Noaki Schwartz joined the Natural Resources Agency in March 2023. As the Deputy Secretary for Equity and Environmental Justice, Noaki works across our more than 26 member departments, boards and conservancies to ensure we are helping all Californians thrive. This means making sure our funding processes are more accessible, that the full talent pool has access to state jobs, that government decision-making is fair and transparent, that we celebrate the diversity that make us American and so much more. Noaki was the Deputy Director of Communications, Environmental Justice and Tribal Affairs at the California Coastal Commission, where she worked for eight years. Prior to that, she spent more than a decade writing for the Associated Press, Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times and other publications. Noaki received her BA from UC Santa Cruz and an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She was born and raised in Long Beach.
