Eric Rutherford

Eric Rutherford's work experience includes various roles in environmental advocacy and community organizing. In 2015, they worked as an Assistant Manager at Cititrends Clothing Store. In 2018, they served as a Social Media Specialist for the Halt The Harm Network. From 2017 to 2021, they were a Member of the LED Roundtable of Upcoming Businesses in Ascension Parish. In 2021, they worked as a Cart Attendant at Walmart before leaving for personal reasons. Eric then joined the Earth Island Institute as a Communications Specialist from March to June 2022. In August 2021, they became an Air Monitoring Project Lead at Public Lab. In April 2022, they joined Healthy Gulf (formerly Gulf Restoration Network) as a Resisting Dirty Energy Community Advisory Committee Board member. Currently, they are working on building their nonprofit business, Be EveryThing, LLC, and rebranding Fine by Me Computers to a research company, both set to debut in 2022. Finally, in August 2022, they started working as a Louisiana Campaign Organizer at the Alliance for Affordable Energy.

Eric Rutherford's education history includes attending Northwestern State University from 2000 to 2005, where they studied Computer Information and Systems. In 2001, they briefly studied General Studies at River Parish Community College. Additionally, they obtained a Vocational Certification in Computer Technology from Camelot College in 2002-2003. Prior to their college education, Eric attended Donaldsonville High School, although the start and end years are not provided.

In terms of additional certifications, Eric obtained a Hudson Initiative Small Entrepreneurship Certificate in April 2016 from Small Business. Eric also received an MBECA Small Business Certificate in 2016 and a Louisiana Economic Development Small Business Certificate in 2017. Specific institutions and months of obtaining these certifications are not available.