Marnese Jackson
Chief Executive Officer
Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition

Marnese is Co-Director at the Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition, where she heads Community Engagement & Equity. She is an Environmental and Climate Justice activist, advocate, trainer, and educator from Pontiac, Michigan, where she is the mother of two children, London and Dawson.
Marnese serves as a board member of the U.S. Climate Action Network, chairperson of the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition’s membership, and chairperson of the Environmental & Climate Justice committee of the NAACP Northern Oakland County Branch. She is a member of the 2020 Michigan Clean Energy Leaders Cohort and the 350.org BIPOC Cohort. Marnese was appointed in 2021 to Governor Whitmer’s Michigan Council on Climate Solutions and also serves on the Board of Directors for the Building Performance Institute.