Leslie Lowe

Leslie directs energy & environment programs at the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)

She has been an attorney in New York State for over 20 years. A graduate of Harvard Law School and of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, Leslie received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Bennington College and did post-graduate research in economic and social history at the University of Paris. Until March of 2002, she was the Executive Director of the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYCEJA), a citywide network of 16 community-based organizations in low-income communities of color. She serves on the Boards of Directors of Housing Works, Inc., and The Social Investment Forum. She is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, and is a Trustee of The Weeksville Society.