Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation

Karrigan Bork '10 Environmental Policy & Law
Sara Mersha '10 Environmental Justice
Naomi Fraga '10 Conservation Science & Biology
Stacy Jackson '10 Energy & Climate Change
Michelle Lewis '10 Environmental Education
Heather Lahr '10 Coastal & Marine Issues
Matthew Hamilton '10 Water Resources
Kristy Deiner '10 Conservation Science & Biology
Isaac Silverman '10 Environmental Policy & Law
Stephanie Stern '10 Environmental Policy & Law
John Urgo '10 Architecture & Urban Planning
Susannah Lerman '10 Conservation Science & Biology
Erin Hafkenschiel '10 Architecture & Urban Planning
Melissa Garren '10 Coastal & Marine Issues
Steve Blackmer '10 Environmental & Public Health
Kyra Busch '10 Sustainable Ag / Food Policy
Justin Foster '10 Engineering, Chem, Toxicology
Noah Charney '10 Conservation Science & Biology
Rachel Smith '10 Natural Resource Management
Sarah Kapnick '10 Energy & Climate Change
Maximilian Parness '10 Energy & Climate Change

Switzer Foundation

The Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation drives positive environmental change by recognizing and fostering a diverse network of environmental leaders, and mobilizing them through the Switzer Fellowship Network.

Foundation Announcements

Switzer Foundation Issues Press Release: 2010 Fellows and Grants

Save the Dates for Fall Fellows' Retreats!

New England: September 11-12, 2010, Essex, MA

California: October 2-3, 2010, Sausalito, CA

Tapping Into Solutions: The Future of Water

Monday, September 27 2010 - Wednesday, September 29 2010

Switzer Foundation is co-sponsoring the Environmental Leadership Program's 2010 National Conference!

Meet the 2010 Switzer Fellows!

We have welcomed 21 new Fellows to the Switzer Network!

Featured Fellow

Jennifer Osha (2000)

Jen Osha, Founder and Director of Aurora Lights in Morgantown, West Virginia, discusses the production of a widely acclaimed CD to raise awareness about the issues of mountaintop removal coal mining. The CD, entitled "Still Moving: The Journey Home", includes songs by artists such as Kathy Mattea and interviews with residents of communities affected by this mining practice. It was developed simultaneously with a companion website which just won "Website of the Year" by the Appalachian Studies Association.

Save the Dates for Fall Fellows' Retreats!

News

July 19, 2010

Nicole Gross-Camp (2007) organized an international symposium of scientists from around the world on the subject of Payments for Ecosystem Services ("PES") at the recent Society for Conservation Biology annual meeting. Nicole spoke with the journal, Scientific American, as part of an article on PES. 1998 Fellow Josh Donlan was also quoted in the article.

July 6, 2010

Amanda Martinez (2009), a journalist pursuing science writing at MIT, reports from the Gulf of Mexico for the radio show, Living on Earth. Amanda spent some time on a research vessel in the Gulf, and also visited a seabird rehabilitation facility in Louisiana.