Environmental Policy & Law

Heather is a legal fellow at NRDC on the air pollution & environmental justice team in Santa Monica, CA. She earned her JD at Stanford Law School in 2016. She has worked on litigation to strengthen air and water quality regulations, and to...

I am a Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Sustainability Science Program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a lecturer in Environmental Science and Public Policy at Harvard College. I received my PhD in Public Policy from...

Ariana is the Regulatory Affairs Lead for Ocean Policy at Orsted, where she is supporting the development of responsibly-sited offshore wind in the U.S. Atlantic. Prior to this role, she advised Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) on climate and...

Kartikeya Singh describes himself as an "academic, a social entrepreneur, and a diplomat in training." He is currently the Deputy Program Director at the SED Fund in the Netherlands, where he supports a global network of partners to meet...

Aaron Ordower serves as Senior Policy Deputy for Los Angeles Councilmember Paul Krekorian. Aaron staffs the councilmember on the Energy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice and the Housing committees of City Council. Aaron’s portfolio...

Shrayas joined the Equity, Climate, and Jobs team at the California Workforce Development Board in November 2017. His work includes overseeing a major study to the state legislature about economic and workforce development issues linked to...

Brian Bowen manages transportation data partnerships at StreetLight, which is committed to creating a more connected, sustainable transportation system. Brian became a Switzer Fellow while pursuing his Master’s in City Planning at the...

Chris (he/him) is an Analyst in Natural Resources Policy with the Congressional Research Service. He has worked at the interface of science and policy for over 15 years as a practitioner, researcher, and educator. Before joining the...

A 2014 Switzer Fellow, Dr. Adams conducts interdisciplinary research and facilitation aimed at conservation problem solving. Working at the intersection of science, management, and community, she aims to improve recovery outcomes for threatened wildlife to support thriving ecosystems. As an Ecologist in the Earth Research Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara, her work focuses specifically on amphibian declines, wildlife reintroductions, and endangered species management.