Brett Lorenzen

Brett Lorenzen joined the EWG agriculture and natural resources team in 2010, after two decades working with non-profits and international organizations on environmental policy, communications and technology management issues.  Having grown up on a Heritage Farm along the Mississippi River in Clinton County, he returned to the Midwest in 2002 to work on clean water and agricultural/land-use reform issues close to his heart.  He served as the voluntary chair of the Iowa Council of Trout Unlimited from 2007 to 2016, has held numerous national leadership positions with the organization, and sits on a variety of public and private advisory boards.  Brett holds an undergraduate degree, a J.D. and an LL.M. in International Law from the University of Iowa.