Sonia Brubaker's career in the environmental sector spans over 18 years. She previously served as the Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center and spent seven years creating strategic planning goals, as well as developing and implementing initiatives at the federal level.

Her team also was tasked with sharing affordable financing opportunities with local governments to fund sustainable drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure investments.

Brubaker earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Policy and Planning from Virginia Tech in 2004 and a Master's in Environmental Management with an emphasis in Leadership from Duke University in 2014.