Jill Krueger, J.D., serves as Director of the Network’s Climate and Health Team, which focuses on innovative legal and policy strategies to mitigate the disparate health impacts of climate change, increase community resilience to climate change and natural disasters, and reverse the impacts of inequitable laws and policies. Jill and her team lead work on extreme heat, flooding, climate migration and displacement, air quality, mental health, and community engaged decision making.
Before joining the Network in 2010, Jill was a senior staff attorney at Farmers’ Legal Action Group, where she analyzed the role of the Farm Bill in the production and distribution of healthy foods; advocated for the integrity of the National Organic Program, and provided education and advocacy to improve federal disaster assistance to farmers. She also served as an assistant attorney general in the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office. She graduated with high distinction and Order of the Coif from the University of Iowa College of Law and from Earlham College. Jill serves on the board of the Seward Community Co-op in Minneapolis, whose mission includes sustaining a healthy community.
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