Deric Gruen (he/him) is a Senior Fellow at Just Solution and co-founded and co-leads People’s Economy Lab. During more than 20 years leading visionary change in Washington State, Deric has co-founded and grown multiple organizations, built cross-sector collaborations, and led hundreds of successful projects. Deric served as the Co-Executive Director of Front and Centered, where he led state progress on climate and environmental justice for 10 years, including crafting policies and tools like the Healthy Environment for All Act, the Clean Energy Transformation Act, and the Environmental Health Disparities Map. Prior to that, he created and directed Office of Sustainability at Bellevue College, was a Fellow at the Sightline Institute, a board member of the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI) and is an alumni of the Transatlantic Emerging Leaders in Environmental and Energy Policy network (ELEEP). Deric received his master’s from the University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy and Governance.

Contact: deric at justsolutionscollective.org