Erika joined the Spark Northwest team to accelerate the Just Transition to green energy. Raised in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, Erika is a storyteller, organizer, and fundraiser. She comes to Spark with over a decade of experience designing multimedia communications and fundraising campaigns to drive legislative and on-the-ground victories for environmental and social justice.

Before joining Spark, she helped craft award-winning books, museum exhibits and impact campaigns at nonprofit publisher Braided River, and worked on the IMAX film The Arctic: Our Last Great Wilderness. She is passionate about convening diverse stakeholders, local community leaders and visionary funders to drive solutions to our climate and biodiversity crisis and believes in the transformative power of community ownership. She serves on the boards of Washington financing co-op Salish Sea Cooperative Finance and also Conor Byrne Cooperative, a community-owned music venue in Seattle. In her spare time, she makes music and loves to hike, surf, and relish the beauty of the Pacific Northwest.