About us

Building lasting political power

We find new allies to work with us to protect our world every day. With your help, we are building an influential and inclusive environmental majority.
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EDF Action is the advocacy partner of Environmental Defense Fund. With a dedicated team of lobbyists, political strategists and communications professionals, we build strong, bipartisan support for transformative environmental protections. By cultivating unlikely political support and mobilizing an army of concerned citizens, we work toward revitalizing our fragile wetlands, keeping toxic chemicals out of our homes and bodies and delivering climate change solutions big and small.

Wherever environmental rules or legislation are being developed – in the chambers of Congress, the offices of government, or in the state legislatures – EDF Action is there.

As a separate entity from Environmental Defense Fund, EDF Action accepts only nondeductible donations. That lets us focus 100 percent of our efforts advocating for the policies that make our communities cleaner, healthier, and more prosperous, conserving the best of America for our kids and grandkids.

Our leadership

Elizabeth B. Thompson, President
Elizabeth leads EDF Action’s advocacy efforts. She has an extensive policy and legislative background and, in her prior role as EDF’s Legislative Director, was lead strategist for the U.S. Climate Action Partnership.

Fred Krupp Executive Director

Joe Bonfiglio Associate Vice President


Board of Directors

Susan Ford Dorsey, Co-chair
President, Sand Hill Foundation

Lise Strickler, Co-Chair
Three Cairns Group

Frank Loy, Chair Emeritus
Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs

Cristóbal J. Alex
President, Latino Victory Project

Brian Conboy
Of Counsel, Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Thomas F. Darden, II
CEO, Cherokee Investment Partners

Richard H. Davis
Partner and COO, Pegasus Capital Advisors

Kirsten J. Feldman
Former Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

Carl Ferenbach
Chairman and Co-founder, High Meadows Foundation; Co-founder, Berkshire Partners, LLC

William R. Goodell
Chief Operating Officer, Partner Fund Management, L.P.

Charles J. Hamilton, Jr.
Senior Counsel, Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP

Coddy Johnson
COO and Co-founder, AltSchool

The Honorable Thomas H. Kean
Chairman, Carnegie Corporation of
New York

John C. Kerr
General Partner, Texas Next Capital

Abby Leigh
Artist

Susan Mandel
ZOOM Foundation

Jerome Ringo
Founder and Executive Chairman, Zoetic Global

Jeffrey P. Williams
2013 ALI Fellow, Harvard University

Paul Junger Witt
Partner, Witt-Thomas Productions

Joanne Witty
Director, Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation

Finances

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