Margie Alt is Executive Director of Environment America, a federation of state-based, citizen-funded environmental advocacy organizations. and the Environment America Research & Policy Center. Under her leadership, Environment America has grown to include 29 state-based groups and more than 1 million members, donors, activists and allies in every U.S. state. Alt has led the federation’s push to get U.S. commitments to cut carbon emissions from power plants; pushed the U.S. EPA to protect drinking water for 117 million Americans; and helped win designation of protected national monuments in Washington, Colorado, and New Mexico. She recently chaired the Green Group, an alliance of the nation’s largest environmental organizations, including Environment America, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, League of Conservation Voters, and others. She spent 25 years helping build U.S. PIRG and the state PIRGs (Public Interest Research Groups).