Sherri White-Williamson is the director of Environmental Justice Strategy at the North Carolina Conservation Network (NCCN), where she focuses on overall strategy to assure that consideration of environmental justice is incorporated in NCCN’s policy and outreach efforts. White-Williamson retired from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Justice, where she served in many roles including manager of the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice established under Executive Order 12898 and designated federal officer to the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council.



White-Williamson is a 2018 graduate of Vermont Law School in South Royalton, Vt., where she earned her juris doctor and a master’s degree in Energy Regulation and Law. While at Vermont Law School, she co-chaired its first Environmental Justice solutions conference and co-founded the Environmental Justice Law Society. She has received two awards from Vermont Law for her environmental justice activism – the Marc Mihaly Environmental Leadership Award in recognition of her commitment to the environment and environmental justice in 2018 and the Social Justice Scholars Alumni Award in 2023.



She has remained active with students through teaching an Environmental Justice course at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment in the spring semester. She lives in Sampson County, N.C., where she co-founded the Environmental Justice Community Action Network working closely with community members to identify the cumulative impacts of polluting sources on communities in Sampson County.