People powered, movement led

Anita Henman Cartwright (she/her), Head of Funding Innovation

Anita is a seasoned social entrepreneur and strategist, passionate about a just transition to a wellbeing economy in Wales. With a background in management consulting, she has developed foundational economy and community projects, successfully leading bids from grass-roots initiatives to regional £multimillion programmes. Her diverse experience includes mentoring for Social Business Wales, serving as a Powys County Councillor, and designing an innovative digital platform for community-led skills sharing. Anita is pursuing an ALM (Masters) in Sustainability from Harvard and holds a PGCert in Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Ecosystems.

Benjamin Rwizibuka (he/him), Ethnic Minority Group Coordinator

Benjamin is originally from Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, and holds a bachelor’s degree in Crop Production. He is currently pursuing a masters’ degree in Agroforestry and Food Security at Bangor University (2025). Benjamin has professional experience with international research institutes and private companies, including the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and RISEF SARL, in roles such as capacity building officer, research assistant, and end-line evaluation supervisor. Passionate about sustainable agriculture and food security, he volunteers with Climate Cymru, where he serves on the Advisory Group and leads as the Coordinator for Climate Cymru Ethnic Minorities. Benjamin is dedicated to amplifying diverse voices and driving collective action for environmental sustainability.

Bethan Sayed (she/her), Head of Politics and Advocacy

Bethan is part of the politics and advocacy team and has previously worked with Climate Cymru on the Warm This Winter campaign. She is a former Senedd Member for South Wales West, and was the youngest woman elected to the Senedd. She is a proud advocate for women’s rights and community engagement in politics, and campaigns on environmental justice. She chaired Wales against Open casting while in the Senedd, and mobilised communities to fight for restoration. She has carried out freelance political influencing work with organisations such as Oxfam Cymru, and has led workshops across Wales on how the Senedd operates. Bethan is a qualified swimming teacher, and in her spare time, she enjoys the gym, travelling, and spending time with her son at soft plays and farms!

Christine Boston (she/her), Head of Renewable Energy

Christine is an experienced leader in sustainability and inclusion with a strong track record in shaping policy and driving change in Wales. Her expertise spans climate action, transport, gender equality, and community-led solutions. Christine has advised Government and political leaders on landmark policies including the 20mph default speed limit, the Environment Act, and the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act. Christine has headed up national charities including Sustrans Cymru and the Community Transport Association in Wales, empowering communities to co-create solutions to local transport and climate challenges. Her deep commitment to social justice underpins all her work — from influencing national policy to amplifying grassroots voices.

Clare James (she/her), Network Coordinator

Clare oversees Climate Cymru’s network, including partners, volunteering and ambassadors, with a focus on diversification of the movement. Committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the environmental sector, she aims to combat poverty and protect the planet. As an accredited participatory action research practitioner, Clare has led collaborative projects with grassroots organisations, NGOs, corporations, and academic institutions. She worked for over 15 years in the housing and homelessness sector and later on, at Techniquest.

Hannah T (they/them), Communications Lead 

Hannah is a fluent Welsh speaker and studied film/documentary at USW. Hannah prefers to instill a documentary feel across their work, using their camera, voice and platform to amplify and highlight experiences of those the media (and society in general). Community, identity, and capturing the joy in the intersect is at the heart of Hannah’s work, depolying their full range of skills at Climate Cymru, including photography, videography, research, graphics and bilingual communications!

Lauren Rees (she/her), Digital Content Creator and Social Media Coordinator

Lauren is an experienced campaigner, strategic communicator and content creator. With a background in fashion activism, Lauren has worked on international campaigns addressing living wages, community building, and the just transition. Passionate about climate justice, in her free time she supports grassroots initiatives in Cardiff, working with the community to build resilience, share knowledge and power local solutions.

Michaela Rohmann (she/her), YCA and Global Climate Justice Coordinator

Michi first joined WCIA in 2014 and has since worked in a number of roles across a portfolio of EU-funded programmes, including Erasmus+ and predecessor youth exchange schemes. At WCIA Michaela has been managing European Solidarity Corps projects, Taith funded projects and international exchanges. Michaela has participated in projects worldwide, including in Germany, France, South Africa, Tanzania, England and Wales. From 2024, Michi has taken on several roles including Taith Champions Coordinator, supporting Youth Organisations across Wales to engage with Taith, Wales’ international learning exchange programme, Youth Climate Ambassador programme coordinator and Climate Cymru’s Global Justice group.

Paul Graham (he/him), Assistant Network Coordinator

Paul began volunteering with Climate Cymru in 2021 and has stayed with us ever since, often leading on internal development and strategy as well as reaching out to new and potential partners. More recently he became a Climate Fresk facilitator and can often be found in the great outdoors leading Deep Time Walks.

Ruth Campbell (she/her), Storytelling, Press and Digital Content Manager

With a background in international science and nature documentary production, Ruth is a career storyteller with a passion for translating the latest research for broad audiences. In this role Ruth will oversee the production of Climate Cymru communications and the delivery of the Imagine Action Toolkit training – 10 tools developed by leading thinkers and researchers to help amplify underrepresented voices from the grassroots into the busy and polarised communications landscape. She is also the facilitator of the Climate Cymru Communications Hub, a pan-Wales collective of communicators wanting to work together to help create a communications landscape where ambitious action is happening and transformation is possible.

Sali Moses Nichols (she/they), Volunteer and Schools Coordinator / Assistant and Translator

Sali is a fluent Welsh speaker and passionate linguist, proficient in six languages. Her studies and experiences have taken her across Europe and, most recently, to the Yucatán, Mexico, where she taught English. With a deep appreciation for the connection between language, culture, and identity, she is committed to amplifying voices across Wales and beyond. She has done extensive research on the link between climate change and language loss among Indigenous communities, advocating for urgent environmental justice. Combining her multilingual skills with a global perspective, she strives to foster inclusivity and drive meaningful change.

Sam Ward (he/him), Head of Climate Cymru

Sam’s early career was orientated around the outdoors, nature and people, when he managed companies that specialised in coaching and getting people out into nature. He coached the British national team to over 30 medals at international competitions, competing himself at the international level for a number of years in his chosen discipline of whitewater kayaking. Sam has always been involved in social enterprises, environmental initiatives, charities, and environmental advocacy campaigns. He worked as a sustainability consultant, and programme manager for environmental and conservation projects, and cofounded Biodiversity Alliance, in Uganda working on community led solutions to the biodiversity crisis. Sam now spends all his working hours running Climate Cymru!

Stanley Townsend (he/him), Head of Policy and Advocacy

Stan is a climate policy expert, with experience in advising political leaders in Wales and internationally. He has worked across a number of policy areas for UK Government, such as the circular economy, net zero strategy, green finance, and was also a negotiator to the United Nations climate process where he represented the UK at two COPs. He returned to Wales to take up a role as Secretary for the Wales Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group, requested by the Welsh Labour Government and Plaid Cymru to explore ambitious, just pathways for a resilient and prosperous Wales. Beyond advising political leaders, Stan’s passion is building civic agency within the Welsh public to respond to societal challenges such as climate change, and is highly interested in new forms of democracy. If he’s not working, you will mostly likely find him riding his bike in the South Wales valleys or surfing in the Gower.