Veronica Eady

Veronica Eady is responsible for helping to shape and operationalize RLF’s vision and strategic direction by advancing equity and justice strategies and outcomes through the design and implementation of programs, projects, and campaigns. Before joining RLF she served as Senior Deputy Executive Officer of Policy and Equity at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District where she was the primary contact on environmental justice matters and provided leadership of the District’s community engagement, diversity, equity and inclusion program, and policy work. Prior to that role, Veronica served as Assistant Executive Officer for Environmental Justice at the California Air Resources Board, Vice President and Director of Conservation Law Foundation Massachusetts, and was the Associate General Counsel and Director of Environmental Justice at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. She also served as Director of the Environmental Justice and Brownfields Programs for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs and Executive Director of Alternatives for Community and Environment. She is the former chair of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s federal advisory committee for environmental justice, the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council. In addition, Veronica has held appointments on several faculties, including Europe-Viadriana University in Germany, Tufts University in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Fordham Law School, and the Stanford Law School. She holds a BA from the University of Southern California and a JD from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.