Darren Riley, CEO for JustAir

“I am thankful for this recognition and honored to continue the work of our people and all those who came before me.”

Riley was in his mid-twenties when he developed asthma after living in Southwest Detroit, one of the most polluted communities in the country. The experience led him to co-found JustAir, an air-quality monitoring platform that provides access to real-time information at a neighborhood scale.  JustAir is an important partner to environmental justice communities and allies across the nation, with tools that are helping communities stay safe and track data that can create change.  It currently has deployments in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Colorado and several Southeast Michigan communities.