Kathryn Guerra
TCEQ Campaign Director
Kathryn Guerra is a Dallas-based environmental advocate who recently joined Public Citizen’s Texas Office to be the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Campaign Director. Before joining Public Citizen, Kathryn worked in local, state and federal government, including at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s Environmental Assistance division and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 6 Environmental Justice division. Kathryn is an experienced community organizer and since 2021, has served as chairwoman of the Dallas Environmental Commission, the community-led and equity-focused advisory body that guides the city’s climate action plans. The commission’s successful advocacy includes city-wide zoning code revisions to end incompatible industrial land uses near residential communities, the adoption of new environmental justice equity indicators for the city’s Racial Equity Plan and the city council adoption of a resolution to ensure all $1.25 billion of the city’s 2024 capital bond program’s infrastructure investments is spent in a manner supportive of the climate plan and its goals.