Yarrow Etheredge, incorporating member of the board of directors of Groundwork New Orleans, is a 1999 graduate of Tulane Law School, with a certification of specialty in Environmental Law. She began her career as a plaintiff-side environmental attorney with Waltzer and Associates before joining New Orleans’ Mayor Ray Nagin’s first administration as the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Environmental Affairs. She continued her career as Director of Public and Legal Affairs for Toxicological and Environmental Associates, an environmental consulting firm, and as a visiting adjunct professor of Environment and Development at Tulane University’s Payson Center for International Development and Technology Transfer. She currently teaches at Tulane University, is a Senior Staff Analyst in Transmission Compliance at Entergy Services Inc., and serves as the Vice President and a founder of the Louisiana Brownfields Association, and board member of the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana.