Tara DePorte

Program Director,

Lower East Side Ecology Center

Tara DePorte has been the Program Director of the Lower East Side Ecology Center since 2001. Her accomplishments include the development and implementation of citywide environmental education programs and creation of the East River Park Environmental Learning Center. She also serves as the NYC Department of Sanitation Manhattan Compost Educator and founder and implementer of NYC's first Women in Science Day. Recently, Ms. DePorte took on the role of U.N. Liaison and Regional Coordinator of the Women's Global Green Action Network. For this role, current projects include the development and coordination of capacity building trainings for international women participating in United Nations-sanctioned environmental conferences, development of the organization guidelines, and representation of organizational needs/goals at United Nations conferences and meetings.

She recently returned from training with Al Gore and his "Climate Project", which trained a select group of people to present a slideshow from the movie. Tara has a Masters from Columbia University and the Earth Institute in climate change and policy.