Climate Change

Fellow

Shereen D'Souza

2011 Fellow
Shereen has over 20 years of experience working at the intersections of environment, climate and equity. From grassroots food justice work in Oakland, CA, to leading the U.S. State Department’s adaptation and loss and damage team and...
Fellow

Christian Casillas

2011 Fellow
My work focuses on helping to build learning and energy systems that support people to live more sustainably. I have been involved in various aspects of design, testing, and implementation of renewable energy systems in the United States...
Fellow

Colin Hagen

2011 Fellow
Colin Hagan earned his law degree from Vermont Law School in 2012. He was an editor of the Vermont Law Review, a member of the National Environmental Law Moot Court Team and a Research Associate at the Institute for Energy and the...
Fellow

Laura Bozzi

2011 Fellow
Dr. Laura Bozzi is the Executive Director of Environmental Health Policy at the NYC Health Department, where she leads work to integrate health equity into climate policy at the city and state levels. She also oversees the department’s...
Fellow

Julia Ledewitz

2011 Fellow
Julia Rogers is a Senior Sustainability Designer with Vanderweil Engineers. She previously worked for DTZ, a global facilities management corporation, as the program manager for the Energy and Sustainability team. She was also the...
Leadership Grant Grant

International Climate Change and Agricultural Policy

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) has hired Doreen Stabinsky as a consultant to advise the organization on a range of issues involving climate change and agriculture. Doreen's expertise will elevate IATP's capacity to...
May 27, 2011
Foundation News

The ESA and Species Threatened by Climate Change (Switzer Webinar Series)

On January 11th, Dr. Shaye Wolf, Climate Science Director for the Center for Biological Diversity, presented a webinar to 27 participants on her work using the Endangered Species Act to protect species threatened by climate change. Dr. Wolf...
January 21, 2011
Leadership Grant Grant

Clean and Just Solar Energy Initiative, Year 3

Dustin Mulvaney will continue his research into the safety and sustainability of the solar photovoltaic industry for a third year. Dustin and Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) will build on the momentum of the past two years of Dustin...
December 22, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Building Energy Efficiency in California

Beckie Menten will work as a consultant with the California Public Utilities Commission in researching and developing energy efficiency implementation strategies to incorporate the goals of the recently adopted Energy Efficiency Strategic...
June 18, 2010
Fellow

Erin Hafkenschiel

2010 Fellow
Erin Hafkenschiel is the President of ThinkTennessee, a nonpartisan, statewide, results-oriented think tank. Previously, she was the Executive Director for Mobility and Transportation at Vanderbilt University and Director of the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Sustainability for Nashville Mayors David Briley and Megan Barry. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Civil Infrastructure Systems at Vanderbilt University.