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Portrait of Melissa Hoffer

Hoffer, Melissa

Climate ChiefExecutive Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience
  • Agency Executive Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience
  • Division Executive Office
  • Title Climate Chief
  • Address State House Room 280
    Boston, Ma 2133
  • Phone 617-725-4005
  • Email Melissa.Hoffer@mass.gov
  • Reports To Governor Maura Healey

Official Record

  • Year Started Current Position January 2023
  • Years in Current Position 4
  • Years in State Service 4

Personal Information

  • Town of Residence Barre

Education & Career

  • Education
    • BA, Hampshire College
    • M.Ed., University of Massachusetts
    • Certificate in Environmental Management, Tufts University
    • J.D., Northeastern University School of Law.
  • Previous Employment
    • Acting General Counsel and Principal Deputy General Counsel of the Environmental Protection Agency
    • Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, Chief, Environmental Protection Division
    • Chief, Attorney General's Energy and Environment Bureau
    • Senior roles at the Conservation Law Foundation
    • litigator and environmental lawyer, WilmerHale
    • law clerk, Honorable Magistrate Judge Joyce London Alexander, Boston Federl District.