Shalanda Baker
Shalanda Helen Baker (born December 24, 1976) is the deputy Director for Energy Justice and Secretary’s Advisor on Equity at the United States Department of Energy, and is the current nominee of President Joe Biden to serve as Director of the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the US Department of Energy. She is also a professor of law, professor of public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University.

She is the co-founder of the Initiative for Energy Justice and the author of the book Revolutionary Power: An Activist’s Guide to the Energy Transition.

Baker played in the 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup.

Education 

Baker graduated from the Air Force Academy, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science. She then attended Northeastern University School of Law, where she received her Juris Doctor degree and later received her Master of Laws degree from University of Wisconsin Law School.

Career 
She worked as an Air Force officer during the “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” era, and pursued an honorable discharge after her personal situation put her at odds with the policy.
She was a professor of Law at the University of San Francisco and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, before joining professor of law, professor of public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University. In 2021, she became the deputy Director for Energy Justice and Secretary’s Advisor on Equity at the United States Department of Energy.

References

External links
 Shalanda H. Baker – U.S. Department of Energy
 H. Baker – USA Rugby

Living people
1976 births
American female rugby union players
United States Air Force Academy alumni
Northeastern University School of Law alumni
University of Wisconsin Law School alumni
University of San Francisco faculty
Northeastern University faculty
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa faculty
American women academics
21st-century American women