Senior Fellow

Deric Gruen (he/him) is a Senior Fellow at Just Solution and co-founded and co-leads People’s Economy Lab. During more than 20 years leading visionary change in Washington State, Deric has co-founded and grown multiple organizations, built cross-sector collaborations, and led hundreds of successful projects. Deric served as the Co-Executive Director of Front and Centered, where…

Rahwa Ghirmatzion is a Senior Fellow at Just Solutions, focused on place-based resilience and power building. She leads the Buffalo Neighborhood Hubs Project, a scalable, decentralized initiative equipping residents with the skills and resources to navigate acute and everyday emergencies in a time of overlapping crises. A seasoned leader in equitable community development, Rahwa has…

Rich Stolz (he/him), Senior Fellow at Just Solutions, currently serves as the Immigrant and Refugee Policy Issues Advisor for the King County Executive in Washington State. Previously, Rich was the Executive Director of OneAmerica, a prominent immigrant rights power-building organization in Washington State, where he co-founded Front and Centered, a statewide environmental justice coalition. He…

Lew Daly (he/him) is a Senior Fellow with Just Solutions, focusing on energy and climate justice policies and strategy. He previously served as Deputy Director of Climate Policy at the Roosevelt Institute, and as Director of Policy and Research and Senior Policy Analyst at Demos. Lew was a member of the steering committee of NY…

Khanh Pham (she/her), Senior Fellow at Just Solutions, also serves as State Senator for Oregon Senate District 23. She first joined the Oregon State House in 2021 and was the first Vietnamese American legislator in Oregon’s history. Before joining the legislature, she worked as a community organizer for environmental justice, helping to pass the Portland…

Arjun Makhijani, PhD. (he/him), Senior Fellow at Just Solutions, is President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research in Takoma Park, Maryland. He earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley in 1972. A recognized authority on energy issues, Dr. Makhijani is the author…