Bringing Justice and Sustainability
USING LEGAL POLICY
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Available for speaking, writing and policy creation.
JD, Cum Laude
Tulane University Law School, 1990
BA Vanderbilt University,
Double Major English/Art History,
Varsity Cross Country 1986
Creating Sustainablity
Career Experience
Overload: America’s Toxic Love Story,
Executive Producer
Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office,
Deputy District Attorney
Heal the Bay,
Legal Policy Director
Plastic Pollution Coalition,
Co-Founder
5 Gyres,
Legal Policy Director
WeTap,
Advisor
Specialties
Speaker
writer
Projects
Press & Articles
Tulane University Law School
Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy
Vanderbilt University
Recycle—and Refuse
Tulane University Law School
to Microbeads Ban
Overload: America's Toxic Love Story
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Planet Experts
Tulane University Law School
Speaking Appearances
Food Sleuth Radio Show
Ray Brown’s Talkin’ Birds Radio Show
Plastic Health Summit
Plastic Soup Foundation
Amsterdam talk on Policy to Prevent Petrochemical Poisoning
Rio Earth Summit
Huffington Post
From California to Copacabana: Global Call to Stop Plastic Pollution Presented at Rio Earth Summit
Rio Earth Summit
Huffington Post
Finding Hope Down in the Dump:
A Visit with Tiao Carlos dos Santos, Champion of Rio Garbage Pickers
Center for Disease Control
Huffington Post
Plastic Pollution: A Social Justice Perspective
TEDx Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Huffington Post
Videos Document Plastic Pollution Crisis and Solutions
Select Panels Produced
United Nations
Huffington Post
Kyra Sedgwick Leads Global Call to End Plastic Pollution at United Nations
Blue Ocean Film Festival
Blue Ocean Film Festival
The Blog
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Collection of Writings: Arts and Media
T.C. Boyle Has Finger on Trigger of America in the Harder They Come The Imitation Game : World War II Like You Never Knew Interstellar : The Gravity of Love Is Michael Keaton’s Birdman Buddhist? Veteran’s Day Musical Magic: LA Rocker Brings Military Spouses in CAMMO...
Collection of Writings: Psychology
Join the Resistance: The Power of No It Will Get Better: Speaking out on Gay Suicides What Ann Coulter Could Learn From My Special Olympian Brother-in-law
Collection of Writings: Education
I Know What Girls Like: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math! College Kids With One Thing on their Mind: Service It’s Elementary: You Will Profit From an Investment in Your Local Public School Corporal Punishment In Our Schools — Teaching Through Terror? Teachers...
Collection of Writings: Planned Parenting
Dear Planned Parenthood: Thank You for My Law Degree, My Planned Family and My Health
Collection of Writings: Social Commentary
SoulCycle: Hell on Wheels? Reclaiming Right to Life From the Right Wing ‘In The Heat Of The Night’ With Clint Eastwood And Donald Trump Seasonal Affective Disorder? Not In Sunny SoCal! Melania’s “Tribute” to Michelle is Hard to Swallow American Democrazy: My Day as a...