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meet our student leaders

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Dennis Gong
​Baltimore City College 
​Dennis works primarily on small business and community outreach for our polystyrene phase out campaign. He is affiliated with City College’s school environmental, recycling, and Young Democrats club.
Email: gong.dennis@gmail.com
​Phone: 443-204-6559


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Jacques Thompson
Bard High School/Early College

Jacques joined our team as a prestigious MERIT Brancati Fellow. His main focus is on policy and public health. He is President of Bard's Student Government Association. 
Email: jt293b@bhsec.bard.edu
​Phone: 443-500-6667
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Allie Grayson
​Baltimore City College

Allie's major focus for this year's campaign is on student-led arts advocacy. She is an active member of the Baltimore City Youth Arts Council and the Baltimore Arts Education Initiative with Arts Everyday.
Email: graysonallie@gmail.com
​Phone: 443-766-9561
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Mercedes Thompson
Baltimore Polytechnic 

Mercedes co-founded Baltimore Beyond Plastic in 2016; her major focus is on student-led arts advocacy and communications. She also captains the Baltimore BioCrew, where she and other high school students are developing a bacterial plastic remediation model.
Email: mercedeshsthompson@gmail.com 
​Phone: 443-360-2454
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Nicholas Kophengnavong
​Baltimore Polytechnic

Nicholas has been an active member since middle school (see his video here!). His major focus this year is on small business and community outreach. 
Email: kophengnavong@gmail.com 
​Phone: 443-326-9392
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Claire Wayner
Baltimore Polytechnic
Claire co-founded Baltimore Beyond Plastic in 2016; her main focus is small business and community outreach for our polystyrene phase out campaign. She is an avid birder and president of Poly's environmental club. 
Email: claire@wayner.org
​Phone: 410-499-1182
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Mariah McKenzie
​Baltimore City College

Mariah joined our team as a prestigious MERIT Brancati Fellow. Her main focus is on composting within schools and reducing our global footprint. She is an active member of City College's environmental club and dance team. 
Email: 443-746-6208
​Phone: mariahmckenzie124@gmail.com 

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