Jen Brock is the Legislative Director of Courts and Administrative Law at Earthjustice. Jen leads a team of advocates who work with policymakers in Congress, federal agencies to support appointments of judges who prioritize science and respect the rule of law, including the separation of powers; set up our courts and regulations to stop illegal rollbacks of environmental and justice protections and defend standing to challenge harmful permits; and expand our environmental justice coalition work.

For more than 25 years, Jen dedicated her career advocating for social and environmental justice through policy change at the state and federal level with direct lobbying, grassroots organizing, and electoral campaigns.

Prior to Earthjustice, Jen worked with the Oceantic Network as Chief of Staff and Chief Development Officer, leading the organization’s advocacy and support of building a thriving ocean renewable energy economy and supply chain. She also worked with High Street Strategies as a government relations, strategy, and policy consultant for clean energy companies, environmental non-profits, municipalities, and run business development for companies. She’s also previously led on policy, politics, organizing, and research with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East and the Maryland League of Conservation Voters.

Jen holds an M.S. in environmental science from the University of Mary Washington and is a 1999 graduate of Green Corps, the field school for environmental organizing. She lives in Baltimore with her daughter, where they can often be found with friends listening to live music or dancing, hiking and camping in the woods, or kayaking in the Inner Harbor and local waterways.