Valerie Boucard

Director of Environmental Justice

Valerie joined the Nathan Cummings Foundation team in 2015 and brings more than 20 years of experience developing and managing programs in environmental justice, poverty, and global education. As Director of Environmental Justice, Valerie leads the foundation’s environmental justice grantmaking portfolio. She also works closely with leadership and across departments to help leverage all the foundation’s assets in ways that support work at the intersections of racial, economic, and environmental justice.

Valerie is dedicated to helping grassroots organizations build and strengthen programs focused on poverty, education, the environment, and the arts. Prior to NCF, she worked with the US Agency for International Development in Haiti, Hunger Free America, and Artists for Peace & Justice. In addition to her work in the public sector, Valerie developed corporate socially and environmentally responsible investment opportunities for clients and public-private sector partnerships to advance environmental sustainability while managing global sales for fragrance materials manufacturer, Texarome, Inc., where she continues to serve on the Board.

Valerie holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Rollins College, with a concentration in Sustainable Economic Development.