Staff & Board

Liz Coyle

Executive Director
lcoyle@georgiawatch.org

Liz Coyle joined the team at Georgia Watch in February 2012. In her role, she advocates for policies that open doors to the financial mainstream, increase financial security, improve access to affordable healthcare and lower consumers’ energy burden. As Executive Director, Liz manages the organization’s operations and staff and oversees all Georgia Watch programs in the areas of Healthcare Access, Consumer Energy, Civil Justice and Financial Protection.

Berneta L. Haynes

Senior Director of Policy and Access
bhaynes@georgiawatch.org

Berneta L. Haynes is the Senior Director of Policy and Access at Georgia Watch. An attorney and champion of energy equity and healthcare access in particular, Berneta brings a unique mix of legal advocacy work, writing expertise and innovative use of digital journalism to impact pressing consumer issues. Her work centers specifically on ensuring access to healthcare for all Georgians and increasing access to clean energy to improve the health and financial well-being of low-income families and communities.

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Prior to joining the Georgia Watch team, Berneta spent years working on environmental and public health issues from diesel pollution reduction and energy efficiency to solar energy access. She has engaged in environmental justice, energy equity, and public health work as an attorney at Environmental Law and Policy Center in Chicago, Southern Environmental Law Center in Atlanta, and worked on consumer energy issues at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia. She currently serves on the South Atlantic Market Leadership Advisory Board at U.S. Green Building Council. Berneta also brings to Georgia Watch significant writing and editing experience, as a published author and previous editor of a nonprofit website.

Berneta received a J.D. from University of Iowa College of Law, a B.A. in English, Psychology, and Writing from Drury University, and a Master’s in English from University of Iowa. Her interest in energy equity, public health, and healthcare access stems from her liberal arts background and research around intersections of race, class, and gender in American culture.

Jenny Guadalupe

Policy Research Associate
jguadalupe@georgiawatch.org

Jenny Guadalupe is the Policy Research Associate at Georgia Watch. She brings a mix of experience in the private and public sectors, most recently spending five years as a legislative assistant in the Georgia Senate. Her passion for equity and justice stems from her formative years growing up in an immigrant family. In her role as Policy Research Associate, she leverages this experience to close opportunity gaps, reduce health disparities, and protect consumers’ income in Georgia.

Habib Rahman-Kader

Emory University Extern

Habib joined Georgia Watch in September 2019 as part of the Rollins Earn and Learn one-year externship program at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health. Prior to joining Georgia Watch, he interned as a legislative aide to New Jersey Assemblyman Gary Schaer, where he did policy research on college affordability, pension funds, and the opioid crisis. Habib also interned for the Passaic County Department of Health Services, where he worked to increase access to health services for the county’s large immigrant community.