Stuart Cohen is co-founder and Executive Director of TransForm, a dynamic organization with 32 staff and over 100 organizational members from the environmental, social justice, and labor community. By combining high-quality policy analysis...
Will is interested in translating and applying environmental research both as a writer and in local government. With a professional background in field ecology (Brown) and journalism (Princeton), Will is particularly interested in how the...
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...
Jim was previously the Executive Editor of California Agriculture, the peer-reviewed journal of the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. He has worked in natural resource management for 20 years as a...
Ariane de Bremond is Executive Director of the Global Land Programme (www.glp.earth), and Research Associate Professor in Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park. Motivated by her time as a development practitioner...
Karen Gaffney oversees the Conservation Planning program at the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District. Previously, she was a CEO of West Coast Watershed - a small dynamic partnership focused on watershed planning and...
Tori is currently working to identify and build parks in low-income communities throughout the Los Angeles region. Current projects include a park in the City of Maywood and a green alley project in the community of Wilmington. Prior to...
Andrew completed a master's degree in Natural Resource Planning at Humboldt State University in 2010. His research project created an inventory of brownfields in Humboldt County. Andrew's research made connections between members of the...
Michael Lozano joined The Community Builders, Inc. (TCB) in 2010 as a Development Project Manager in the Northeast Region. He manages all aspects of TCB’s real estate development projects from property scouting and acquisition through...
Dana Bauer is an interdisciplinary researcher with particular interests in conservation and sustainability. She applies economic and ecological theory towards the assessment of ecosystem services and the analysis of policies and programs...
