Christine Appah-Gyamfi

Christine Appah-Gyamfi is an environmental justice advocate and professor. She has extensive experience in environmental health, housing, food justice and civil rights issues. A dedicated educator and mentor, she teaches courses on environmental justice as an adjunct professor at The Climate School at Columbia University and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Ms. Appah-Gyamfi's career encompasses many areas of community based advocacy and support. She has worked as a senior staff attorney in the Environmental Justice Program at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest where she led campaigns on children’s environmental health issues. She previously served as a regional director at the New York State Division of Human Rights and worked as a staff attorney in the Civil Division of The Legal Aid Society of New York focusing on safe and affordable housing. She was an inaugural member of New York City’s Environmental Justice Board and was a mayoral appointee to the OneNYC Advisory Board. Ms. Appah-Gyamfi is a frequent guest presenter on environmental justice and her work has been featured in various media outlets. She has been recognized as a Next City Vanguard Fellow and as a Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center "40 under 40" award winner for her work on environmental and food justice policy.

Ms. Appah-Gyamfi graduated magna cum laude from The City College of New York (CUNY) and received her law degree from Duke University School of Law. She is a graduate of the New York City Environmental Law Leadership Institute and The Campaign School at Yale. She is a member of the American Bar Association's Section on Environmental, Energy, and Resources.