Hugh Hogan, North Star Fund Executive Director since 2003, brings many years of experience in the social justice movement in the U.S. and abroad. From 1999 - 2003, Hugh directed the Open Space Equity Campaign for the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYCEJA), which supported grassroots organizing efforts on land use and environmental issues that impact low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. Previously, he spent nearly a decade in west and southern Africa assisting rural farmers and urban communities to reverse the destructive legacy of colonialism and Apartheid. Hugh is a graduate of Boston College and Clark University, and a two-time Switzer Environmental Leadership fellow.