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Marc Yaggi

Chief Executive Officer

Since 9/16/2005

Marc Yaggi is Chief Executive Officer of Waterkeeper Alliance, the largest and fastest-growing nonprofit solely focused on clean water. Marc has dedicated his entire career to environmental advocacy and has been instrumental in expanding the Waterkeeper movement around the world for nearly 20 years. Marc leads with a deep, personal passion for clean water and provides organizational leadership by developing strategic partnerships and promoting the Waterkeeper model of advocacy. Marc works daily to raise public awareness about the issues central to the organization’s vision for clean, healthy, and abundant water for all people and the planet.

Before joining Waterkeeper Alliance, Marc was a Senior Attorney and Watershed Program Director for Riverkeeper, Inc., where he worked to protect the 2,000-square mile watershed that serves as New York City’s drinking water supply. Previously, Marc served as a Staff Attorney with the Environmental Law Institute in Washington, D.C.

In addition to authoring numerous articles, Marc has appeared in publications like The New York Times, The Guardian, and Politico, and his quotes have been picked up by wire services such as AP, Bloomberg, and Reuters. For the past two decades, he has inspired audiences all over the world with keynote speeches, conference panels, and corporate seminars.

Marc has a degree in Administration of Justice from The Pennsylvania State University and a J.D. and an LL.M in Environmental Law from the Pace University School of Law. He lives in New York with his wife and two children. They love getting out on the water as a family as often as they can.

Marc Yaggi's Articles

Turning a Water Crisis into a Path to Peace, Letter from the Executive Director | Innovation

  • June 20, 2021
  • By: Marc Yaggi

EcoPeace Middle East is pursuing a plan so visionary and audacious that it offers all of us a paradigm for tackling climate change.

This World Oceans Day, Pledge to #DefendTheDeep

  • June 3, 2021
  • By: Marc Yaggi
  • Clean Water Defense | News

 When the crew of Apollo 17 took their famous photograph of Earth in 1972 on the last crewed lunar mission, what was suddenly and dramatically clear...

Tell Biden: It’s time to put clean water and a healthy environment front and center

  • December 14, 2020
  • By: Marc Yaggi
  • Clean Water Defense | News

With the Biden administration set to assume power next month, we’re strategizing what the next four years will mean for our movement to protect clean...

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      Organizer

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      Climate and Energy

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      Human Resources Manager

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      Office Administrator

    • Richard Reeve

      Institutional Giving Officer

    • Nadia Rivera

      Special Assistant to the CEO

    • Hailey Savage

      Training Associate - Events

    • Gabrielle Segal

      Senior Training Associate - Online Trainings

    • Chris Wilke

      Global Advocacy Manager

    • Marc Yaggi

      Chief Executive Officer

    • Min Zheng

      Senior Organizer
      Asia

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