Judith Enck

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President, Beyond Plastics Program

Judith Enck is a senior fellow and faculty member in the Center for the Advancement of Public Action. She is the President of Beyond Plastics and former EPA Regional Administrator, appointed by President Obama. Judith is co author of the book The Problem with Plastic, published by The New Press in December 2025.

Biography

Enck has a long and distinguished career in government and in the non profit community on a range of environmental protection issues. She was appointed by President Obama to serve as Regional Administrator at the US Environmental Protection Agency and served as Deputy Secretary for the Environment in the New York Governor's Office. She is the founder and President of Beyond Plastics, a national project with the goal of eliminating plastic pollution everywhere. Enck is a regular panelist on the public affairs show, The Roundtable, on WAMC, a local NPR affiliate. She has been a visiting faculty member at Bennington since Fall 2018 and became a senior fellow in the Center for the Advancement of Public Action in Spring 2019. Enck currently serves as President of the Beyond Plastics Program.

 

Courses

Spring 2025

CAPA, Environment
Spring 2025
CAPA, Environment
Spring 2025

Fall 2024

Spring 2024

CAPA, Environment, Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2024

Fall 2023

Spring 2023

Advancement of Public Action
Spring 2023
Advancement of Public Action
Spring 2023

Fall 2022

Spring 2022

Fall 2021

Spring 2021

CAPA, Environment
Spring 2021
CAPA, Environment
Spring 2021

Spring 2020