Elizabeth McDade is the Program Coordinator for the RENEW (Rochester ENergy Efficiency & Weatherization) Climate Fund, a program of Rochester Area Community Foundation Initiatives, Inc. and Program Manager for the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning.

McDade has over 20 years of non-profit managerial experience in advocacy and education, community engagement and social justice, and has taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology and SUNY Brockport. She is certified in EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP), Healthy Homes Assessment: Principles and Practice, and HUD’s Healthy Homes Rating System. She holds a BFA from SUNY New Paltz and a MFA from Visual Studies Workshop. In February, she will begin coursework for the Yale Climate Change and Health Certificate.