It's Getting Hot In Here

About Ellie

Ellie works at Climate Interactive where she supports web development, communications, administration, and simulation development. She is also the Director of the Lead Now Fellowship at SustainUS, an organization that empowers youth to promote sustainable development. She has years of experience coordinating efforts to address climate change, from the local level to the international climate change negotiations, especially among young people. Formerly, she was Chair of SustainUS and a Project Coordinator on Berkshire Publishing's Encyclopedia of Sustainability. She has also served as the Chair of the Southern Energy Network's Steering Committee, Executive of Sustainability in UNC Asheville's Student Government, founder of the NC Student Climate Coalition, leader of her campus environmental group, and speaker at dozens of conferences and community events. In all of these roles she has worked to facilitate a greater understanding of the opportunities we have to address our global challenges from climate change to resource scarcity. Ellie has a B.S. in Biology from the University of North Carolina Asheville. Currently, Ellie lives in the southern Berkshires of Massachusetts.