Justin Thompson

Justin Thompson is a graduate student at the University of Michigan (UM) currently pursuing a Master of Science in Environmental Policy from UM’s School for the Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), as well as a Master of Public Policy from UM’s Ford School of Public Policy. In his first year of graduate school, Justin was also selected through a highly competitive program to serve as one of the University’s Dow Sustainability Fellows.

He received a Bachelor of Arts degree with double majors in Environmental Studies (honors), and Political Science with a concentration in Public Policy and triple minors in Geography, Geology, and Urban Studies from Kent State University, where he previously earned an Associate of Science degree.

In addition to serving on the Board of FaCT, Justin also serves as the Environmental Climate Justice Chair for the Ashtabula County NAACP, Treasurer for the Ashtabula County Young Democrats, 2nd Vice Chair for the Ashtabula County Democratic Party, an Ambassador for the Alliance for the Great Lakes, and is a Board member for the nonprofit My Neighborhood Collaborative. He is also an active member of Ashtabula County Water Watch, Ashtabula Local Food, and has previously served on the Ohio Stop Brine Spreading Taskforce, a project of the Buckeye Environmental Network.