Shalanda Baker, who heads the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Justice and Equity, will leave DOE at the end of June, a DOE spokesperson said Wednesday.
Baker joined DOE in January 2021, first as the deputy director of Energy Justice and adviser to the secretary on equity, the DOE spokesperson said in an email to Exchange Monitor. Since June 2022, Baker has been DOE’s director of the Office of Energy Justice and Equity. “Her [Baker’s] efforts to advance President Biden’s Justice40 initiative have transformed the Department’s work in underserved and overburdened communities across America,” the DOE spokesperson said. The DOE statement did not mention Baker’s future plans.
Prior to her appointment with DOE, Baker was a professor of law, public policy and urban affairs at Northeastern University. She was the co-founder and co-director of the Initiative for Energy Justice. She is a former U.S. Air Force officer.
