Christine Cooley currently serves at the Executive Director of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. She spearheads initiatives focused on environmental justice and sustainable air quality improvements across King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties. With over 20 years of dedicated service to environmental protection, Chrissy’s leadership is informed by her deep commitment to addressing the severe impacts of air pollution on overburdened communities. Her strategic approach involves building and nurturing a results-oriented team committed to achieving the Agency’s ambitious Strategic Plan goals, which aim to benefit overburdened communities and significantly reduce air pollution.

Chrissy’s belief that protecting and improving air quality does great things for the triple bottom line of people, planet, and prosperity drives her every initiative. Notably, her professional journey includes impactful roles protecting drinking water Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, establishing a program for climate change at Pierce Conservation District, and managing an award-winning sustainability program at Pacific Lutheran University where she earned her MBA.

Her extensive recognition includes the City of Destiny Award for environmental leadership, which she earned by establishing Tacoma Roots—an anti-racist environmental justice forum. Chrissy has also chaired the Tacoma Public Utilities Board, advocating for sustainable strategies like Green Hydrogen investments. Throughout her extensive career, Chrissy has passionately championed sustainability initiatives that emphasize the critical intersection of equity and environmental justice.

Beyond her professional pursuits, Chrissy is a wife, mother of two delightfully spirited daughters, an avid hiker and traveler, and a plant enthusiast. She balances a full family life with a passion for environmental advocacy, contributing to causes like Grit City Co-op and Tacoma Needs Trees. When she is not spending time with her family, you can find her advocating for clear, strategic, and highly collaborative efforts to combat the climate crisis, driven by her belief that time is running out to make a meaningful difference.