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Tamra Hensen has lived in Point Roberts, Washington, for 25 years, and for the majority of that time, she says it has been a wonderful place to live. At just 5 square miles and surrounded by water on three sides, Point Roberts offers easy access to beaches and hiking, and a small-town, relaxing-getaway feel. Its beautiful, she says. But the past two months have turned the once-bustling exclave into a ghost town. On its fourth side is the Canadian border; Point Roberts sits on the bottom of a Canadian peninsula, completely separated from the mainland U.S. Its entirely dependent on Canada for electricity, drinking water, tourism, and its overall economy, residents saybut since Point Roberts sits below the 49th parallel, the boundary line between Canada and the western U.S., it’s part of the states. Canadians have long flocked there to buy American goods, pick up packages, or vacation in beachside cottagesbut President Donald Trumps tariff war with Canada, as well as his incendiary comments about making the northern neighbor the 51st state, have upended that harmony. If U.S. relations with Canada continue to deteriorate, and Canadians continue to boycott American products and abstain from trips across the border, Point Roberts residents and business owners fear the worst: the death of their small, idyllic town. Point Roberts, Washington [Photo: Josef Hanus/Shutterstock] ‘This one could be a knockout’ Point Roberts businesses have already taken a hit since Trumps second term began. Hensen runs two of the towns three restaurants, the Saltwater Cafe and The Pier. Its spring break right now for Canadians, and I usually have a line out the door, she says. And I dont. She has run the café for nine years, and estimates the Saltwaters business is down 55% compared to what it usually is this time of year. Ali Hayton lives across the water in mainland Washington state, but she has owned the International Marketplace, Point Robertss only grocery store, since 1998. The store is 40,000 square feeta necessary size, she says, to accommodate the usual spring and summer tourism rush, which can mean 8,000 to 10,000 customers a week. (Only about 1,100 people live on Point Roberts year around.) But by mid-March, the usual start of Canadian spring break, her business was down more than 30%. She has already shifted from two deliveries a week to restock her shelves to one. To get to her store, U.S. trucks must drive through two border crossings. (Driving from the northernmost part of mainland Washington state to Point Roberts takes about 40 minutes; though there was once ferry service offered during COVID-19 lockdowns, currently there is no such option.) The drastic drop recalls the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when rules shutting international borders took away 80% of her customers overnight. All of Point Roberts suffered during lockdown; multiple restaurants and other businesses closed and the ones left standing never fully bounced back to pre-pandemic levels. Its like a one-two punch, Hayton says. We got back up after one but we were stumbling around. This one could be a knockout. Already, one business said it has to shut down because of the Trump administration’s actions. Point to Point Parcel, a packaging and shipping service, sent an email to customers this week, saying it would close permanently. Due to all of the government decisions and tariffs, we have been forced to close our doors on April 19, 2025, the email read. [P]lease know this wasnt a decision made lightly and this past month has been a greater struggle than all of Covid! The view from Lily Point, Point Roberts, Washington, looking across Boundary Bay with Vancouver, Burnaby, and the North Shore mountains in the distance [Photo: GarySandyWales/Getty Images] Point Roberts has long benefited Canadians, too Parcel services are one of the businesses that, before Trump, thrived on Point Robertss unique geography. As an American exclave attached to Canada, Point Roberts doesnt only benefit from Canadians visiting for its beaches or views; it also benefits those Canadians. They can buy American foods at Haytons supermarketThey love American dairy, like cheese and Tillamook ice cream, she saysand they can have items from the U.S. shipped to Point Roberts parcel services to avoid higher fees for shipping into Canada. Canadians have also benefited from lower real estate prices. Residents estimate about 70% to 75% of the homes on Point Roberts are owned by Canadians who use them for vacations. It was beachfront property for a third of what you could get in Canada, Hayton says. Zillow, for example, shows a Point Roberts three-bedroom home available for $700,000, but across the border, there’s almost nothing below $2 million. Now, those benefits are dwindling. In response to the Trump tariffs, Canada announced 25% tariffs on certain goods from the U.S. For Haytons customers, that means after they buy $100 worth of groceries, they get to the border crossing and are told to pay another $25. So they come back to the store and return all their groceries, she says. Would you want to pay 25% on your grocery bill every month? Along with groceries and medicines, Neil King, who runs a gift shop called Koras Corner, says there have even been reports of people stopped at the border and “facing tariffs on items like half-eaten burritos. The geographic oddities that once made Point Roberts so special are now hurting locals. Were the most unique spot in North America. Were the uniquest of the unique, says Brian Calder, a fourth-generation resident and a former presdent of the local Chamber of Commerce. Yet neither border agents or politicians give us a unique solution, he adds. (The Point to Point Parcel Post is owned by his niece, Beth Calder, who was born on Point Roberts.) An Uncertain Future Both Henson and Hayton note the stress they feel, as business owners, to support other members of their community; they each have employees counting on them for their paychecks. Calder, meanwhile, is the chair of the local Dollars for Scholars program, a nonprofit that raises scholarship funds for students so they can get an education. The majority of Point Roberts residents are seniorsit has a median age of 55.7 years oldbut there are still a handful of kids and young adults. To Calder, that scholarship program is one of the only chances young residents have to make something of themselves away from the peninsula, especially as Point Roberts now faces extreme uncertainty. Otherwise theyll be working at a parcel post or gas station the rest of their lives, because thats all weve got left, he says. Calder has taken up the rallying cry of Point Roberts amid President Trumps comments. Hes written letters to the British Columbia provincial premier and to Washington state legislators. He has tracked the decline in border crossings from Canada into the U.S. He has spoken to the media, and been a figure of support for locals like Hansen. He has really been my savior in all of this, she says, because hes getting the word out to the Canadians not to forget about us. ‘We have absolutely been abandoned’ That idea of being forgottenor deserted, especially by U.S. lawmakers.resonates with most Point Roberts residents and business owners. We absolutely have been abandoned, Calder says. And theres no thought to how to solve it, insulate us, mitigate it. If relations with Canada worsen, Calder fears the country will retaliate by cutting off water and electricity to Point Roberts. If they close that down as a reaction, as this momentum builds and this anger festers, then literally we’re in the dark and we’re thirsty, he says. Point Roberts also isnt totally alone. Though its in an especially unique situation, its struggles highlight issues every border town is facingand reveal the importance of maintaining alliances with neighbors like Canada. Allies and neighbors are essential for economic stability and community well-being, King says. Just as it takes a village to raise a child, nations thrive through cooperation and mutual support. Our longstanding positive relationship with Canada has been beneficial, and preserving it is crucial for both sides of the border. Point Roberts residents and business owners do understand why Canadians would boycott the U.S. or avoid trips across the border; they dont fault them. It’s not their job to fix our problem, because we are an American town, Hayton says. It is our administrationthey have taken away my ability to survive as an employer. Calder notes that its thanks to the goodwill and generosity of Canadians over the years that Point Roberts has survived so far. And some Canadians have still been trying to support Point Roberts, even amid the tensions. Hensen says she has had some Canadian customers come to her café to support her, which has given me hope. King says Canadians express apologies and sympathies but are hesitant to visit. Many are concerned because the Trump administration has begun detaining some European travelers; a Canadian entrepreneur even said she was arrested by ICE while trying to obtain a new visa. Its the unknownsof how things may worsen, what Trump will do next, and how Canadians will respondthat make things so difficult for Point Roberts. Its hard to believe its only been two months [since the Trump administration began] because of the impact its had . . . There are no winners, Calder says. God forbid another two months.
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A little past 4 a.m. on June 21, 2019, workers at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery in Philadelphia noticed a leak from a corroded pipe, and were immediately on high alert. The leak had originated in Unit 433, known among workers as the bogeyman because it contained the highly explosive chemical hydrofluoric acid, or HF. When released in large quantities, the chemical can form a dense, toxic vapor cloud that hugs the ground and can travel many miles. Contact with this cloud can be deadly; if it ignites, it could cause a massive explosion. Sure enough, a vapor cloud materialized and ignited, causing three large explosions and a massive fire that sent smoke pouring into the sky. Pieces of equipment the size of cars flew through the air, miraculously landing in the Schuylkill River without hitting any homes. The force of the explosions threw workers back, injuring five, but ultimately did not cause any fatalities. Workers remembering the incident years later agreed that it could have been much worse. You figure you aint going home, one former worker told Grist of the moment he saw the fire in Unit 433. You figure this is it. Shortly after the incident, the company filed for bankruptcy and shut down, leaving around 1,000 workers jobless and without severance pay. Refineries that use HF are regulated under the Environmental Protection Agencys Risk Management Program, or RMP, a regulation designed to improve chemical accident prevention at large petrochemical facilities. But for reasons that have little to do with knowhow and capacity, RMP regulations have been glaringly ineffective. Indeed, few regulations have been subject to the yo-yo of successive presidential administrations, and their political whims, like the RMP. The RMP program was established in 1990 following a series of infamous chemical disasters in the 1980s, most notably the chemical leak at Union Carbides plant in Bhopal, India, which poisoned roughly 500,000 people, around 20,000 of whom died in the hours and years afterward due to health complications from the exposure. Another leak at a Union Carbide facility in West Virginia the following year caused eye, throat, and lung irritation for at least 135 residents. The first iteration of the rule came into effect in 1994, during the Clinton administration, but lacked several important protections such as independent auditing for regulated facilities, public information provisions, and the requirement that companies complete a safer technology and alternatives analysis to determine whether there are any safer ways to conduct their operation. A series of chemical disasters in 2013including a massive explosion at the West Fertilizer Company in west Texas that killed 15 people and damaged 350 homesbrought these deficiencies to the attention of regulators. In January 2017, the EPA under President Barack Obama finalized amendments to the Accidental Release Prevention Requirements of the RMP, which included measures to enhance emergency preparedness requirements and ensure that local emergency response officials and residents had access to information to better prepare for potential chemical disasters. But the provisions never went into full effect: In May 2018, during Donald Trumps first term in office, the EPA proposed amendments to remove third-party audits and incident investigations, among other protections. The Trump rule was finalized in December of 2019six months before the explosion at the Pennsylvania refinery. When Joe Biden took office in 2021, the EPA began working on a new set of amendments for the RMP rule. Unions like U.S. Steelworkers and advocates at organizations like the Union of Concerned Scientists pushed for better public disclosure provisions, the inclusion of more types of facilities in the safer technologies alternatives assessment requirements, and the freedom for workers to stop work that they deem unsafe. Many communities that are vulnerable to chemical accidents are in overburdened and underserved areas of the country, said former EPA Administrator Michael Regan in a statement announcing the final rule last March. It was slated to go into effect in 2027. In the past few years, several chemical disasters have disrupted life in the countrys industrial corridors. In August 2023, a large fire at Marathon Petroleums refinery in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, in August 2023 burned for seven hours, causing residents to flee for safety. But in the days following the incident, neither the company nor state and federal environmental regulators responded to locals questions about what chemicals the air was being tested for. And in 2024, a hydrogen sulfide leak at Pemexs refinery in Deer Park, Texas, killed two contract workers and injured 35 others. In January, a group of industry trade associations sent Lee Zeldin a letter congratulating him on his appointment to the position of EPA administrator and asking him to take swift action against the misguided and illegal new requirements of Bidens RMP rule. In their letter, the trade groups argued that the new rule represents an overextension of the EPAs authority and fails to provide a durable solution to facility safety, though they did not explain how the rule falls short in this regard. They singled out an interactive map that the agency published last year separate from the rulemaking process showing where RMP facilities are located around the country, along with other basic public information such as compliance history and the types of chemicals stored onsite. In a statement announcing the EPAs decision to revisit the RMP rule earlier this month, Zeldin seemed to buy industrys argument. The Biden EPAs costly Risk Management Plan rule ignored recommendations from national security experts on how their rule makes chemical and other sensitive facilities in America more vulnerable to attack, Zeldin said. The press release also notes that Bidens RMP rule makes domestic oil refineries and chemical facilities less competitive. It took years to come to the rule that was finalized last year, said Darya Minovi, a senior analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists. To see that rolled back simply because of a letter sent by industry trade associations is really frustrating and shows what little regard this administration has for communities they say they care about. Minovi told Grist that the rhetoric about national security is overblown. The public data tool does not contain sensitive information, she said, and when the Department of Homeland Security reviewed the rule last year, they flagged no concerns with the public information disclosure requirements. Were not happy about it, the U.S. Steelworkers representative told Grist about the Trump administrations reconsideration of the RMP rule. As for Zeldins concerns about making domestic oil and gas companies competitive, I think that putting workers and communities at greater risk of catastrophic injuries is not good for the economy. This article originally appeared in Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. 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We’re excited to announce the judges of the 2025 Innovation by Design Awards. Innovation by Design honors the best projects and ideas across the design spectrum, as represented by our stellar group of jurors, who come from some of the worlds most exciting design-led companies. You can read more about their expertise and backgrounds below. And remember to apply for the Innovation by Design Awards by April 11. Carly Ayres, Program Lead, Airborne Carly Ayres is a writer using language to engage people in new and interesting ways. Currently, she does that as a writer and editor on Figmas Story Studio. Before that, she did it on Google’s Material Design team (material.io) and UX Community & Culture team where she told stories about the people, product, and practice of UX (design.google). She previously co-founded HAWRAF (hawraf.com), a design and development studio, which had a hell of a run from 2016 to 2019. In 2016, she started 100s Under 100, a vibrant community of hundreds of creative people under a hundred years of age. It’s now led and maintained by a wonderful group of community-nominated admins. As a freelancer, she worked humanizing artificial intelligence and evolving the Google logo. She’s given voices to Fortune 500 companies and chatbots alike, and has written for Communication Arts, Wallpaper*, and Core77. FastCompany named her one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business. She speaks at conferences on how to build a value-driven practice and making design like a conversation. Yves Béhar, Principal Designer, Fusedesign Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Yves Béhar is the principal designer of Fuseproject, which he founded after being the design leader at the Silicon Valley offices of frog design and Lunar Design, where he worked on product identities for clients such as Apple and Hewlett-Packard. He was awarded the National Design Award for industrial design by the CooperHewitt, National Design Museum. Fuseproject is known for its work in the fashion, furniture, technology, robotics, and beauty industries. He is a declared sustainability advocate, designing products focused on being commercially viable but that contribute to social good, working organizations like the One Laptop Per Child initiative, Herman Miller, Puma, General Electric, and Samsung. Some of his notable projects include the Jawbone UP wristband, the OLPC XO laptop, the AI-powered industrial robot Maximo, or the SPRING Accelerator program, which supports businesses impacting adolescent girls in poverty. Cheryl Durst, CEO of IIDA An exceptional communicator, innovator, and visionary leader, Cheryl S. Durst has spurred progress, driven change, and encouraged the expansion of the interior design industry. As the Executive Vice President and CEO of the International Interior Design Association, Cheryl is committed to achieving broad recognition for the value of design and its significant role in society. With 15,000 members across 58 countries, Cheryl oversees the strategic direction of IIDA, setting an agenda that leads the industry in creating community, advancing advocacy and continuing decades of work toward equity. Cheryl is a member of the International WELL Building Institute Governance Council; as well as a Trustee for Chicagos Museum of Contemporary Art and the NYSID. She has been referred to by Interior Design magazine as an ambassador for innovation and expansion, and a visionary strategist. Cheryl was inducted into the prestigious Interior Design Hall of Fame in 2016 as the recipient of its first-ever Leadership Award. She is the first African American woman to be inducted into the industrys Hall of Fame. A lifelong knowledge enthusiast and voracious reader who has considered librarian, astronaut and journalist as potential careers, Cheryl never walks away from meeting someone without gleaning a bit of their story a talent she currently employs on her monthly podcast, The Skill Set, which focuses on the intangible skills that make us good at what we do. Sagi Haviv, Partner at Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv Sagi Haviv is a partner and designer at Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv, the firm responsible for many of the most famous logos of all time, including National Geographic, Chase Bank, NBC, Conservation International, State Farm, Mobil Oil, Showtime Networks, NYU, Animal Planet, the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, and most recently the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum and Warner Bros. The firm designed the identities for both the U.S. Bicentennial (1976) and the just-released 250th anniversary of the United States (2026). Sagi joined the firm in 2003 after graduating from The Cooper Union School of Art. A go-to expert on the process of effective logo design, Sagi has contributed to the New York Times, Bloomberg, Fast Company, Creative Review, Its Nice That, Design Week, designboom, PBS, NBCs Meet The Press, and SkillShare. He speaks about logo design around the world, including for TEDx, AIGA, HOW Design Conference, Brand New Conference, Princeton University, Onassis Foundation, American Advertising Federation, and Columbia Business School, amongst many others. He teaches Visual Identity Design at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Sagi is coauthor of Identify: Basic Principles of Identity Design in the Iconic Trademarks of Chermayeff & Geismar (Print Publishers, 2011) and Identity: Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv (Standards Manual, May, 2018). Benjamin Hubert, Founder and creative director, Layer Benjamin Hubert is an award-winning British design entrepreneur, and founder of creative agency, LAYER. LAYER is focused on experience-driven design for both the physical and digital worlds. Led by Benjamin and a growing creative team, the studio partners with forward-thinking brands including Nike, Google, Bang & Olufsen, Samsung, and Braun to create products that will help define the way we live, work and communicate in the future, from AI to smart wearables and furniture systems, to the next generation of media devices and mobile communication tools. Mark Kawano, Chief Design Officer at Zoom Mark leads a global team of designers, writers, and researchers responsible for designing the AI-first work platform for human connection. Mark is a Silicon Valley veteran with 25 years of experience designing software and leading design teams at Apple, Adobe, Square, Slack, and Zendesk. He holds over a dozen design patents from his work on novel user interface patterns and modern communication tools. Mark is passionate about crafting experiences that not only delight people but also empower them to be more creative. Ryan McClelland, Research Engineer, NASA Goddard Space Center Obsessed with futurism and technology since childhood, Ryan McClelland always aspired to play some part in making the future brighter. This is what led him from being a windsurf instructor to getting an engineering degree and working in companies like Black & Decker and Dewalt until he landed at NASA, where he now spearheads generative AI crafting evolved structures with the aid of programs like Autodesks Fusion 360 software. His alien-looking 3D printed spaceship parts save weight and offer enhanced strengthtwo critical factors for NASA missions. They have already made their way into upcoming projects like the Excite balloon-borne telescope, Mars Sample Return, and the Dragonfly mission to Saturns moon Titan. Ermi van Oers Ermi van Oers, born in 1991, is a pioneering Dutch bio-tech designer and founder of Nova Innova. Graduating cum laude in Product Design from Willem de Kooning Academy in 2016, she discovered her passion for Biodesign, blending nature, science and design to create sustainable innovations. Her visionary work has already earned her 14 awards, cementing her reputation as a leader in ustainable design. One of her most recent projects is POND: an installation powered by Microbial Fuel Cell technology that visualizes water health. Another notable innovation, Living Light Park, introduced the worlds first park lights powered by plant photosynthesis. Ermi’s mission is to restore the symbiosis between humans and nature, inspiring a deeper appreciation for the intelligence of Mother Nature. Marti Romances Creative Director and co-founder of Territory Studio Marti was born and educated in Barcelona. After spending eight years in London honing his craft and exploring diverse creative disciplines, he brought his expertise to California, where he continues to push the boundaries of motion design and storytelling. A motion graphic designer and multimedia artist by trade, Marti articulates stories in the most captivating ways, blending creativity with technology to realize innovative future-facing experiences. His technical virtuosity is on display in fantasy, futuristic, and commercial projects, visual and experiential narratives that define the future of film, gaming, and real world brands. Exemplary work on Ex Machina, Blade Runner 2049, The Martian, Avengers franchise, alongside gaming projects for EA Sports, 2K Games, Activision, and Microsoft, has drawn the attention of global brands such as Nike, GM, Porsche, Mercedes, Meta, Warner Bros., Netflix, LIV Golf, and Microsofteager to leverage his design expertise in pioneering real-world technologies. “Thanks to the diversity of industries we collaborate withwhether films, games, brands, or real-world productsour studio maintains a broader perspective, he says. Each project allows us to draw from a deep well of cross-industry experience, enriching our ability to craft innovative solutions that seamlessly merge storytelling, design, and technology.” Lisa Smith, Executive Creative Director, Global at Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR) Lisa has a career spanning over two decades, where she has become renowned for her transformative work with some of the world’s most cherished brands. As Executive Creative Director, Global at JKR, her strategic vision has played a pivotal role in the global rebrand efforts for clients such as Burger King, Impossible Foods, Nordstrom Rack, Mozilla, and Manischewitz. Prior to JKR, Lisa was ECD of Chobani where she was responsible for putting creativity at the heart of the company, overseeing a rebrand that transformed the business, expanding its product offering and increasing customer loyalty, directly translating to top-line growth. Lisa was also Head of Design at Wolff Olins NY, focused on creating ground-breaking and commercially successful work for USA Today, The Met and Zocdoc. Lisa’s creative excellence was recognized in 2021 when Fast Company named her as one of the Most Creative People, saluting her contributions behind ‘the biggest redesigns of the decade’. Lisa has also picked up notable accolades throughout her career including Fast Companys Rebrand of the Year and a Gold Cannes Lion for Burger King, a Brand Impact Award in Culture for The Met, a Cannes Lions Silver and a Fast Company Innovation by Design Award for the rebrand of USA Today. Tracey Arcabasso Smith, US Head of Design, Creative Fellow, Deloitte Digital As US Head of Design of Deloitte Digital, Traceys multi-disciplined expertise focuses on the intersection of intentional design and impactful storytelling as a catalyst for organizational growth. Tracey is recognized as AdWeeks Future-is-Female award-winner for being an outstanding leader demonstrating organizational change and commitment to impact. For decades, Tracey has launched global brand campaigns, digital products, activations, experiences, content, and films for some of the biggest brands in the world through a human-centered lens. Throughout her career, Tracey has worked with clients such as American Express, Verizon, Netflix, SodaStream, Mastercard, Nikon, Nestle Waters and many more, across all industries and sectors. Her creative work has been honored around the globe by The One Show, Cannes Lions, Clios, Emmy Awards, Webbys, Effies and more. Tracey is also director and producer of RELATIVE, an award-winning feature documentary that breaks the silence on multigenerational abuse in her Italian-American family. Winning Best Feature Documentary at Nashville Film Festival, RELATIVE is Paste Magazines Top 20 Documentary of the Year and is currently streaming on multiple platforms across the US. Jeff Staple, Founder at Staple Jeff Staple (born Jeffrey Ng) is a creative visionary whose design work encompasses graphic, fashion, footwear, and lifestyle. He is the founder of pioneering NY-based streetwear brand STAPLE, and the founder and president of creative and marketing agency Reed Art Department. In 2022, Jeff celebrated the 25th anniversary of STAPLE with the publication of his eponymous Rizzoli book titled Jeff Staple: Not Just Sneakers. From a humble start bootlegging custom t-shirts, Jeff has built an entrepreneurial empire that spans fashion, media, entertainment, and technology. He is a testament to the winning ethos of vision, hustle, and humility. Amy Williams, CEO at Citizens of Humanity Amy Williams is the Chief Executive Officer at Citizens of Humanity Group headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Williams joined Citizens of Humanity as the companys President in 2009 and ultimately assumed the Chief Executive Officer position in 2015. In her role, Williams oversees all aspects of the business for the companys family of brands including Citizens of Humanity, AGOLDE and GOLDSIGN. With the retail climate changing and preferences shifting, Williams continues to stay on top of how to remain relevant across the board – from product to sustainability to retail. Shes always believed in offering a transparent look into the brand identity, including the companys most recent regenerative agriculture efforts which play a huge role into what Citizens stands for as a company. Williams previous experience includes Executive Vice President at Lucky Brand Jeans and Senior Vice President of Product Development and Design for Gap Inc. Williams serves on the board at Girls Inc of Greater Los Angeles, empowerHER and is an advisor to BAWSI (Bay Area Womens Sports Initiative). Lisa Williams, CEO at Eileen Fisher Williams has been leading the New York-based womens apparel brand since September 2022. Before this role, she served as head of product and operations at Patagonia, overseeing product innovation, creation, development, production, distribution and impact. During her 20-year career at Patagonia, Williams progressively expanded her responsibilities, beginning with line management and business unit oversight, and later incorporating design and innovation into her portfolio. Prior to joining Patagonia, Williams spent over seven years at the Walt Disney Company in various product and merchandising roles, developed retail concepts and product for Caesars, Inc. in the gaming and hospitality industry, and worked as a buyer for May Department Stores. Williams earned a bachelors degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and grew up in a small town in the Eastern Sierra mountains, where she cultivated a deep love and respect for the natural world.
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