Melissa Lin Perrella

Melissa Lin Perrella sets the tone for how NRDC engages with and supports community partners. Having managed the Environmental Justice team and advocated internally and externally for NRDC’s work on behalf of communities for years, she currently leads NRDC’s Environment, Equity, and Justice Center to provide strategic leadership to the organization to integrate equity and justice into our external work and to advance community-driven solutions in partnership with frontline communities. Lin Perrella currently serves on the governance bodies of EJ networks and movement support initiatives, while also supporting countless NRDC committees to guide the organization’s strategic priorities—all with an equity lens.