ELP Senior Fellow
Erica Hall is an environmental justice leader and food systems strategist working at the intersection of food policy, climate resilience, land access, and community governance. She serves as Executive Director and Board Chair of the Florida Food Policy Council, where she advances statewide strategies that connect food security, agricultural sustainability, and equitable economic development.
Her work centers on building community-led food systems infrastructure across Florida, with a focus on Black farmers, climate-vulnerable communities, and neighborhoods experiencing persistent food insecurity. Erica works to translate grassroots leadership into policy change through research partnerships, policy development, and regional collaboration.
Erica’s leadership spans a wide ecosystem of institutions and initiatives. She serves as Vice President of Chapters, Groups & Volunteers for the Sierra Club National Board and is a member of the organization’s National Equity Committee. Through this work, she supports chapters across the country in advancing environmental justice and equitable climate policy.
She is also a 2025 Cecil Corbin-Mark Vanguard Fellow with the Green Leadership Trust, a Lawyers for Good Government Leadership Program participant, and a Right to Food Learning and Action Fellow, where she is helping advance efforts to codify the right to food in state and local policy.
Erica contributes to national research and policy development as a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) consultant on a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation food justice project with Vital Village, Brown University, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Temple University, focused on strengthening data and legal frameworks addressing structural racism in food systems.
Her writing and thought leadership have appeared in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, and she is a contributing author in the book Food Insecurity. Across all of her work, Erica focuses on aligning policy, community leadership, and institutional partnerships to build a more just and resilient food system.
Ecosystem of Work
Florida Food Policy Council — Food policy and statewide systems change
Sierra Club — Environmental justice and national movement leadership
Green Leadership Trust — Black environmental leadership network
Lawyers for Good Government — Policy and legal advocacy
RWJF / Vital Village Research Partnership — Structural racism and food justice data
Right to Food Fellowship — Policy frameworks for food as a human right
Erica Hall is an environmental justice leader and food systems strategist working at the intersection of food policy, climate resilience, land access, and community governance. She serves as Executive Director and Board Chair of the Florida Food Policy Council, where she advances statewide strategies that connect food security, agricultural sustainability, and equitable economic development.
Her work centers on building community-led food systems infrastructure across Florida, with a focus on Black farmers, climate-vulnerable communities, and neighborhoods experiencing persistent food insecurity. Erica works to translate grassroots leadership into policy change through research partnerships, policy development, and regional collaboration.
Erica’s leadership spans a wide ecosystem of institutions and initiatives. She serves as Vice President of Chapters, Groups & Volunteers for the Sierra Club National Board and is a member of the organization’s National Equity Committee. Through this work, she supports chapters across the country in advancing environmental justice and equitable climate policy.
She is also a 2025 Cecil Corbin-Mark Vanguard Fellow with the Green Leadership Trust, a Lawyers for Good Government Leadership Program participant, and a Right to Food Learning and Action Fellow, where she is helping advance efforts to codify the right to food in state and local policy.
Erica contributes to national research and policy development as a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) consultant on a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation food justice project with Vital Village, Brown University, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Temple University, focused on strengthening data and legal frameworks addressing structural racism in food systems.
Her writing and thought leadership have appeared in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, and she is a contributing author in the book Food Insecurity. Across all of her work, Erica focuses on aligning policy, community leadership, and institutional partnerships to build a more just and resilient food system.
Ecosystem of Work
Florida Food Policy Council — Food policy and statewide systems change
Sierra Club — Environmental justice and national movement leadership
Green Leadership Trust — Black environmental leadership network
Lawyers for Good Government — Policy and legal advocacy
RWJF / Vital Village Research Partnership — Structural racism and food justice data
Right to Food Fellowship — Policy frameworks for food as a human right