Boma West

Boma West

Director, Safe & Healthy Products, Environmental Defense Fund

Boma leads EDF’s efforts to eliminate toxic chemicals from consumer products and create a safer marketplace. She works closely with major retailers and consumer brands, advocating for smart chemical policies, ambitious corporate sustainability programs and increased value chain transparency. She launched EDF’s Five Pillars for Safer Chemicals Leadership and SustainaBuy: The Future of Sustainable E-Commerce. She sits on the Engineering One Planet Initiative’s Advisory Council and the Credo Clean Beauty Council. Prior to joining EDF in 2013, Boma worked for a decade at Whirlpool Corporation. There, she played a driving role in establishing Whirlpool’s North American sustainability strategy and working with industry colleagues to create the region’s first ever appliance sustainability standards. Boma has an M.S. in Technology & Policy from MIT and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Yale University.