Millie Chu Baird is a Vice President in Environmental Defense Fund's Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS). Chu Baird leads innovative projects that produce actionable data to help solve environmental problems. She is the Deputy Project Lead for EDF’s MethaneSAT, the most advanced methane tracking satellite in space. Its ability to find and measure methane emissions with unequaled accuracy will provide the data required to motivate and reduce methane emission globally. Chu Baird is also leading a project to measure air pollution after climate-driven natural disaster events in the Gulf Coast, specifically in communities adjacent to petrochemical and other industrial facilities.
Prior to joining Environmental Defense Fund, Chu Baird was a management consultant, advising corporations on environmental management. She also served as Director of Business Development for Verde Media, an environmental media start-up.
Chu Baird received a Master’s of Science in Earth Systems Economics from Stanford University and a Bachelors of Science in Earth Systems also from Stanford University. She wrote her honors thesis on the motivations of corporations to go beyond compliance to embark on proactive environmental initiatives.
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