Vice President, Government Affairs, Rise to Thrive
Natalie is a sustainability and policy expert with extensive grassroots organizing, fundraising and campaign experience. She has been named as one of The Hill’s Top Lobbyists in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Natalie has served on the board of directors of the Power Shift Network, Young Voices for the Planet, and Care About Climate and currently serves on the boards of the Partnership Project and the Student Conservation Association. She has a Master of Science in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability from the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona Sweden and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Policy from the University of Maryland College Park.
Natalie has worked at some of the largest and most influential environmental organizations, such as the Sierra Club as the National Dirty Fuels Lobbyist, as the Policy Director at 350.org, as the Senior Director of Climate Solutions at the Wilderness Society and as the Climate Campaign Director at Greenpeace USA. She has served as the Vice President of Government Affairs for Rise to Thrive, an organization with a mission to empower and support women and femme leaders of color in the climate, environmental, and conservation movement. Today
Natalie is the Chief Program Officer for the international youth climate organization Zero Hour and works with youth around the world, to build a powerful and inclusive movement of activists, fighting for a just and sustainable future. She is the Director of Campaigns and Advocacy for Generation Green, which fights for environmental liberation by organizing throughout the global Black/African diaspora. She works to build an environmental movement that truly fights for the people most harmed by fossil fuels and impacted by climate change.
