Karla Raettig is the National Wildlife Federation's Chief Advocacy Officer.
Raettig has served as executive director of the National Wildlife Federation Action Fund, an independent 501(c)(4), since 2019. She previously led the Maryland League of Conservation Votes for 8 years and, before that, led NWF’s Mississippi River Delta restoration program and helped pass the RESTORE Act. Prior to joining NWF, Karla practiced environmental law at the Environmental Integrity Project, the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, and at the Seattle office of Earthjustice.
Karla has an LL.M in environmental and natural resources law from Tulane University Law School and a J.D. from Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon.
