Board
Christine Nannicelli
Christine has engaged in progressive campaign work and organizing for over 8 years. Currently, Christine is the Campaign Representative for the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign in Illinois. Christine built a close relationship with LVEJO throughout the final years of the campaign to retire the Fisk and Crawford coal plants in Chicago and is thrilled to support Little Village in the community’s next steps for environmental justice. Brought to the movement by a desire to confront the power of corporate polluters, she has worked tirelessly to build a dynamic grassroots movement to fight for healthy and sustainable communities for our current and future generations. Before joining the LVEJO Board and Sierra Club, Christine worked at Grassroots Campaigns where she worked on campaigns for electoral candidates, healthcare reform and marriage equality. Christine holds a BA from Northwestern University where she studied Religion and Political Science.
Ada G. Fuentes-Zullo
Ada began her organizing work at the age of 16 on issues of Environmental injustice in her community of East Boston, Massachusetts. Her very first introduction to organizing and community power was during a proposal for a power plant near the only Elementary school in Chelsea, MA which she had attended as a little girl. Due to so many other toxic deals the community was prepared for a battle and created a community education campaign which took on the power plant proposal and won to shut down the proposal. Since then Ada has focused on another personal issue for her, of Immigrant worker rights. As an Immigrant herself from Siguatepeque, Honduras she understands the difficulty of navigating non-union employers, issues of wage theft, and Immigration’s systemic oppression. She has over 10 years of organizing experience and is committed to all issues that impact working class communities and bridging worker rights and community campaigns.
Dulce Ortiz
Dulce Ortiz joined Mano a Mano Family Resource Center as Executive Director in April 2019. She is responsible for leading Mano a Mano in the implementation of their mission through strategic planning, programming and community engagement. She leads in the development of strategic community partnerships and the policy advocacy agenda. Dulce has been actively involved with the non-profit sector and has dedicated her time to serve as a Board Member of different social, environmental, business health and government organizations. She currently serves as the President of the Illinois Coalition of Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) Board, serves on the Community Trust Committee of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice, IDHS Social Services Advisory Council, and is the Co-Chair of Clean Power Lake County. She was appointed by Governor JB Pritzker to serve on the Environmental Justice Commission of the State of Illinois and was elected as Waukegan Township Trustee in April 2021.
In 2020 she was appointed by Governor JB Pritzker to serve on the Commission on Environmental Justice and in 2022 she was appointed to the Health and Human Services Task Force. Dulce also serves as a Waukegan Township Trustee since April 2021.
Dulce holds a bachelor’s degree from Robert Morris University. She is an advocate for the underserved and vulnerable population, and brings her expertise and drive to empower immigrant families. She is an immigrant, originally from Mexico City, Mexico.
Email: dortiz@mamfrc.org