Radhika Fox, Executive in Residence, serves as a strategic advisor advancing PolicyLink’s commitment to changing the odds for the 100 million people across the country — nearly a third of the nation — living below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

Radhika is a strategic and transformational leader with over 25 years of experience in executive management, policy, strategy, and operational roles. She has extensive expertise in the areas equity, environmental justice, sustainability, infrastructure investment, environmental management, water resources, and the circular economy. Radhika is an expert facilitator and consensus-builder on complex, intersectional issues; a nationally recognized thought leader; and a sought-after public speaker.

Radhika most recently served as the Assistant Administrator for the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Water. Appointed by the President and confirmed with robust bipartisan support by the Senate, Radhika served as the chief advisor to the EPA Administrator and White House on domestic water resources and water infrastructure matters. Radhika oversaw a $4.8 billion annual operating budget and 1,900 staff across the nation. She led the development of the water pillar of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for the agency—successfully securing a $50 billion appropriation, the single largest federal investment in water. Radhika also set the strategic direction and led execution of the water policy and regulatory agenda for the EPA. Radhika also directed all initiatives focused on climate change, sustainability, equity, and environmental justice for the Office of Water.

Prior to joining EPA, Radhika served as the Chief Executive Officer for the US Water Alliance, a national, non-partisan network that unites diverse stakeholders on common-ground solutions to our nation’s pressing environmental, water, and climate challenges. Radhika’s prior roles included senior management positions at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and PolicyLink. 

Radhika graduated with a B.A. from Columbia University. She earned her M.A. in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley where she received a Community Development Fellowship from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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