Environmental & Social Justice

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Frances Roberts-Gregory

2019 Fellow
Dr. Frances Roberts-Gregory is a feminist political ecologist and environmental anthropologist. Her activist scholarship interrogates how Gulf Coast Black and Indigenous women within Louisiana's river and bayou parishes navigate...
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Brittani Orona

2019 Fellow
Dr. Brittani R. Orona is a Hupa environmental, public humanities scholar and an Assistant Professor of Native American Studies at University of California, Davis. Prior to joining Davis, she was an UC President's and Andrew W. Mellon...
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Deja Thomas

2019 Fellow
Déjà’s work focuses on managing the Center for Racial Equity at Work's programmatic priorities including strategic partnerships and research with the Southern California Black Worker Hub for Regional Organizing and the implementation of our...
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Isa Gaillard

2019 Fellow
Isa Gaillard is a Senior Planner at Horizon 54 where he works at the intersection of urban planning, capacity building, and environmental justice.
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Jessica Trowbridge

2019 Fellow
Jessica Trowbridge, PhD, MPH, is an environmental health scientist focused on preventing harmful chemical exposures and advancing environmental justice. She leads collaborative research that translates evidence on toxic chemicals into policy-relevant action. Her work on PFAS and occupational exposures among women firefighters has informed state legislation and supported worker health protections. Jessica is committed to using science to reduce health disparities and advance prevention-centered solutions.
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Xantha Bruso: Developing autonomous vehicle policy strategies to advance safety while enabling innovation

As the policy manager for autonomous vehicle policy at AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah, Fellow Xantha Bruso is developing and implementing AAA’s AV policy strategy to advance AV safety while enabling innovation. She also supports strategic initiatives to accelerate AV deployment and foster mobility solutions.
May 21, 2019
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Colleen Callahan: Accelerating the transition to zero-emission transportation by facilitating targeted policy research

Fellow Colleen Callahan is deputy director of the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, which conducts research and advises civic partners on the design and implementation of policies, plans and programs with a focus on advancing environmental sustainability. Part of Callahan’s job is to make sure the center’s findings get into the hands of the right decision makers.
May 21, 2019
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Garrett Fitzgerald: Helping local governments advance their work in sustainability

Fellow Garrett Fitzgerald is the Strategic Collaboration Director at the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN), where he helps the organization’s local government members advance their work in sustainability.
May 21, 2019
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Stuart Cohen: Ensuring that urban communities that need mobility solutions the most get them

Fellow Stuart Cohen, who recently transitioned to private consulting practice after serving as the Founding Executive Director of TransForm for 21 years, is passionate about ensuring that urban communities that need mobility solutions the most get them.
May 21, 2019
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Holmes Hummel: Accelerating private capital utility investments in inclusive clean energy solutions

Fellow Holmes Hummel is the Founding Director of Clean Energy Works, a nonprofit organization that seeks to accelerate private capital utility investments in inclusive clean energy solutions.
May 21, 2019