Melanie Nutter
Principal
Nutter Consulting LLC
Melanie Nutter leads Nutter Consulting, a San Francisco based consultancy that provides urban sustainability and smart cities strategic planning. Since 2014, Nutter Consulting has served over 25 clients including large and small cities, national foundations and environmental non-profits. During her tenure as Director of San Francisco’s Department of the Environment from 2010-2014, San Francisco achieved an 80% waste diversion rate, reduced its carbon emissions to 14.5% below 1990 levels and was named the Greenest City in North America. While at the department, she also championed and implemented smart city strategies to help the City meet its sustainability goals. From 2005-2010, Nutter served as the Deputy District Director for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Prior to that position, she worked for about a decade as a grassroots environmental organizer for Greenbelt Alliance, the Sierra Club and the PIRGs. She also served as the Executive Director of the San Francisco Democratic Party. Nutter founded and is Chair Emeritus for the Energy and Environment Circle for Full Circle Fund. She currently serves as the Board Chair for Ecodistricts and as a Board Member for the Urban Age Institute and the Stanley Foundation. Nutter holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree from Northwestern University in Communications and Environmental Studies. She is also a graduate of Green Corps and Emerge CA.