Renee Hackenmiller-Paradis

Program Director, Environmental Health

Renee Hackenmiller - Paradis, MPH., PhD. Renee joined Oregon Environmental Council’s staff as the Environmental Health Program Director in February 2007. At OEC, Renee works to develop and promote policies and projects that protect kids’ health from toxic pollution and to strengthen collaborative relationships with health professionals. She organizes and implements OEC’s annual Healthy Environment Forum series, coordinates the Oregon chapter of the Collaborative on Health and the Environment, manages the “Pollution in People” project to test 10 Oregonians’ chemical body burden, and is overseeing a report to evaluate the economic cost to Oregon of certain diseases and disabilities that are attributable to environmental contaminants. Renee has a BS in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Washington, a PhD in Genetics from the University of Chicago, and a MPH in Health Management and Policy from Portland State University.