Erika Feller

Erika Feller joined the MSC in July 2021 as Regional Director for the Americas where she oversees the continuing expansion of MSC’s work with fisheries, the supply chain, and consumers in Canada, the US, and Latin America. 

Feller brings a breadth of experience in ocean and coastal conservation. Most recently, she directed ocean and coastal conservation programs for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, guiding investment in improved fishery monitoring, coastal resilience, and helping to recover resources in the Gulf of Mexico impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. She began her career as a legislative and policy adviser on natural resource and environmental issues in the US House of Representatives, and later joined the Nature Conservancy where she led a North America-wide initiative to promote sustainable fisheries.

Feller has also served at the White House Council on Environmental Quality supporting interagency efforts on large scale ecosystem restoration around the U.S. and as the Chair of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee, which advises the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on all living marine resource matters that are the responsibility of the Department of Commerce. She is based in Washington, D.C.