Kathleen Rogers - President of Earth Day Network

Kathleen Rogers - President of Earth Day Network

Kathleen Rogers is the President of Earth Day Network, and a tireless advocate for environmental action and social justice. Under her leadership, Earth Day has continued to grow in reach and impact to now include annual participation of over one billion people in 192 countries. She is a frequent commentator on environmental issues in the media and has appeared on CNN, Fox News, and NPR, as well as in Time Magazine, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times.

Prior to her work at Earth Day Network, Kathleen held senior positions with the National Audubon Society, the Environmental Law Institute, and two U.S. Olympic Organizing Committees. As Chief Wildlife Counsel for the National Audubon Society, she oversaw international trade, migratory species, and biodiversity programs, and was responsible for bringing the first citizen complaint before the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, the tri-national agency created to oversee North American environmental issues.

Earlier in her career, Kathleen worked for Garth Associates in New York City and the Beveridge & Diamond law firm, where she developed a white collar environmental crime practice. She is a graduate of the University of California at Davis School of Law, where she served as editor-in-chief of the law review, and clerked for the Honorable John Pratt at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.