Lorrae Rominger

ORDINARY PEOPLE. EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT.

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March 10, 2022

Lorrae grew up on a fifth-generation farm in rural California, where her family lives and raises organic tomatoes. Prior to joining the Prize in 2003, she spent 25 years working in entertainment as a producer in film, television, music, and sports. Beginning in Los Angeles as the executive assistant to the manager of the rock star Prince, she also worked at Sony Pictures, Sports Channel, and Madison Square Garden Productions in New York, and led the Mayor’s Office of Film and Television in San Francisco. Lorrae joined the Prize in 2003.

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Wrapping up a Busy Fall at Asia-Pacific Climate Week

November 21, 2023

Uniting Grassroots Leaders from around the World Today we are celebrating the end to a busy fall season, which brought the Goldman Environmental Prize to five regional climate events and summits around the world. Over the course of the past three months, in five different countries, the Goldman Prize convened 21 Prize winners across five…

Reflections on Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week

November 1, 2023

Last week, the Goldman Environmental Prize gathered in Panama for Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week. Five Prize winners were in attendance: Ruth Buendía (Peru, 2014), Leydy Pech (Mexico, 2020), Liz Chicaje Churay (Peru, 2021), and Alexandra Narvaez and Alex Lucitante (Ecuador, 2022). For those who won the Goldman Prize during the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Goldman Prize Winners Reflect on the IUCN Leaders Forum

October 23, 2023

From October 11 – 13, three Goldman Environmental Prize winners attended the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Leaders Forum in Geneva, Switzerland. The three-day conference convened global leaders and experts in policy, finance, and science to discuss how to protect and restore biodiversity across various sectors. Prize winners in attendance were Howard…