Joelle Novey is the director of Greater Washington Interfaith Power & Light[1] and a founder of Tikkun Leil Shabbat, an independent Jewish community in Washington DC.
[2][3] In 2012, she was named one of "13 Religious Women to Watch" by the Center for American Progress.
[5] In 2017, the Times of Israel named her one of the "12 Jews who are leading the green movement," recognizing her work as an organizer of the People's Climate March (2017).
[6] In 2024, she was one of six local environmental leaders featured in large-scale projected portraits at Strathmore Music Center.
[7] She is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University.