Sigrid Wright
CEO
Executive Director
Sigrid Wright brings over 30 years of experience in non-profit environmental management and has built multiple programs for climate, energy, and food-related issues. Under her leadership, CEC has grown its impact and stature. In 2020, Community Environmental Council was recognized as a California Non-Profit of the Year by then District 37 Assemblywoman Monique Limón, as well as a 2020 Spirit of Service Climate Hero by the City of Santa Barbara. In 2022, Sigrid was honored with a Congressional Woman of the Year Award by U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal.
Wright is a co-founder and steering committee member of the Central Coast Climate Justice Network, a co-founder of the Central Coast Climate Collaborative, and a co-founder and Board member of the Santa Barbara County Food Action Network. She is the co-author or editor of more than a dozen policy and planning documents, including The Santa Barbara County Regional Energy Blueprint. Prior to becoming the organization’s first female CEO in 2015, she led the annual Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival production team for more than 15 years.
In addition, Wright sits on the boards of Leading From Within and the Santa Barbara Foundation’s Collaboration for Social Impact. She is an alum of the Santa Barbara Foundation’s Katherine Harvey Fellows program and the Courage to Lead program for nonprofit leaders. Her achievements led her to receive the 2015 Women of Achievement Award from the Association of Women in Communications, Santa Barbara. Wright holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Oregon, and a master’s degree in Communications Design from the Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts at the University of Baltimore.
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As we enter a new year, CEC is significantly expanding our staff and programming to meet the increasing demands of the climate crisis. To accommodate this growth, we are moving around the corner to 1219 State St., where CEC will once again have street level presence in the center of the community.