Since joining the New York Power Authority (NYPA) as Vice President of Environmental Justice in 2016, Lisa Payne Wansley has implemented an array of innovative Environmental Justice and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives that have cemented NYPA’s legacy of leveraging its expertise and resources to strengthen the communities it serves.

Six years ago, Wansley took the reins of NYPA’s Environmental Justice program and continues to oversee its expansion. She also administers three DEI programs that directly address the needs of NYPA’s underserved host communities as part of NYPA’s groundbreaking 10-Point Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan. In addition, she advises ....