Akisha Everett is the executive director of Minneapolis Climate Action (MCA). Before joining MCA, she was a Project Manager for the Energy Storage Pilot Project at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment and an Independent Clean Energy Workforce Development Consultant. She brings 20+ years of non-profit experience including launching new health, environmental & public policy initiatives, revitalizing operations, administrative leadership, fiscal management, crisis control and professional development facilitation.

As a former PRG client, she became a proud homeowner in the Hawthorne neighborhood in North Minneapolis. By serving on the PRG board, she hopes to assist friends, family and residents in pathways of financial stability and eventually homeownership.