

SAE
SAE Spotlight Air Environmental

Our Staff


Maie' Pope
Executive Director
Maie' holds a bachelor's and has been honing her organizational skills for years. She became interested in environmental activism in 2014 as air pollution concerns grew in her community. Maie' enjoys plays and watching science documentaries.

Robert Lewis
Community Outreach Coordinator
Robert is a retired design engineer with experience in figuring things out. He also takes great pleasure in teaching jazz percussion.

Marina Manetti
Community Outreach Specialist
Marina has been a resident of Urbana-Champaign for decades. She has four degrees, which includes a Master's of African American Studies. Her positions in teaching and caretaking have enabled her to use her people skills. She has a passionate interest in children, reading and the guardianship of the environment.

Dominique Lyons
Community Education Specialist
Dominique is “invested in SAE’s mission.” He’s eager to help raise awareness about the air we're breathing here in the Urbana-Champaign area. While he really, “really enjoys science fiction,” he profoundly understands that the damage to the environment and to human lives from “poisons” in pollution is very, very real.