CHARLOTTE NASH
​Co-Founder

Charlotte Nash grew up in Sammamish, Washington and is now a professional ballet dancer working under Oregon Ballet Theatre. Charlotte did her formal artistic training with the Pacific Northwest Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School, and the Houston Ballet Academy. In 2023 she completed her BS in health sciences (summa cum laude) with the Ohio State University. Charlotte is particularly interested in the unique power art has to change people’s perspective and give them space to develop strong emotions on issues like climate change.


Charlotte currently resides in the Portland Metro area which sits on the ancestral lands of many indigenous tribes including the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other tribes who made their home in the Columbia River Gorge.

KEATON LEIER
​Co-Founder

​Keaton grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and is now dancing with with the National Ballet of Canada.  His professional career has taken him all over North America dancing in Winnipeg, Houston, San Francisco and Atlanta, and he now lives and works in Toronto, dancing with the National Ballet. Throughout his time as a dancer Keaton has remained passionate about environmental justice and connecting with the natural world. He’s studied environmental sciences, joined local organizations and is always working to practice a sustainable lifestyle. Keaton is excited to be a part of ACC because it combines his passion for the arts with his commitment to the Earth’s health.

Keaton currently resides on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. 

MADELINE BEZ
Co-Founder

Madeline is currently working as a freelance dancer based out of New York City. When she was 18 she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, and seeing the quickly melting glaciers brought a new awareness and urgency to the importance of climate change. Though she has followed the path to become a professional ballet dancer, the climate crisis has always remained important to her.

She is looking forward to, through the ACC, having a greater impact on helping those most affected by climate change and trying to reverse its effects.

​Madeline is currently living on the homelands of the Munsee Lenape.​

CORA CLIBURN
Outreach Director ​

​Cora is a freelance dance artist working in Chicago and San Francisco. Growing up in New Mexico, Cora witnessed firsthand the impacts of drought and wildfires, and was drawn to environmental justice by her mom’s activism and work in renewable energy. Cora earned a degree in environmental anthropology at Stanford and also works as an independent consultant on food sustainability. She is enthusiastic about building environmental awareness and instigating climate action in the performing arts.

Cora currently lives in Huichin, the ancestral and unceded territory of Chochenyo-speaking Ohlone people, also known as Berkeley, CA.

ADDITIONAL MEMBERS / CONTRIBUTORS
​Emma Rubinowitz - Collaborator, Editor 
Shahamat Uddin - Communications Director (2021-2023)