Mary Anne Hitt

Mary Anne Hitt is director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign, working to eliminate coal pollution, stop climate disruption, and repower the nation with clean energy. She previously served as executive director of Appalachian Voices and other grassroots organizations. In 2015, Hitt was named to the POLITICO 50 list of “thinkers, doers, and visionaries transforming American politics.” In 2013, the Washingtonian named her one of “The New Guard: People Who Are Shaping Washington” during Obama’s second term, and SNL Energy named her one of the ten most influential people of the year. She and the Beyond Coal Campaign were featured in the Emmy-winning Showtime climate series, “Years of Living Dangerously.”