jobs training. Rahwa worked to lead and build NYRenews, is on the Governance Assembly of Mosaic, and sits on the NYS Climate Justice Working Group.