Joelle Lester is the Director of Commercial Tobacco Control Programs at the Public Health Law Center, located at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Joelle leads a team of 22 attorneys and policy analysts working to support tobacco control policy change throughout the U.S. {slider title="Read More..." open="false" class="icon" mode="hover"}

The Center does this by providing legal technical assistance to public health professionals and advocates, developing resources on the most effective legal and policy measures to reduce the burden of disease and death caused by tobacco use in the United States, and providing strategic leadership around bold policy options to end the tobacco epidemic. Prior to joining the Center, Joelle worked as a litigation associate at a private firm in Minneapolis. Before attending law school, Joelle was a grassroots organizer, lobbyist, and executive director for public education advocacy groups. Joelle received her law degree from the University of Minnesota and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. {/sliders}