Derek Walker

Derek Walker is the Chair of the Board of the Institute for Sustainable Communities and also serves as the Chief Strategy Officer at the Health Effects Institute. He is an experienced non-profit executive with a 25-year track record of building and leading teams; effectively developing and implementing organizational, programmatic, and fundraising strategies; and shaping policy and research programs in climate, clean energy, technological innovation, and equity and justice. Derek served as the Executive Director of The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society at Dartmouth College and spent 17 years in senior leadership positions at the global environmental non-profit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), where he also co-chaired the Bluegreen Alliance Steering Committee. Walker is on the Board of Directors of Verra and is Secretary of the Board of the State Resource Partnership. He is an adjunct professor of international climate law at Vermont Law and Graduate School, where he teaches an experiential course in the UNFCCC negotiations. He also serves on the board of Friends of Hanover Norwich Schools and is a member of the Conservation Law Foundation's Vermont State Advisory Board. Walker holds a bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary and studied at University College, Oxford.