Johanna Chao Kreilick

Johanna Chao Kreilick is the Chief Strategy Officer at Blue Ocean Law, a Pacific-led public-interest law firm founded by Julian Aguon focused on climate justice, ocean governance, and Indigenous rights. In this role, she works on efforts related to the implementation of findings by the International Court of Justice concerning state responsibility for climate harm.

Kreilick was the president of the Union of Concerned Scientists, a scientific advocacy nonprofit based in the United States from May 2021 - February 2024. She represented the organization in lobbying Congress and business leaders to address climate change.

Kreilick previously led major international initiatives with the Open Society Foundations, the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University, and the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.

Career Kreilick established a grant-making program for economic justice at the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), working with partners in 62 countries around the world.

Kreilick established the Justice and Human Rights Program at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University, focusing on international criminal justice and prison reform. the BlueGreen Alliance and TSNE MissionWorks.