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Fighting to keep toxic substances out of our products and environment one at a time isn’t working.
Shannon Baker-Branstetter
Policy Analyst
Shannon Baker-Branstetter is a policy analyst with the Washington, D.C. Office of Consumers Union and handles energy and environmental policy. Ms. Baker-Branstetter works with Congress, the Department of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency as part of her work. She served as the Esther Peterson Fellow at Consumers Union for 2007-2008. Ms. Baker-Branstetter earned her B.A. from Yale University, during which time she performed research for Yale Forestry School and Florida Institute of Technology. Ms. Baker-Branstetter interned with Nina Totenberg at National Public Radio before earning her Master's in Public Policy from University of California, Los Angeles in 2005. Her prior employment also includes work at the Government Accountability Office and the Department of Labor.
