Nonprofit Coach the Green Show: Amy Fraenkel: UNEP RONA

Special Edition of the Nonprofit Coach with Ted Hart Radio Show is dedicated to Greening the Nonprofit World. Bringing expert advice to the nonprofit sector and drawing from the Nonprofit Guide to Going Green helping nonprofits green their efforts and carbon footprint, shows nonprofit executives proactive steps they can take to protect the environment and helps charities on the path to becoming a certified Green Nonprofit from GreenNonprofits.org THE GREEN SHOW delivers a timely and essential call to GREEN action for this new century. Page 2 Expert:  Amy Fraenkel Director and Regional Representative United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for North America (UNEP RONA), Amy Fraenkel has worked for more than 25 years on environmental law and policy in the U.S. government, inter-governmental organizations, and the private sector.   Ms. Fraenkel joined the United Nations Environment Programme as Regional Director for North America in January, 2008. Prior to UNEP, Amy worked as Senior Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on the Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee.  She also served as a senior policy advisor in the Office of International Affairs within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  Prior to her public service, Ms. Fraenkel worked in private law practice at the firms Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton in New York, and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae in San Francisco. Ms. Fraenkel holds a BA in Political Science with a concentration in environmental studies from Grinnell College and a law degree from Harvard University. She also holds a French language certificate from l'Institut Catholique de Paris.