President/CEO

Dominika Parry is the founding President of 2CMississippi. She is an environmental economist, professionally and personally passionate about climate change.  Dominika established 2C Mississippi to promote a bipartisan, science-based dialog and action on climate change in Mississippi.  Dominika received her PhD in 2003 from Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, where she also trained as a Postdoctoral Associate, working on valuation of air pollution damages.  She spent most of her career in academia as an Assistant Professor at the Earth and Environment Department at Boston University, Visiting Assistant Professor at the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at University of Kentucky, and a Researcher at the Department of Forestry and Wildlife Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she worked on climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies for federally and state owned land management. 

Since moving to Mississippi, in 2013, Dominika became an Independent Consultant in Environmental Economics and Policy working on a variety of projects including local support for Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee, Vicksburg, MS and publishing a report on the Economic Impact Analysis of the Lower Mississippi River.  In 2016, Dominika founded a Jackson Chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby.  Currently, she is both the Jackson Chapter Leader as well as a pro-bono State Coordinator for CCL in Mississippi leading local efforts in support of federal climate change regulations.  

Dominika received also a BA/MS in Sociology from Warsaw University in Poland and completed two years of PhD work in Political Science at the University of Maryland, College Park.  She was a Research Fellow at the Warsaw Ecological Economics Center, Warsaw University conducting  international valuation studies on eutrophication in the Baltic Sea; endangerment of Polish wetlands; and protection of lynx population in the Carpathian Mountains.  In the summer of 1999, she participated in the Young Scientists Summer Program International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA) in Austria.  She worked there on costing standard harmonization in the European Union.

Dominika is a native of Poland, but after 25 years of moving across the US, she and her family chose Mississippi as their forever home.  She lives with her two sons, husband, two dogs, nine fish, hermit crab and an occasional toad in Ridgeland Mississippi. 

Director

Joined 2C Mississippi as Director responsible for managing green infrastructure projects in Jackson, Mississippi. Impressed with the work 2C Mississippi is doing, Diane decided to relocate to Mississippi to help support 2C Mississippi’s efforts to address the impact of climate change on the underserved communities in Jackson. “It was important to me to be able to ‘give back’ to the community in a more impactful way.”

“I see my role as constantly evolving – defining project strategies, building upon our community and partner relationships, and promoting equitable delivery of services and support.”

Diane is a seasoned solutions oriented professional with over 20 years experience in business development, program and project management and marketing. She has worked for several global companies including, Hewlett Packard, AT&T and Schneider Electric. In her role, prior to coming to 2C Mississippi, Diane designed and developed a buildings certification service for a global company of over 120,000 employees. Focusing her efforts on healthy buildings, Diane developed  the  Building Certifications offer that would generate new revenue potential for the company.

She has been an employee and an entrepreneur, developing a broad skillset and credentials. Diane is a strategic thinker with relevant market knowledge, skilled in bringing order to chaos, and very good at listening, leading and advising.

Diane has a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Dayton and B.A. in Urban and Environmental Studies from Case Western Reserve University. In 2023, Diane obtained her WELL AP from the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) and her LEED Green Associate and Cities and Communities certification from the US Green Building Council (USGBC).

Grant Manager

Jason Easley serves as part-time grant manager for 2C Mississippi with the primary responsibility of
ensuring all financial transactions are properly recorded and reported in compliance with the federal grants, and also prepares periodic reports to the federal awarding agency. He also works closely with the executive director to forecast cash flow and prepare budgets for the current year and beyond. Jason earned both his BSBA in Accounting and MBA from Mississippi College. He has been a CPA for 25+ years, spending most of his career in State government and is now retired. Jason worked for Public Safety, the Office of the State Auditor, the Department of Health and the Department of Rehabilitation Services as an Accountant, Auditor and Director of Internal Audit and Quality Assurance. Jason has also worked with multiple nonprofits providing bookkeeping services and cash flow projections as well as reporting to the Board of Directors or grantor.

A native of Summit, Mississippi, Jason became an avid golfer at North Pike School District and went on to play for the Mississippi College golf team. Jason loves college sports, enjoys movies and TV shows on demand, and eating out or grilling with friends. He and his wife Holly have two children, both of whom graduated from Ole Miss. His daughter, Nicole, works in communications and marketing. His son, Drew, is married to Olivia Ayers Easley, and Drew is a CPA that works with Forvis Mazars, LLP.

Intern and NOAA Fellow

MaKenna Collins is a senior at Jackson State University, pursuing a B.S. in Earth System Science. She is a current National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (NOAA EPP/MSI) Undergraduate Scholar and an NOAA Cooperative Science Center in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology (NCAS-M II) fellow. She recently received recognition for her award winning presentation during the NOAA Office of Education Science and Education Symposium, the title, The Current State of Heat Awareness in Jackson, Mississippi.

Her research interests include severe weather risk perception and end-user satisfaction. MaKenna is dedicated to exploring the interconnectedness of science, society, and decision-making, and plans to pursue a PhD after graduating in Spring 2025.