“I find it unconscionable of any person running for public office to ignore data,” explains Sigrid Wright as we speak about political candidates denying global warming. “To pretend that there’s even a debate about this is deliberate ignorance.”
To say Sigrid, the CEO/executive director of the Community Environmental Council (CEC), is passionate about the subject is an understatement. She has more than 25 years of experience in environmental nonprofits, including the past 15 years of managing the production team for Santa Barbara’s Earth Day Festival.
When she was named as 2015 as the CEC’s next director in 2015, Sigrid became the first female to lead the 45-year-old nonprofit. When I ask her about the importance of having a woman in a leadership role, she gives a very mindful answer, careful not to sound like she’s painting in bold strokes.