MarieClaire Egbert, Executive Assistant and Operations Manager

MarieClaire Egbert is the Executive Assistant and Operations Manager at CLA.

In this position, MarieClaire works closely with the CLA Board of Directors, the Executive Director, and the Staff Attorneys of CLA providing administrative assistance. She provides technical and logistical support on special projects, and assists with the coordination of various activities, meetings, conferences, and workshops.

Prior to her position at CLA, she served as the Director of Campaigns & Communications at the John Muir Project of Earth Island Institute, where she was a direct liaison to Congressional offices and nonprofit networks, while creating and lobbying for direct policy action. Her educational background is in both Communications & Marketing, and Ocean Sciences & Coastal Studies, earning two Bachelor’s of Science from Millersville University. She completed her undergraduate research projects while studying the effects of pollution on the Chesapeake and Chincoteague Bays and has a scientific awareness of freshwater & coastal wetlands, and estuarine environments. She also brings an understanding of the practical implications of federal and state environmental laws.

MarieClaire currently lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with her husband, and enjoys hiking, kayaking, and enjoying nature.