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Karen Stillerman
Senior Analyst, Food & Environment ProgramExpertise
Food & Agriculture-Genetic EngineeringProfile
As a senior analyst in the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), Ms. Stillerman coordinates campaigns and initiatives aimed at transforming and modernizing the American food system so that it is safer and healthier for consumers, farmers and farm workers, rural communities, animals, and the environment. At present, she is leading UCS's effort to protect the food supply from crops that are genetically engineered to produce pharmaceutical and industrial chemicals.
Prior to joining UCS, Ms. Stillerman served as deputy director of the Environment and Health Program at Physicians for Social Responsibility, where for more than eight years she advocated for national and international policies to protect public health from pesticides and other toxic environmental pollutants. Coordinating and leading a large international network of non-governmental organizations, she advocated for a global ban on persistent pollutants such as DDT, PCBs, and dioxin. She later testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on the public health impacts of these chemicals and the need for U.S. implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
Ms. Stillerman holds a master's degree in public affairs and environmental policy from Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs. She is an active member of the American Public Health Association.
