Mindy Roberts serves as Executive Director of the Puget Sound Partnership and as a Governor’s appointee to the Northwest Straits Commission. A former environmental engineer at the Washington State Department of Ecology, she led Salish Sea modeling and helped create the Partnership’s Marine Water Quality Vital Sign. She taught stream ecology at UW Tacoma and holds engineering degrees from UC Berkeley, MIT/Woods Hole, and the University of Washington. Outside of work, she enjoys shellfishing, foraging, and outdoor adventure.