ANDREA RODGERS (SHE/HER)

 Andrea has been working with Our Children’s Trust since 2010 and joined the staff in 2017, representing youth in constitutional climate change cases against governments, contributing to organizational legal strategy and case development. She serves as Deputy Director of U.S. Strategy and is a membership of the Leadership Team.

Andrea is counsel of record in Juliana v. United States, Genesis v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lighthiser v. Trump, Held v. State of Montana, Navahine v. Hawaiʻi Dept of Transportation, and Reynolds v. Florida Public Service Commission and is actively developing several state cases. In 2022, Andrea led a petition for rulemaking on behalf of 200+ youth in Florida to set a target of 100% of the state’s electricity to be generated from clean renewable energy by 2050. In addition to advancing OCT’s domestic cases, Andrea supports Canada’s first youth-led climate case that received a favorable ruling before the Federal Court of Appeals, La Rose v. His Majesty the King, putting the youth plaintiffs on the path to trial scheduled to begin in October 2026.   

Andrea is the author of numerous publications, including “The Injustice of 1.5º-2ºC: The Need for a Scientifically Based Standard of Fundamental Rights Protection in Constitutional Climate Change Cases” in the Virginia Environmental Law Journal (2022), which was cited by the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court, and “Navahine v. Hawai`i Department of Transportation: Redressing Constitutional Youth Climate Change Injuries Through a Court-Enforced Settlement Agreement,” which was published in the International Journal of Children’s Rights (2025). Andrea is the 2024 recipient of the Svitlana Kravchenko Environmental Rights Award from Land Air Water at the University of Oregon School of Law and the 2025 recipient of Lakeside School’s Distinguished Alumni Award.    

Prior to joining Our Children’s Trust, Andrea was an honors attorney for U.S. Department of Transportation, in-house legal counsel for Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, staff attorney for Western Environmental Law Center, and clerked for Hon. John C. Gemmill on Arizona Court of Appeals. Andrea received her JD from Arizona State University and BA from University of California, Santa Barbara.