Ellie Cohen
Ellie Cohen is best known for her work on creating solutions towards climate change. She is an award-winning activist and currently the CEO of The Climate Center. She was recently known as being the CEO of Point Blue Conservation but has stepped down to focus on the climate crisis in California. Ellie is currently fighting for new policies to improve this planet while working with the Climate Center.
Biography
Ellie Cohen was born in Baltimore, Maryland.[1]
Education
As an undergraduate Ellie attended Duke University in North Carolina. There she received her B.A with honors in Botany. In pursuit of her master's degree she attended Harvard University at the Kennedy School of Government for a degree in Public policy[1]
Today
Ellie now lives in San Anselmo, California with her two kids. There in San Anselmo she is an appointed member of Marine Municipal Water district E- bike Community Advisory Committee.[1] She is also still working as CEO of the Climate Center.
CEO of Point Blue Conservation
Ellie became CEO of Point Blue Conservation in 1999 - 2018.[2] At Point Blue Conservation Ellie and 160+ scientists sought to make partnerships with private partners to help find solutions for wildfires. She also looked to help reduce the negative impacts of climate plays on land and ocean.
Accomplishments at Point Blue Conservation
- Established Point Blue as an internationally recognized leader and driver for climate-smart, multi-benefit conservation.[2]
- Grew Point Blue’s budget from $2.5 million with 30 staff in 1999 to almost $14 million with 180+ staff in 2018.[3]
- Built a strong financial foundation with outright ownership of our 20,000 square foot Petaluma headquarters, ownership of our new 12-person Rich Stallcup Intern House in Petaluma, and a board-designated reserve fund of $3 million.[3]
- Secured official Observer Organization on climate change by the United Nations global climate body (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change).[3]
- Co-developed climate-smart conservation principles and catalyzed their adoption by most of our agency, NGO and government partners.[3]
- Brought on the award-winning STRAW program to Point Blue and established our innovative Rangeland Watershed Initiative partner biologist program.[3]
- Leveraged almost $100 million in agricultural land conservation on roughly 2 million acres of forests, meadows, rangelands and croplands, for water, birds, other wildlife, carbon sequestration and people by engaging over 1000 ranchers and farmers, dozens of public agencies (including the Natural Resources Conservation Service and US Forest Service), land trusts and other NGOs, as well as over 50,000 students and teachers.[3]
- Helped more than 70 city, county, regional, state, and federal agencies across 95% of the urbanized coast of California to plan for climate change through the Our Coast Our Future online planning tool.[3]
- Played a leadership science role in securing the world’s largest Marine Protected Area at the Ross Sea, Antarctica[3]
CEO of the Climate Center
After leaving Point Blue Conservation, Ellie was appointed to lead the Climate Center as CEO to help aid California's climate crisis emergency in 2019. There, Cohen with a team of scientists set out for a campaign to decarbonize the planet.[4] At the climate center, Ellie and Ann Hancock[5] are working together on enacting policies that will make the earth safer. By 2025 Cohen and the team from the Climate Center want to put California on track for a secure future.[6]
The campaign also has a goal of expanding Community Choice Energy, which promises non-fossil fuel electricity to 10 million people.[7]
Awards
- Beyond Duke Alumni Award for Service and Leadership (2019)[7]
- Robert F. Kennedy Public Service award[8]
- National Park Service Pacific West Region Partnership award (2018)[7]
- Bay Nature Environment Hero Award (2012)[7][6][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ellie Cohen". The Climate Center. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 User. "Ellie Cohen". Point Blue. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Arata, Lishka. "To Everything There is a Season: CEO Ellie Cohen Leaving After Two Decades of Transformational Achievements". Point Blue. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
- ↑ communications, Stacey MeinzenCommunications Manager at The Climate CenterStacey Meinzen has fifteen years of experience as a; Program, research professional She has served as a Marketing Specialist for the Sonoma County Energy Independence; Proven, Researched; Plan, promising measures in reducing greenhouse gas emissions for Sonoma County’s Climate Action 2020; Authority, worked as a Program Analyst for Sonoma County’s Regional Climate Protection (2019-08-12). "In major push for rapid decarbonization in California, The Climate Center hires new CEO". The Climate Center. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
- ↑ "Ann Hancock". The Climate Center. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Rapid Decarbonization for a Climate-Safe Future" (PDF). Climate Center. The Climate Center. Retrieved 10/7/2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help); Check date values in:|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Center for Climate Protection Hires New CEO Ellie Cohen". Sonoma County Gazette. 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
- ↑ "Ellie Cohen". Bay Area: Resilient By Design Challenge. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
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