JENNIFER HILL
Jennifer Hill joined the Clinton River Watershed Council (CRWC) in 2022 as the executive director and is charged with leading the organization to uphold its mission to protect, enhance and celebrate the Clinton River, its watershed, and Lake St. Clair for the benefit of communities, the environment and our future.
Jennifer brings 20 years of experience in Great Lakes policy advocacy, non-profit organizational management, and coalition and partnership building. In her previous roles, Jennifer worked across the Great Lakes advocacy community to establish and advocate for sustainable funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and was a member of the Great Lakes Advisory Board.
She advised the Environmental Protection Agency on best practices for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and worked extensively as a staff member of the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition for more than 12 years where she was responsible for managing the Coalition’s work with member groups at the state and federal level, including engaging them in outreach to decision makers and the public.
As associate director of the National Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) Great Lakes Regional Center for five years, Jennifer led the expansion of NWF’s work around PFAS in the Great Lakes region, including as a co-founding member of the Great Lakes PFAS Action Network. She also oversaw the water, chemicals of emerging concern, and wildlife programs, co-led the strategic growth of the Great Lakes Business Network, co-led the GLRC’s strategic development within the region, and incubated new programming. Jennifer was also a co-founder of NWF’s Women in Conservation Leadership Program which was active from 2017-2021 to empower all women across the conservation and environmental communities to grow as leaders.
Jennifer received a bachelor’s degree in environmental science from the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and the Environment in 2005. Jennifer and her family consider Lake Huron and the east side of Michigan their happy place, and that is where they spend their free time, rain or shine, snow or sun.