Quinn Brady was honored with this award because of her dedicated work for climate and equity. She is a community organizer, coalition builder, and advocate – lifting up people, policies, and progress. 

Ms. Brady has spent the last 15 years working across a spectrum of grassroots projects, non-profit organizations, and political campaigns focused on social justice, immigration, climate action, community connection, and electing bold leaders. 

Her climate advocacy work has included coalition building with community members, organizations and stakeholders – advocating for high impact climate policy locally and statewide. She was a co-organizer of the 2019 local event for the global climate strike. She collaborated on racial justice advocacy and direct action, is a founding board member of the SLO County Progressives and an elected delegate to the CA Democratic Party. Quinn is a founding member of SLO County Undocusupport, a coalition group that formed in April 2020 which has raised and distributed direct aid to immigrant families in SLO County through COVID-19.

Quinn believes that, “We can work hard for change, but an essential component is electing bold climate leaders to local office who have the political will to make the tough decisions to lead us forward.” To that end, she has volunteered, consulted, managed, and coordinated campaigns and policy efforts for the last four years to ensure strong leadership locally.

Quinn is a proud mother of three children who inspire and motivate her work.