whistleblower protection

Litigation & Policy Attorney; FOIA Manager

Prior to joining PEER, Colleen was an Assistant District Attorney for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in New York. She has also worked, clerked, and interned for multiple government agencies and non-profits, including the United States Department of Justice, the Office of the New York State Attorney General, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Defenders of Wildlife. Colleen also volunteered as a Park Interpreter with the National Park Service at Theodore Roosevelt Island in Washington, DC. Colleen received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was the Vice President of the Environmental Law Society and Senior Notes Editor for the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law. She received her bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in International Affairs from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. Colleen enjoys backpacking and camping trips, playing board games, and reading mystery novels.

PEERMail | An Important Whistleblower Victory

by Susan Sargent | December 26, 2023
Over the years, we have written a lot about a USGS microbiologist's whistleblower journey but this week we received a rare decisive victory ...

Webinar | A Whistleblower’s Journey

by Susan Sargent | July 18, 2023
PEER staff discuss their own whistleblower journeys and the broad scope of issues that whistleblowers face and PEER's role in protecting them ...

PEERMail | A Whistleblower’s Journey

by Susan Sargent | July 11, 2023
For the past 30 years, PEER has worked to defend environmental whistleblowers and address the underlying environmental issues they bring to us ...

COMMENTARY | House Gives Hope to Federal Whistleblowers, Senate Must Step Up

by Colleen Zimmerman | October 27, 2022
In order to ensure that the Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act stands a chance of becoming law, voters must keep their Senators accountable ...
Phone: 202-265-7337

962 Wayne Avenue, Suite 610
Silver Spring, MD 20910-4453

Copyright 2001–2025 Public Employees for
Environmental Responsibility

PEER is a 501(c)(3) organization
EIN: 93-1102740