Erica Goldman

Erica Goldman is the Director of Policy Engagement at COMPASS, a non-profit, non-advocacy organization that helps scientists build communication skills and engage effectively in the public discourse on the environment. In this the role, she helps bring relevant science to the policy dialogue by organizing briefings and targeted meetings at the federal and regional levels.

In 2015, she served in a short-term assignment in the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Erica has a varied background that includes science writing, policy, and academic research; She received her Ph.D. in biology from the University of Washington. Erica has also worked as a science writer for Maryland Sea Grant, served as a Knauss Fellow in the House Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation, and worked as a news intern at Science Magazine.

She draws inspiration from connections to the natural world and has been lucky enough to experience a number of unusual ecosystems first hand — such as Antarctica, the deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the eastern Pacific, and Lake Baikal in Siberia.