Elizabeth J. D. Baker

Biography

"Elizabeth J. D. Baker manages Resources Renewal Institute ‎ programs including climate change and communications strategy and the River Warrior awards. Raised in California, Ms. Baker studied environmental science at Williams College. She served as RRI's representative to the UN climate change meeting in Copenhagen in 2009 by joining the Green Belt Movement delegation of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai. While in Copenhagen, Ms. Baker coordinated media, logistics, and outreach for Professor Maathai. A former manager of Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, Ms. Baker's interests in food and food policy are equaled only by her love of music and performing opera with the company she co-founded, Open Opera. "