Linda Giannelli Pratt

For nearly 20 years, Linda Giannelli Pratt has successfully built a professional career focused on community-based environmental protection. Her experience is broad, and includes positions as a laboratory analyst, regulatory compliance specialist, consultant, UCSD adjunct professor, and director of regional environmental programs. Her reports have been published in three books and many professional journals. Linda received a Bachelors of Science degree in Microbiology and Chemistry and a Masters of Science degree in Environmental Studies.

In November 1999, she began directing the Community Sustainability Program for the City of San Diego Environmental Services Department. The focus is on energy efficiency, pollution prevention, and environmental management systems. She has strong organizational skills, and facilitates alliances between government, businesses, academic institutions, and community organizations.

Prior to November 1999, she spent two years at the San Diego Natural History Museum, where she was part of a team of experts who created the Environmental Science Education Center. During her twelve years with the County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health, she initiated and directed many successful regional programs, including the Pollution Prevention Program, Household Hazardous Materials Program, and the Sustainable San Diego Roundtable.