Sarah O'Brien

EPEAT Outreach Director, Green Electronics Council

Sarah O’Brien is EPEAT Outreach Director for the Green Electronics Council, educating purchasers and the general public about the EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) system for purchasing environmentally preferable electronics. Prior to joining the GEC, Sarah was EPP Program Manager at Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E), assisting health care facilities, systems and Group Purchasing Organizations across North America to reduce health care’s environmental impact and improve facilities’ environmental performance through purchasing initiatives.

Prior to H2E, as a Senior Outreach Associate with national nonprofit INFORM, Sarah assisted government agencies, institutions and businesses to reduce their purchase of products containing persistent toxic chemicals. As part of her work with H2E and INFORM, she was an NGO member of the national stakeholder team that developed and implemented the EPEAT standard and system, and served as a member of the EPEAT Board of Advisors.

Earlier, as an environmental advocate for the National Wildlife Federation and the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, Sarah worked throughout New England developing, analyzing, negotiating and promoting public policies on environmental health issues at the state, regional and national level. She is a former board member of the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, has presented to audiences throughout the US and has written frequently for the health care media on environmental purchasing topics.