Climate Change

Sarah Johnson is currently a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows. From 2009-2011, Sarah worked on climate and sustainability issues in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; prior to that, she completed field...

Jim was previously the Executive Editor of California Agriculture, the peer-reviewed journal of the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. He has worked in natural resource management for 20 years as a...

Matthew Hanscom Davis was previously a Congressional Liaison Specialist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (U.S. EPA's) Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations. There, he represents EPA to congressional offices...

Shaye is the Climate Science Director at the Center for Biological Diversity in San Francisco. She is interested in understanding the impacts of climate change on wildlife species and ecosystems, and securing science-based protections for...

Sasha is the Ecoregional Ecologist at The Nature Conservancy for the Central coast of California, a region stretching from the Bay Area to Santa Barbara, and from the ocean to the Central Valley. Sasha obtained her doctorate from the...

Bruce Paton is retired professor of Management and Innovation. Before retiring in 2023, he served as a Dean, Department Chair, and MBA Program Director. He currently serves as Chair of the Santa Clara County Sustainability Commission and Board Co-Chair for SF Bay Bird Observatory.

Kelly Levin is a senior associate with WRI’s major emerging economies objective. She leads WRI’s Measurement and Performance Tracking Project, which builds capacity in developing countries to create and enhance systems that track emissions...

Karen Gaffney oversees the Conservation Planning program at the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District. Previously, she was a CEO of West Coast Watershed - a small dynamic partnership focused on watershed planning and...

I am a conservation ecologist and science communication professional. My research explores the interactions of anthropogenic global change, ecological communities and human stewardship. I am most interested in critically evaluating...