Campaign Manager, Tropical Forest & Climate Initiative
Union of Concerned Scientists
Jul 2013 - Sep 2017 (4 years 3 months)
• Managed team at the Tropical Forest & Climate Initiative at the Union of Concerned Scientists, working to stem carbon emissions, deforestation, biodiversity loss and human conflict driven by the aggressive expansion of industrial palm oil plantations and other agricultural commodities into tropical forests worldwide.
• Worked closely with over two dozen Fortune 500 companies to adopt commodity sourcing policies that protect forests and our climate.
• In partnership with allies, utilized consumer goods companies as levers to persuade Wilmar, the world's largest palm oil trader, to adopt a zero deforestation sourcing policy. Successfully lobbied other major agricultural commodity traders to adopt moratoria on deforestation in their palm