Deanna is the Vice President of Healthy and Resilient Communities at Conservation Law Foundation (CLF). Deanna oversees four teams working on community resilience, research & partnerships, impact investing, and farm & food. Her work focuses on leveraging partnerships with communities, civic leaders, universities, and impact investors to create lasting change on the ground and addressing New England’s most urgent challenges, from climate change to disinvestment and displacement. Deanna previously served as Director of Environmental Planning at CLF where she managed climate resilience advocacy.
Prior to joining CLF, Deanna worked for a community development financial institution (CDFI) in New Jersey where she assisted local governments and other stakeholders in devising and implementing neighborhood revitalization strategies including the reclamation of vacant and abandoned properties.
Deanna holds a JD from Suffolk University Law School, a Masters in City and Regional Planning and a Masters in Public Policy from Rutgers University, and a B.A. in Environmental Design from the University at Buffalo. In her free time, Deanna enjoys spending time outdoors with her dog (Winnie), baking, knitting, painting, and feeding her coffee addiction.
Recent Posts
Nov 7 2023
This fall, news broke that, as of September 11, there had been 23 confirmed weather/climate disaster events around the country this year, with total losses exceeding $1 billion. We’ve watched hurricanes, wildfires, fierce storms, and floods unfold. In recent months, torrential rains inundated streets in Montpelier, Vermont, flooding homes and businesses. Almost 10 inches of…
Jun 30 2023
In June, a vast heat dome scorched its way across large swaths of the country. Record-breaking triple-digit temperatures, centered in the South and Midwest, strained power grids and sent hundreds of overheated people to the hospital. In Texas alone, at least 13 people died. So far this year in New England, we’ve largely escaped the…
Sep 7 2022
As I write this, the Boston area – and much of the rest of New England – remains in a state of drought. Meanwhile, the worst heat wave of the year is scorching Californians. Other parts of the country – and the world – have witnessed the opposite weather extreme. Record-breaking, deadly floods have devastated Kentucky, Texas, and…
May 18 2022
As a Massachusetts resident, you have the legal right to access and use waterfront areas called “tidelands.” That right is so important that a state law – the Public Waterfront Act, also known as Chapter 91 – dictates how those waterfront areas can be used for real estate development. The law states the maximum height and overall…
Oct 19 2021
The climate crisis is fueling extreme weather and causing New Englanders to question whether these ominous weather patterns are the new normal. But what if we will soon be looking back on this summer as the “good old days”? The recently released Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has again re-emphasized our scientific confidence…
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