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...
Most recently, Sarah Smith served as Chief of Programs at Clean Air Task Force. In this role, she provided leadership for CATF’s global programs, ensuring alignment with the organization’s broader strategy and vision. She fostered...
Tara is an Invertebrate Zoologist with NatureServe. She received her PhD from UC Santa Cruz and has worked in natural resources management, insect conservation, and education.
Sarah Kapnick, Ph.D., is chief scientist for NOAA. In this role, Dr. Kapnick is responsible for advancing policy and program direction for NOAA’s science and technology priorities. Dr. Kapnick has extensive experience at the intersection of...
Isaac is an environmental attorney and organizer working with Sierra Watch to fight irresponsible development proposals in the Sierra Nevada, notably a proposal to more than triple the number of condos and build a massive indoor recreation...
Stephanie completed her master’s degree at MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, with a specialization in Environmental Policy and Planning. She is focusing on city energy and sustainability policies and an integrated approach to...
Rachel Smith has a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley's College of Natural Resources in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management. Her research focused on role of collaborative planning in wildfire risk abatement. A firefighter...
Karrigan Bork completed a law degree at Stanford Law School in Spring 2009 and an Ecology PhD in the Genomic Variation Laboratory at UC Davis in 2011. Originally from Lawrence, Kansas, he graduated from the University of Kansas in 2002 and...
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...
