Vickie Patton
Advisory Board member
Vickie serves as Environmental Defense Fund’s General Counsel and leads its U.S. Legal and Regulatory program. For thirty-five years, Vickie has worked with many partners to protect communities from climate and air pollution. Prior to EDF, she served in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of General Counsel where she received the EPA Gold Medal for Exceptional Service, the Agency’s highest honor award. She has also received the Air & Waste Management Association’s Richard Beatty Mellon Environmental Stewardship Award, the Wirth Chair Award for Creative Collaborations in Sustainability, the Healthy Community Award from her local health department for her work to protect people impacted by mercury pollution, the 2023 William K. Reilly Award for Environmental Leadership, the 2023 California Air Resources Board’s Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award, and the 2024 ABA Award for Excellence in Environmental, Energy, and Resources Stewardship. Vickie is a co-founder of Moms Clean Air Force and was selected to the American College of Environmental Lawyers. She received her B.S. in Hydrology from the University of Arizona and her J.D. from NYU Law.
