Sophie Conroy is a research associate on the Conservation Policy team at American Progress. Prior to joining American Progress, she was a Ruckelshaus Fellow at Meridian Institute, an environmental consulting nonprofit where she supported projects ranging from federal climate policy advocacy to natural resource conservation in agriculture. She holds degrees in political science and environmental analysis from Washington University in St. Louis. In her free time, she can often be found training for a half-marathon or doing crossword puzzles.