{"id":3585,"date":"2024-12-10T22:48:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T03:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weact.org\/people\/leslie-fields\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:35:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T20:35:34","slug":"leslie-fields","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"http:\/\/weact.org\/es\/people\/leslie-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Leslie Fields"},"template":"","class_list":["post-3585","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","person_tax-leslie-fields"],"acf":{"details":{"first_name":"Leslie","last_name":"Fields","title":"Chief Federal Officer","location":"Washington, D.C.","headshot":5650,"helper_social_links":null},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Leslie G. Fields, Esq. is\u00a0WE ACT for Environmental Justice\u2019s Chief Federal Officer. Based in Washington, D.C., she\u00a0has worked for thirty years at the intersection of federal, state, local, and international environmental justice and environmental and civil rights law and policy.\r\n\r\nFields most recently led Regional Energy Democracy Initiative (REDI) at the Department of Energy\u2019s Office of Energy Justice and Equity. Prior to that project, Leslie spent 16 years with the Sierra Club, departing as the National Director, Policy Advocacy and Legal. She spearheaded and supported national policy, advocacy, and legal strategy at one of the nation\u2019s most progressive civic organizations, cultivating collaborative relationships with dozens of local chapters and community groups. Fields designed and implemented strategies operating at the intersection of environment and environmental justice and democracy, addressing urgent challenges related to climate, voting rights\/civic participation and cultural protection.\r\n\r\nShe serves on the boards of the Children\u2019s Environmental Health Network, Center for Progressive Reform and Empower DC. She also serves on the board of Adeso African Solutions and has been an adjunct law professor at Howard University School of Law. Fields was appointed by President Obama to serve on the Board of Directors of the Mickey Leland Urban Air Toxics Research Center. Some of her awards include: Washingtonian Magazine: DC\u2019s 500 Most Influential People, 2022\/2023; LawDragon The Green 500 Leaders in Environmental Law, 2023; National Bar Association, Gertrude E. Rush Distinguished Service Award, 2021; American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources-Dedication to Diversity and Justice Award, 2018; Sierra Club, Mike McCloskey Award (for distinguished record of achievement), 2018. 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