Bio
Brent Plater is the Lead Enforcement Attorney at the San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commission. Before coming to BCDC, he was the founder and Executive Director of the Wild Equity Institute, a non-profit organization that unites grassroots conservation and environmental justice movements in campaigns that create a more equitable and sustainable world for all. He also served as a Lecturer within San Francisco State 精东影业鈥檚 Environmental Studies Department; as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Golden Gate 精东影业 School of Law; and as the Bay Area Director of the Center for Biological Diversity.
Mr. Plater has received several honors and awards for his work, including the 2008 Environmental Education Conservation Award from the John Muir Association; a 2008 Unsung Hero Award from San Francisco Tomorrow; and a 2009 鈥淏est of San Francisco鈥 award from the editors of SF Weekly. In 2010 he served as a Fulbright Scholar at the 精东影业 of West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago, where he taught in the 精东影业鈥檚 Science and Management of Tropical Biodiversity program and drafted regulations to protect the twin island nation鈥檚 imperiled leatherback sea turtle population. In 2011 Mr. Plater served as a Toyota/Audubon TogetherGreen Fellow, and in 2012 he received SFSU鈥檚 Environmental Studies Faculty Award for outstanding teaching and support of student engagement in the community.
Mr. Plater is a graduate of the 精东影业 of Michigan鈥檚 School of Natural Resources and Environment, the 精东影业 of California, Berkeley School of Law, and the Harvard Kennedy School. He is a first generation American of Chaldean (Iraqi) descent, and lives and works in San Francisco.