We are pleased to announce that, effective July 1, 2011, co-founder Lisa Kaas Boyle, Esq. has stepped in as our Legal Policy Director.

Lisa is an experienced lawyer with extensive background in environmental advocacy and legislative work.

In this position, Lisa will be coordinating with member organizations to develop and pursue legal strategies to advance the mission of Plastic Pollution Coalition.

As a Legal Policy Director, Lisa will spearhead the creation of a white paper on existing global policy initiatives designed to reduce plastic pollution on land, in water, in wildlife and in humans.   This white paper will include analysis and suggestions for improving the measurable reduction of plastic pollution worldwide.

Lisa welcomes membership input and suggestions for this document.

Further, Lisa will produce a monthly update for the Plastic Pollution Coalition members regarding global policy initiatives targeting reduction of plastic pollution. She will be responsible for submitting comments on legal, legislative and policy documents on behalf of PPC.

You may contact Lisa for speaking engagements on the subject of legal policy solutions to plastic pollution. Here’s a link to Lisa’s TEDx talk on that topic.

Lisa can be reached at lisa@PlasticPollutionCoalition.org.