Alison Wright

Director of Environmental Defenders Collaborative (EDC)

Alison Wright is the Director of the Environmental Defenders Collaborative. She has been in this role since the Collaborative was formed in 2017.

Alison has nearly two decades of experience in grassroots human rights philanthropy. She previously consulted with the Mexico Conservation Funders Group of Biodiversity Funders Group, Tamalpais Trust, and Fondo Acción Solidaria (Mexico).

Alison also worked as a consulting lawyer with the Environmental Defender Law Center. Alison began her career at Global Greengrants Fund, where she spent almost a decade on the programs/grants management team.

She holds a JD from Seattle University School of Law and a B.A. in Political Science and Environmental Studies from the University of Colorado at Boulder.