Sejal Choksi-Chugh became the Executive Director of San Francisco Baykeeper in 2016. For 29 years, Baykeeper has protected San Francisco Bay using science, advocacy, law, and a boat to stop polluters and other threats. Sejal joined the Baykeeper team in 2002 as a lawyer spearheading the charge to reduce agricultural pollution, industrial runoff, sewage overflows, mercury contamination, and oil spills in the Bay. She holds a J.D. with a specialization in Environmental Law from the University of California at Berkeley and a B.S. in Anthropology and Human Biology from Emory University.