State Director
Amy Goldsmith oversees all New Jersey programs for Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund. She is also a part of the NJ Work Environment Council as a member of the Board, NJ Citizen Action, NJ Working Families Alliance, Steering Committee of the Coalition for Healthy Ports, ElectrifyNJ, EmpowerNJ, Jersey Renews, Sewer Free Streets & Rivers, Lead Free NJ, and Lead in Drinking Water Task Force, as well as serving as the Governor’s Public Appointee to NJDEP Clean Water Council. For 7 years prior to her work in New Jersey, Mrs. Goldsmith directed Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund's New England programs – leading a variety of public campaigns around water, superfund and Boston Harbor cleanups, and solid waste.
Previously, Amy served in various roles including National Coordinator for the Public Health Institute's (PHI) Jobs and Environment Training Consortium, member of the National Just Transition Alliance Curriculum Writing Team, and Executive Director of Massachusetts Nuclear Referendum Committee, focused on radioactive waste issues. She has a B.S. in Land Use Planning from the University of Minnesota and served for three years as a research scientist with University of Minnesota's Entomology Department. Amy now lives in Red Bank with her husband and has 2 grown children, 2 cats, and 1 turtle. She loves to garden and take walks in her favorite nature areas.
