Erica Cunningham

Is the Director of the Humboldt Current, South America for Environmental Defense Fund, Oceans. Erica has a decade of experience working in more than ten countries to find, develop and implement sustainable solutions to improve fisheries management, the lives of fishermen, and the marine ecosystem. Erica has had a passion for nature, as she grew up among the mountains of Colorado and the beaches of Mexico. Her travels and education took her from the Amazon to the Alps to learn about environmental public policy and sustainable development, working on climate change, clean energy and environmental education initiatives. Erica began at EDF in 2010 as the Outreach Coordinator for EDF Mexico in La Paz, Baja California Sur, from there she went on to manage the Upper Gulf of California fisheries projects. She then spent many years consulting for the Fisheries Solutions Center developing toolkits and leading design efforts around the world. Erica has a master’s degree in international development and environmental public policy from Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Erica also has her certification in negotiation of environmental conflicts of the Udall Institution for Environmental Negotiation.