John joins CLF coming off a decade’s long stint working at Managed Service Providers. During that time, John honed his skills and merged superior customer service with IT infrastructure management. He is excited to join the CLF team and support those who are defending the environment. John happened to luck into having fledgling personal computers… Continue reading John Krentzman
Adam comes to CLF from working as a litigator at firms in Burlington, Vermont, and Boston, where he practiced in the white collar and governmental investigations, data privacy, and commercial disputes groups. Adam earned a B.A. in Government from Georgetown University and a M.S.Ed. from Hunter College. He worked for more than a decade as… Continue reading Adam Aguirre
Katherine serves as the Program Assistant for the Clean Air and Water Team. She received a BA from Boston College with a major in Environmental Studies and a minor in Studio Art. Her senior capstone project studied public perception of Greater Boston’s urban wilderness and natural spaces, along with recommendations for property improvement. Growing up… Continue reading Katherine Tolsdorf
Kendall Keelen is an Associate Attorney with the Clean Energy and Climate Change team. Kendall received her J.D. from Vermont Law School where she became heavily involved with the Environmental Justice Law Society and Clinics. Kendall also holds a B.A. from The George Washington University in International Affairs and Spanish Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. In… Continue reading Kendall Keelen
Abby comes to CLF with five years of experience in roles across the public service sector. From non-profits to political campaigns to state government, Abby is excited to continue her work building healthy and resilient communities in New England. Most recently she interned with State Representative Dylan Fernandes, a staunch pro-climate advocate, and she worked… Continue reading Abby Shneyder
Caty is the Director of Research and Metrics at Conservation Law Foundation. Prior to joining CLF, Caty was a program director at the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research supporting community engaged research and health equity initiatives. She earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of Minnesota, as well as an MA in Women’s… Continue reading Caty Taborda
Rachel joins CLF from Trustees for Alaska, where she worked as a Staff Attorney on issues regarding mining, public lands, and predator control. Prior to that, she spent a year clerking with the Alaska Supreme Court. Rachel obtained her J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School and has a B.A. in Human Ecology from College… Continue reading Rachel Briggs
Anisha is the Manager of Community Engaged Research in the Healthy Neighborhoods Study. She has a master’s degree from MIT in urban planning with a focus on climate justice and participatory action research. She previously worked at Silent Spring Institute on environmental health literacy and has a background in people-centered design and engineering from Olin… Continue reading Anisha Patil
Erin Ritter is a program coordinator supporting the CLF Rhode Island office and the Environmental Justice and the Clean Energy and Climate Change programs. She has previously interned at TikTok, where she worked in trust and safety operations and has also done climate justice research at Iowa State University. Erin received her BA in Religious… Continue reading Erin Ritter
Richard began his legal career in New York City at Kelley Drye & Warren where he focused on the development and permitting of combined cycle cogeneration power plants designated by FERC as a “Qualifying Facility.” He moved back to his home state of Rhode Island and joined the law firm Adler, Pollock & Sheehan. There… Continue reading Richard Stang
