EDF ACTION - Key Persons

Kieve joined EDF Action as its new President in February 2022, coming from the White House's Council on Environmental Quality, where he served as Director of Public Engagement. Background Prior to joining the Biden Administration, Kieve played a central role in helping the President get elected. He first served as the Director of Early States, helping President Biden emerge from the most diverse and talented field of Democratic candidates ever assembled as the party's nominee. He was particularly hands-on in Nevada, a state where President Bidens strong second-place finish paved the way for his dramatic comeback. In the general election, Kieve remained a senior member of the campaign team, leading engagement to the broad community of stakeholders motivated by a desire to see the climate crisis addressed. He was the only staffer whose job focused exclusively on climate. Kieve led all engagement with groups that ranged from hunters and anglers to environmental justice leaders and everyone in between. Kieve brings nearly 20 years of experience to his new role, having spent the majority of his career focused on running political and advocacy campaigns.

Dustin Ingalls

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Director of Political Programs, West

Elizabeth Gore

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Member of the Leadership Team
Senior Vice President, Political Affairs

At EDF Action, Elizabeth runs the Political Affairs operation including the lobbying team, grassroots and grassstops outreach, and strategic partnerships. Background Elizabeth Gore has worked in policy and politics for more than 25 years. Over her career, she has worked in the House of Representatives, the United States Senate, and the Executive Office of the President. She has long experience on energy and environmental issues and has been a strong advocate on those issues throughout her time in Washington.

Emma Benninghoff

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Grassroots Coordinator

Frank Loy

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Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors

Fred Krupp

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Executive Director
Member of the Leadership Team

Honorable Thomas H. Kean

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Chairman Emeritus, Carnegie Corporation of New York / Chairman, THK Consulting, LLC

Jack Pratt

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Senior Political Director

Jack Pratt is the Senior Political Director for EDF Action, where he leads political engagement to help support pro-environment candidates and elected officials across the country. Jack led the EDF Action work that helped elect 10 pro-environment freshmen to Congress in 2018, defeating several climate science deniers along the way, while supporting pro-conservation incumbents on both sides of the aisle. Jack helped lead the successful effort to pass comprehensive chemical safety form, which was signed into law by President Obama in 2016. More recently, he has helped hold the Trump Administration accountable for environmental rollbacks, successfully fight anti-environment Trump administration nominations and worked to stop anti-environment legislation in the first years of the Trump administration. Background Prior to working at EDF Action, Jack worked in a variety of positions on Capitol Hill, including spending a decade as the Chief of Staff to Rep. Steve Israel, a former chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the co-founder, with Jay Inslee, of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition. Jack lives in Washington DC with two young children and an old dog. He holds degrees from Kenyon College and the London School of Economics.

Jeremy Pittman

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Director of Grassroots Engagement

Jeremy Pittman leads EDF Action's grassroots engagement programs, focusing on ways to mobilize EDF and EDF Action members, supporters and allies to take meaningful action to help win critical legislative and electoral campaigns for the environment. Jeremy manages EDF Action's field organizing programs, including the EDF Action Climate Team and the Green Team organizing partnership with NRDC Action Fund. Jeremy also leads efforts to mobilize EDF Action members to volunteer and vote for pro-environment candidates. Background Jeremy joined EDF Action in 2019 after more than 12 years managing field organizing programs at the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest advocacy organization focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer equality. Programs Jeremy led at HRC helped secure congressional passage of the Matthew Shepherd/James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act and repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, enactment of numerous state-level marriage equality and non-discrimination laws, defeat of hundreds of anti-LGBTQ state bills, and election of hundreds of pro-equality municipal, state and federal lawmakers. Jeremy previously worked for MassEquality, the coalition campaign to protect Massachusetts' first-in-the-nation marriage equality, and for global management consulting firm Towers Perrin. Jeremy received his Bachelor of Arts from Wofford College and lives with his husband in Washington, DC.