Staff

Bill LaBorde is the Director of the Environment Washington Research & Policy Center. As the state lobbyist for the NW Energy Coalition, he played a leading role in passing state energy efficiency standards, a carbon mitigation requirement for siting new power plants and state tax credits for households installing solar energy systems. Bill serves on the boards of Tacoma Public Utilities, NW Energy Coalition and Renewable NW Project. Bill also serves on the Sound Transit Citizen Oversight Panel and has worked as the director of state policy for Transportation Choices Coalition. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Seattle University Law School.

Amy Peterson is the field associate for Environment Washington Research & Policy Center. She joined WashPIRG in 2006 where she worked to get out the vote to pass the Clean Energy Initiative, I-937.  Since then, Amy has worked to build grassroots support for Environment Washington's other campaigns, on both the state and federal levels.  Amy graduated with honors from Hamline University in Minnesota with a degree in environmental studies and political science.