Erin Edwards is the Executive Director of Blue Zones Project Riverside. Erin has nearly two decades of experience in policy, philanthropy, and nonprofit leadership, having recently served as a Riverside City Councilmember. In that role, Erin represented 45,000 residents and hundreds of businesses in the Downtown Riverside core and surrounding neighborhoods where she created Riverside’s 6-pillar Homelessness Action Plan; sparked the Riverside Nonprofit Resilience Fund and Affordable Housing Trust Fund; and championed Riverside’s Community Engagement Policy, Street Outreach Nurse program, Wildlands public safety teams, and Parks & Neighborhood Specialists program. Erin also served as Chair of the Riverside City Council’s Housing & Homelessness Committee; on the Governing Board of Riverside County’s Continuum of Care; and two terms as Riverside’s Mayor Pro Tempore.

Prior to her role as a Riverside City Councilmember, Erin served with The Equality Fund, the United Way, and the Northside Anti-Hunger Network, as well as two terms with AmeriCorps. She received Bachelor’s degrees in French and English from Augustana College, and a Master’s degree in International Development from the University of Wisconsin. Erin and her partner, Liz, have two young children, Ramona and Simon.

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