Boma Brown-West
EDF+ Business
Boma Brown-West is senior manager of consumer health at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), focused on transforming retail supply chains to reduce people’s exposure to toxic chemicals. In her role, she works closely with manufacturers and retailers such as Walmart on strategies that promote the development and usage of safer chemicals in consumer products. She also leads EDF’s initiative "Behind the Label: a Blueprint for Safer Chemicals in the Marketplace," which lays out a path to corporate leadership.Prior to working at EDF, she worked at Whirlpool Corporation in product engineering and product sustainability. She has a master's degree in technology and policy from MIT and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Yale University.
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