Our Team
Stephanie Demetry
Executive Director
Stephanie Demetry is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law and the Hertie School of Governance. She has a particular interest in climate-induced displacement and environmental justice initiatives. Prior to Green Pro Bono, Stephanie worked as an associate at Ropes & Gray LLP, where she provided pro bono assistance on a range of environmental and social justice matters, including creating a database of police brutality settlements in Chicago, advising conservation organizations on Kenyan forestry legislation and proposing climate-responsive updates to the Massachusetts building code.
Justine Fritch
Strategic Development Director
Justine Fritch is a Legal Fellow at Fresenius Medical Care North America. She is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law and Tufts University School of Medicine. Justine has a passion for advocacy and public interest work, including public health and earth justice. Before beginning her journey towards a legal career, Justine worked as an office manager for an integrative medical office in Portland, ME. Since moving to Boston in 2019, she has worked in a variety of public interest settings including DanceSafe, the Public Health Advocacy Institute, and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. Much of her past work has focused on harm reduction, equitable access to health care, and how intellectual property rights affect access to medicines. Justine is excited to bring her skills in research, creative thinking, and outreach to GPB in support of the environment and the determined organizations dedicated to protecting it.
Board of Directors
Nancy Reiner
Nancy B. Reiner founded Green Pro Bono in 2009 to offer an opportunity for attorneys to provide pro bono legal assistance to climate change focused non-profits and social entrepreneurs. Nancy is currently a Partner at Major, Lindsey & Africa, where she focuses on General Counsel and other in-house searches for corporations, universities and hospital systems. Prior to that position, she was a partner at Brown Rudnick LLP in Boston for 17 years, where she initiated and litigated several public interest cases, including the Commonwealth's case against the tobacco manufacturers and the City of Boston's case against the gun manufacturers.
Steven Levine
As a Boston-area executive, entrepreneur, attorney and investor with 30+ years experience developing energy management and renewable energy projects and technologies, Steve applies the business skills of governance, strategic analysis; legal and risk management, technology and finance to social change and environmental sustainability nonprofit board positions. Steve has served as corporate and environmental counsel to renewable energy companies and as CEO to a green energy investment fund.
Abbey Doyno
Abbey Doyno is an associate attorney at Cleary Gottlieb. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Abbey has a particular interest in environmental law and international law. Her past work includes working in the litigation division of an international non-profit, working for a Boston-area incubator, and managing an aquaculture farm. Abbey enjoys finding the interconnections between her many interests and supporting innovative new projects through her work at GPB.
Sandra Ambrozy
Sandra Ambrozy has over 40 years of experience in philanthropy with strong expertise in green buildings, civil legal justice, human services, and arts and culture. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Full Frame Initiative, a national social change organization working toward a country where everyone has a fair shot at wellbeing and a nonresident Fellow for the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. Previously, Sandra was a Senior Fellow and Senior Program Officer at The Kresge Foundation.She is currently a volunteer navigator in the Legal Self-Help Center of Wayne County; board member of the Michigan Municipal League Foundation; and Trustee of the Grosse Pointe Public Library. In addition, she is on the project advisory boards for Legal Link (Oakland, CA) and LIFT Wisconsin.
Sandra is a LEED-accredited professional (US Green Building Council) and a graduate of Tufts University.
Advisors
Erica Spangler Raz
Erica Spangler Raz is the Director of Fiscal Sponsorships with Global Philanthropy Partnership and a seasoned nonprofit professional and attorney. She has extensive experience building the capacity of grassroots, environmental, and sustainability-focused organizations. Previously, she directed a legal services volunteer program and a community economic development project at the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights. Erica is also Managing Attorney with Spangler Raz Law & Consulting and provides legal assistance to environmental sustainability nonprofits. She holds leadership roles in various organizations, including serving as co-chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Tax-Exempt Organizations Committee.