Board Member
Jennifer Ganata is Communities for a Better Environment’s (CBE) Legal Department Co-Director. CBE is one of the preeminent environmental justice organizations in the nation. Prior to becoming Legal Department Co-Director in 2024, Jennifer was CBE’s senior staff attorney since 2018. She also served as CBE’s Wilmington youth organizer from 2007-2011 and legal fellow from 2011-2012.
Jennifer’s interest in environmental justice is also influenced by her passion for housing justice. After serving as CBE’s legal fellow, she transitioned to tenants rights work in Los Angeles by starting her housing career at Eviction Defense Network. Before returning to CBE, Jennifer was a senior staff attorney at Inner City Law Center where she did eviction defense and land use.
Jennifer has a BA in Ethnic Studies and a minor in Urban Studies and Planning from University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Jennifer received a JD from City University of New York (CUNY), and an LL.M from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Jennifer grew up on Tongva land–Los Angeles. She currently lives in East Hollywood and works with different groups throughout Los Angeles, such as Beverly Vermont Community Land Trust, Pilipino Workers Center, and the Los Angeles County Master Gardener Program. Through these different experiences Jennifer has grown to learn more about the importance of racial equity and land justice. She sees her service to the Justice Outside Board as an extension of that acknowledgment of the importance of having a relationship to the land and her commitment to racial justice.