State Director, Environment Oregon
On staff: 2006-2009; 2010 to present
B.A., magna cum laude, University of Arizona
As director of Environment Oregon, Celeste develops and runs campaigns to win real results for Oregon’s environment. She has worked on issues ranging from preventing plastic pollution, stopping global warming, defending clean water, and protecting our beautiful places. Celeste’s organizing has helped to reduce kids’ exposure to lead in drinking water at childcare facilities in Oregon, encourage transportation electrification, ban single-use plastic grocery bags, defend our bedrock environmental laws and more. She is also the author of the children’s book, Myrtle the Turtle, empowering kids to prevent plastic pollution. Celeste lives in Portland, Ore., with her husband and two daughters, where they frequently enjoy the bounty of Oregon’s natural beauty.
Environment America, Environment Washington and Environment Oregon submitted over 10,000 public comments to the Biden Administration in support of breaching the Lower Snake River dams in order to save salmon, and in turn, the Southern Resident Orcas.
Summertime is just around the corner, and while bringing family and friends together to enjoy the sunshine, eating burgers, dogs and veggies fresh off the grill can be a lot of fun, cleaning up lots of plastic waste at the end of the night just isn't.
Environment America, Environmental Action and PIRG collectively submitted 42,344 public comments calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen the proposed National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution.
