Nancy (she/her) is Breast Cancer Prevention Partners’ (BCPP) Director of Program and Policy and works at the state and federal levels to advance public policy to reduce exposures to toxic chemicals. Before joining BCPP, Nancy spent over 20 years in Washington DC advocating for numerous causes, including civil rights for women and the GLBTQ+ community. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and earned a Masters degree in Biological Oceanography from the University of Connecticut. Nancy is an avid outdoors person, spending her spare time hiking and birding in Northern California and beyond.

In the 13 years Nancy has worked for BCPP, she has focused on several issues related to breast cancer prevention including strengthening the country’s broadest law governing synthetic chemicals – the Toxic Substances Control Act; implementation of the ban on several phthalates in toys and childcare articles; and advocating for federal resources to support the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and environmental health programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including the biomonitoring and health tracking programs. Her more recent experience has focused specifically on state legislative work, including BCPP’s co-sponsorship of legislation to remove toxic chemicals from plastic products, require the disclosure of ingredients in cleaning, and banning forever per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from firefighting foams, paper-based food packaging, and textiles.
Breast Cancer Prevention Partners is a science-based national organization working to eliminate toxic chemicals and other environmental exposures linked to breast cancer. You can learn more about Nancy, BCPP, and ways to get involved at www.bcpp.org.
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