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Environmental Conversations - Diversity in Environmental Organizations

Public scholarship and public outreach is an important goal for the Center for Environmental Politics. Environmental Conversations feature prominent environmental leaders/practitioners who share their perspectives on real-world environmental policymaking. During 2019-2020, in collaboration with the EarthLab, the Center for Environmental Politics will host three Walker Conversations. These events will be held in the Allen Library's Petersen Room, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm.

Winter Quarter
Diversity in Environmental Organizations
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Speaker: Whitney Tome

Whitney Tome is Principal, Raben Group and the Executive Director for Green 2.0, an initiative to increase the racial diversity of the largest national environmental NGOs, foundations and federal government agencies. Prior to Raben Group, Tome was the director of diversity and inclusion at the National Parks Conservation Association, Program Manager and Mediator at the Meridian Group and strategist at the Environmental Defense Fund. Tome earned a Bachelors degree in Political Science from Middlebury College and a J.D. from American University's Washington College of Law.