David Tipson

David joined Clean Wisconsin in 2021.  As vice president, he works with the president & CEO to oversee the organization’s operations and development.  David leads the organization’s program and government relations department, which establishes the organization’s substantive goals and direction.

Prior to joining Clean Wisconsin, David served as executive director of New York Appleseed, which advocates for racially and economically integrated schools and communities, as a staff attorney at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law where he represented community-based organizations on the Gulf Coast in formerly de jure segregated communities, and as a land-use and environmental attorney at the law firm Robinson & Cole.

David has a joint degree in law and urban & environmental planning from the University of Virginia and an undergraduate degree in English literature from Princeton.  He is a member of the bar in Wisconsin and the District of Columbia.

Favorite things to do outdoors in Wisconsin: Exploring the Milwaukee River Greenway with my family.