Board member Aakruti Liva was appointed to the Illinois Pollution Control Board by Governor JB Pritzker in July 2026.
Aakruti previously worked as Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (U.S. EPA) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, focusing on chemical safety regulations. Before that, she served as Environmental Protection Specialist with U.S. EPA and as Regulatory Counsel with Stateside Associates. Active in her community, Aakruti serves on the LaGrange Illinois Environmental Quality Commission.
Aakruti received a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She received her Juris Doctorate with a Certificate in Environmental and Energy Law from Chicago-Kent College of Law.