Amanda Sachs Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

• As Rewiring America's Massachusetts policy lead, I advocate for legislation and regulations with state-based partners on behalf of the organization.
• I lead the organization’s “Clean Heat” campaign in three states, strategizing policy pathways, coordinating allies, and representing Rewiring America in official proceedings around transitioning home heating from.
• I lead the organization's "outside game" around reforming public utility commissions (PUCs) for greater utility transparency and performance around equity, efficiency, climate, and electrification.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Developed novel electrification and carbon pricing policy frameworks for legislators using data-driven research and insights
• Analyzed legislation, the state budget, regulations, and environmental policies and lobbied before New York State elected officials and regulatory agency heads
• Led the “People’s Climate Action Council,” educating 300+ engaged climate activists on the implementation of New York’s Climate Law, and providing them with actionable ways to advocate for a more effective and.

New York, United States

• Analyzed legislation, the state budget, regulations, and policies relevant to the climate crisis
• Managed the organization’s legislative tracking and memoranda process and wrote memoranda for climate bills that moved within the New York State Legislature
• Lobbied before the New York State Legislature, and administrative and regulatory agencies
• Educated decision-makers on the organization's climate change, waste, and transportation agendas
• Worked with program, communications, and engagement staff to develop strategies for achieving the organization’s policy goals
• Spearheaded the organization’s climate coalition work across the ElectrifyNY Coalition’s municipal, research, and legislative committees and NY Renews’ policy and lobby committees

New York, United States

• Convened and prepared environmental groups and local residents to approach elected officials and advocate for clean water infrastructure funding and watershed protection policies
• Mobilized thousands of climate advocates to capture the attention of their legislators with action alerts and campaign events relating to NYS Climate Law implementation, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, and.
• Drove state-wide activism around a “polluter pays model” bill as EANY’s representation on the NY Renews Coalition Organizing Committee

New York, NY

• Wrote, edited, and fact-checked a variety of materials for internal and external use including press releases and reports, various materials for the board of directors, and guides summarizing federal, state, and local.
• Developed grant proposals for anti-idling, workplace charging, and diesel truck replacement programs
• Managed company website and developed social media content and strategy

Greater New York City Area

• Analyzed public health and financial data, and assisted with researching and writing for a report commissioned by the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)
• Copy-edited 42 essay submissions on sea level rise, environmental justice, historic conservation, sustainability, and resilience in Antigua and Barbuda and liaised with the leadership of Antigua and Barbuda to collect.
• Assisted visiting scholars with individual environmental justice research, including environmental education initiatives
• Developed written materials for the Center including the 2018-2019 Annual Report and an equitable climate policy memorandum directed to major funders

Greater New York City Area

• Contributed to writing the report with Dr. Ana Baptista, “Local Land Use Policies for Environmental Justice: A National Scan,” commissioned by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
• Developed presentation materials on a variety of topics including but not limited to social and environmental justice, environmental racism, indigenous history and politics in the United States, the Clean Power Plan.
• Organized and created content for the Gulf Coast Fund Website, archiving best practices of the Gulf Coast Fund— an environmental justice grant-making institution

Purchase, New York

• Expanded campus composting project and deterred thousands of gallons of food waste into useable compost
• Collaborated with students majoring in New Media to make composting data available as a data-visualization on the college’s website

Master Of Science - Ms, Environmental Policy And Sustainability Management

Concentration in Policy

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Political Science