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Eleanor Fort
Associate, Policy Program
- email: fort@ceres.org
Eleanor joined Ceres in 2012 as an Associate with the Policy Program. She provides support for Ceres’ initiatives engaging businesses and investors to advocate for state and federal climate and energy policy.
Prior to joining Ceres, Eleanor worked at the Harvard innovation lab, a resource for students interested in entrepreneurship and an incubator for student-run start-up companies. Eleanor has worked on electoral campaigns as the Deputy Field Director with Bob Massie for US Senate and on issue-based campaigns with Environment Massachusetts as the Preservation Advocate for clean water and land preservation.
Eleanor graduated from Green Corps, a field school for environmental organizing, in 2009. She graduated from Vassar College in 2008, where she studied political science and geography.
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