Rachel Gibson, JD, MPP :: Principal Consultant

Rachel is a sustainability leader who puts people at the center of her work, both in her collaborative style and approach to addressing healthcare’s environmental impacts. She brings expertise in the areas of climate leadership, supply chain decarbonization, sustainable procurement, stakeholder engagement, coalition building, strategy development, policy analysis and advocacy, and campaign organizing. For over ten years, Rachel directed the Safer Chemicals Program for Health Care Without Harm, supporting health care institutions in their transition to safer products, developing environmental standards, and advancing a healthy materials economy through market, regulatory, and legislative campaigns. Prior to this work, Rachel directed environmental health campaigns for a California-based nonprofit and worked as an environmental litigation associate in private practice. She has presented extensively at conferences and on webinars and authored and co-authored a number of reports on the topic of chemicals and health. Rachel holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University and a law degree from UC Berkeley.