Megan Leary is the Community Engagement and Policy Manager for Emerald Cities Collaborative, Northern California chapter where she facilitates community engagement efforts and equitable policy implementation initiatives. This includes participation in a variety of community-initiated tables and efforts to increase inclusive and equitable access for building electrification projects, collaboration with stakeholders across the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties on “green” building projects and community resilience-building efforts. She previously worked with the Alameda County Public Works Agency and Honolulu’s Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency in developing community-first climate policies and economically inclusive programming . She holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Oberlin College, and a Master of Science in Global Environment, Politics and Society from the University of Edinburgh.