Andrea Buffa

Senior Writer and Policy Associate

Apollo Alliance

Andrea joined Apollo in July 2009 after working for two years at the University of California, Berkeley, Center for Labor Research and Education, where she studied the impact of climate change policies on jobs and workers. Previously, Andrea worked as the campaigns director for the human rights and environmental organization, Global Exchange. She also served as the executive director of the San Francisco-based media advocacy organization Media Alliance. Andrea is a life-long peace and justice advocate who has two decades of experience writing, organizing, lobbying, and getting media attention for issues such as housing rights, Fair Trade, and the Iraq war. She has a B.A. from Yale University and an M.S.W. from U.C. Berkeley.