Friend, like so many of you, I came to the climate movement fueled by a passion for creating a better world for us all. I saw the greatest existential threat we've ever faced harming the places and people I loved, and I knew I needed to spend my life trying to tackle the climate crisis and creating that better world we know is possible.

Growing up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, my love of the outdoors fueled a desire to protect our planet. I learned how our world can be so fragile, but our relationships can be so strong. I learned about the ways we are shaped by history, community, ecology, and—critically—policy.

I learned that every change for the better is accomplished by people working together, in solidarity, for justice.

I took that worldview straight into my studies of ecology and then into political advocacy. After graduate school, I started at the Union of Concerned Scientists, bringing scientists to meet with Members of Congress as they wrote the Waxman-Markey climate bill—and learned the hard way that our movement wasn't big or powerful enough yet to secure the bold policies we needed. So I spent the last 12 years working to build up the strength of that movement—forging broad cross-movement coalitions and effective, intersectional campaigns. I had the honor of forming deep partnerships with individuals bearing the impacts of our fossil fuel-based economy. I learned to lead large, national teams, and to create strategic campaigns driving real impact on legislation and policy.

And, now, as a mother and stepmother, my resolve to make the world a better, safer place has only strengthened.

Back in 2020, when I first sat down and began reading a copy of the Evergreen Action Plan, I was only a few pages in when I had to literally set the document down to stand up and pace the room. I felt so charged with excitement, seeing that there was this group of people doing exactly the work I felt our movement needed—creating an ambitious, actionable policy roadmap that could slash pollution at the pace needed to avoid outright disaster, while simultaneously creating a thriving, just, and inclusive clean energy future. Then and now, Evergreen's mission resonated deeply with me, and I knew I wanted to be a part of it.

I've been honored to serve Evergreen as a campaigns director and chief of staff, and I have great admiration and gratitude for all that Jamal Raad, Sam Ricketts, and the team have accomplished in the three years since they turned that document into one of the most influential climate organizations in our country. I can't wait to continue building that organization with them.

As executive director, I will help Evergreen continue to grow as a force within the climate movement, supercharging our transition to a more equitable, inclusive clean energy economy.

Thank you for all that you do to support our work and for your commitment to a better future.

Sincerely,

Lena Moffitt
Executive Director, Evergreen

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