Shanika Whitehurst is the Associate Director for Consumer Reports’ Product Sustainability, Research and Testing team. In this role she is responsible for CR’s research and testing program on the assessment of the sustainable manufacture, operation and use of consumer products which includes the evaluation of energy consumption, natural resource usage, product durability, and carbon footprint, among other metrics associated with consumer goods. In addition, she spearheads a research program that employs contemporary data analytics to understand emerging and persistent trends in product sustainability across a broad variety of product categories. Shanika has a wealth of experience working as an environmental scientist and program analyst for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). While at the USEPA she led analysis, policy creation, and EPA oversight associated with the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Safe Drinking Water Act, among other leadership roles involved with the integration of environmental justice issues into policy.
