Mac Legerton
◼︎ Sponsorship Manager
◼︎ Biography
Mac Legerton serves as Sponsorship Manager of the Global Carbon Reward Initiative in the United States. He is a leader in climate disaster and climate justice work and is a rural development specialist. He serves as the Interim Director of the North Carolina Climate Solutions Coalition and is the Co-Director of the Robeson County Cooperative for Sustainable Development in rural North Carolina (NC). He is the 2007 recipient of the Distinguished Service to Rural Life Award from the Rural Sociological Society for his work in multicultural development, social justice and sustainable development. He serves as a consultant for non-governmental and governmental organizations, and his focus is to turn visions into effective voices and successful institutional vessels. Mac has also assisted in writing and leveraging over $50 million in grant funding for both public and private agencies and organizations. He is an ordained minister in the Southern Conference of the United Church of Christ.