Environmental Policy & Law

After obtaining her PhD at Yale University, Syma worked with the Connecticut Fund for the Environment with the generous support of a Switzer Environmental Leadership Grant. In this position she worked on assessing open space acquisition...

Patrick McCarthy is the Water Policy Officer at the Thornburg Foundation. Trained as a conservation ecologist, he has worked for the last thirty years at the intersection of ecological science, water governance, and community-based...

I grew up near the coasts of New York and Connecticut, and since an early age I was fascinated by the natural world, especially the ocean. I spent many days wandering the beaches on the edge of Long Island Sound and the Atlantic, collecting...

Marcy's initiatives related to acid rain, river management protection, forest management and wilderness designation, work in philanthropy designing and managing a grants program, and research and writing on the field of community-based...

Beverly Craig, LEED AP BD+C, is a Senior Program Manager at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. She works on programs including the Passive House Design Challenge for affordable housing, assists MassCEC's workforce team, and is now...

Kevin is Director of the U.S. Climate Initiative in WRI’s Climate and Energy Program. He oversees the Institute’s domestic climate and energy strategy, working with federal agencies, Congress, state governments, businesses, and other...

Doreen Stabinsky is professor of Global Environmental Politics at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, USA. Her research focuses on the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food security, adaptation and adaptation...

In September 2016, Sue Minter was the Democratic Nominee for Governor in Vermont. She has served as Vermont’s Secretary of Transportation, Deputy Secretary of Transportation, Irene Recovery Officer, and as a State Representative. Sue helped...

As co-founder and director of the woman-owned consulting firm, Organic Advocacy, Lisa designs and directs projects aimed at moving organic food and agriculture from the margins to the mainstream. Partnering with innovative organic farmers...