Marcela Mulholland is a JD candidate at Yale Law School, where she will specialize in antitrust and energy law. She holds degrees in Political Science and Sustainability Studies from the University of Florida, where she received the Presidential Service Award and was selected as a Doris Duke Conservation Scholar.
Marcela has spent her career at the intersection of climate policy, movement organizing, and public interest law. She began as an intern with the NAACP's Environmental and Climate Justice Program and the Sunrise Movement. She went on to serve as Political Director at Data for Progress, led stakeholder engagement for the Long-Duration Energy Storage and Direct Air Capture Hubs programs at the U.S. Department of Energy, and served as Deputy Director of Partnerships at the Carbon Removal Alliance. Most recently, she was Director of Advocacy and Public Affairs at Clean Tomorrow, a nonpartisan clean energy policy think tank. In 2024, she was named to GreenBiz's 30 Under 30 for her leadership in climate policy. She currently works as a senior legal assistant at Hiles Hoffman PLLC, a civil rights law firm, and as a research assistant in antitrust and technology law.
Marcela aims to become an antitrust attorney, litigating cases and shaping public policy to challenge monopoly power in the technology and energy sectors. She is a proud South Florida native, a bird-enthusiast, and an amateur powerlifter.