Sharon Hanshaw is the Executive Director Coastal Women for Change, which began in January 2006. This group brings together community members in Biloxi, Mississippi to discuss and take part in the long range community planning and rebuilding. Ms. Hanshaw ran a local business and worked as a community advocate for over 20 years before the Hurricane lifted her to a position of leadership in Biloxi. Sharon was featured in Oxfam America’s “Sister on the Planet” about women fighting climate change in their communities. For more information, please see http://www.oxfamamerica.org/campaigns/climate-change/sisters-on-the-planet