CJ O'Brien Weddle is the Ocean Friendly Programs Manager at the Surfrider Foundation, where she works with businesses to reduce unnecessary single-use plastics. Before joining Surfrider, CJ was the Plastics Campaign Associate at Oceana, where she worked on policies that reduce the production and use of single-use plastic at the local, state, and federal levels. She also helped private and public institutions to reduce single-use plastic in their operations. CJ has a master’s degree in Development Practice from Emory University with a focus on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and Environmental Conservation.