Our advocacy experts

  • Patton, Vickie
    General Counsel

    Areas of expertise: Climate change, global warming, air quality

  • Pearen, Holly
    Lead Counsel

    Areas of expertise: Carbon markets, financial regulation, environmental marketing claims

  • Poon, Sarah
    AVP, Fishery Solutions Center

    Areas of expertise: Fisheries management, training and capacity development

  • Pratt, Jack
    Senior Political Director, Political Affairs

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  • Roedner Sutter, Katelyn
    California State Director

    Areas of expertise: California climate policy, environmental justice, cap and trade, air quality, land use & transportation policy.

  • Ruiter, Pamela
    Senior Manager, SSF Initiatives

    Areas of expertise: Oceans program, Seafood markets, catch shares, renewing fisheries, EU Fisheries policy, TURF Reserves

  • Sánchez, Sergio
    Senior Policy Director, Global Clean Air

    Areas of expertise: Climate and clean air policy, international development, integrated environmental management systems, comprehensive air quality management, sustainable transport, United Nations

  • Saunders, Nichole
    Senior Attorney, Energy

    Areas of expertise: Oil and gas policy, oil and gas wastewater

  • Schiller, Anna
    Program Manager, Climate Resilient Water Systems

    Areas of expertise: Conservation biology, spatial analysis, groundwater management, land use planning

  • Schwartzman, Steve
    Senior Director, Tropical Forest Policy

    Areas of expertise: Climate change, tropical forest policy, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD), Brazil and the Amazon, Indigenous Peoples, incentives for environmental protection

  • Shirreffs , Dawn
    Florida Director

    Areas of expertise: Political affairs, partnerships, non-profit management, resilience

  • Smith, Grace
    Attorney, U.S. Legal & Regulatory

    Areas of expertise: Federal environmental and energy regulation, oil and gas standards, greenhouse gas mitigation

  • Sun, Fang
    Senior Manager, Resilient Fisheries & Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Agriculture, carbon farming and forestry

  • Thomas, Ben
    Senior Policy Director, Agriculture

    Areas of expertise: Agricultural and food law, policy implementation, political strategy, coalition building

  • Truax, Hawley
    Associate Vice President, State Affairs

    Areas of expertise: Policy analysis, writing/editing, institutional giving, strategy development, regional politics and culture

  • Tucker, Grace
    Manager, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds

    Areas of expertise: Water resources management and policy, science-based decision-making, natural infrastructure, ecosystems, social sciences, stakeholder coordination

  • Vogel, Sarah
    Senior Vice President, Healthy Communities

    Areas of expertise: Environmental health, chemical safety, endocrine disruptors

  • Whittle, Daniel
    Associate Vice President, Resilient Caribbean

    Areas of expertise: US environmental law and policy, Cuban marine and coastal resources law and policy , energy policy, rights-based fisheries management, marine protected areas, international government US environmental law and policy, Cuban marine and coastal resources law and policy , energy policy, rights-based fisheries management, marine protected areas, international government US environmental law and policy, Cuban marine and coastal resources law and policy, energy policy, rights-based fisheries management, marine protected areas, international government relations

  • Winn, Rosalie
    Director and Lead Counsel, Methane and Clean Air Policy

    Areas of expertise: Federal environmental and energy regulation, the Clean Air Act, emissions standards for the oil and gas sector

  • Yawanarajah (Ph.D), Shareen
    Director, Global Energy Transition

    Areas of expertise: International energy policy, international methane policy, oil and gas industry operations, research and development