A 2009 Switzer Fellow, Alexa graduated from a joint law and public policy degree program at UCLA's Law School and School of Public Affairs in 2011. She focused her studies on environmental law and policy, especially as it is applied to...
John T. Andrew is Assistant Deputy Director of the California Department of Water Resources, where since 2006 he has overseen the Department’s climate change activities. His previous organizational affiliations include the Stege Sanitary...
Lily Verdone is an environmental leader with two decades of experience in partnership building, fostering diverse teams, and strategic development in organizations with a focus on natural resource conservation, water, and climate. Since...
Alex is the Executive Director of the International Renewable Resources Institute (IRRI-Mexico) in Mexico City, an excellent platform for his research as a Master’s of Science candidate in the Environmental Systems Program at HSU. His...
Pamela McElwee received a PhD in Forestry & Environmental Studies and Anthropology from Yale University in 2003. Her dissertation was titled ''Lost Worlds' or 'Lost Causes'?: Biodiversity Conservation, Forest Management and Rural Life in...
Urvi currently leads the Renewable Energy Team at Facebook, Inc which is responsible for selecting, negotiating, contracting and managing renewable energy projects to achieve Facebook's goal of being 100% supported by clean energy by 2020...
Evan Goldsmith is currently the Head of Business Development at IndiVillage, an impact sourcing social enterprise that delivers expert data annotation, natural language processing, and content optimization solutions that drive machine...
Catalina Garzón-Galvis is Principal Practitioner at Community Research and Education in Action for True Empowerment (CREATE). In this role, Catalina plans and facilitates leadership development, popular education, participatory research...
Jessica Davenport supports the creation of resilient landscapes for people and nature in the San Francisco Bay Area as Deputy Program Manager for both the California State Coastal Conservancy’s Bay Area Program and the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority.
Daniel F. Morris has spent the past decade and a half working to build economic and policy solutions powerful enough to adequately address the climate crisis. He is currently a Senior Climate Change Specialist and Clean Energy Lead for the...
