Christina Cilento

Location: Washington, DC

Christina Cilento

Christina Cilento is a dedicated environmental advocate with experience working on climate change, clean energy, natural resource management, and waste-related issues. Christina currently works at a nonprofit climate think tank, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, to research and advance federal policy solutions to climate change. She places particular focus on environmental justice, industry, and agriculture. She was a 2021 Fellow with the Clean Energy Leadership Institute and previously served as the U.S. Country Manager with Climate Scorecard to track the United States' progress in meeting its climate goals. 

Christina’s interest in plastic pollution grew when she began working in Laos as a Scholar with the Henry Luce Foundation. In her three years living in Laos and traveling across Southeast Asia, she saw firsthand the impact that a rising culture of disposability had on communities and the environment and became dedicated to addressing the plastic problem, both in her own life and through educating others. Since that time, she's taken Judith Enck's course and multiple trainings through Beyond Plastics and is thrilled to be a volunteer speaker with the organization. 

Christina currently lives in Washington, DC, and is originally from Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. She's a lover of languages, cats, and all things outdoors.