Water Resources

Kelly McClure (she/her/hers) is an incoming Heyman Public Interest Fellow at the White House, where she will serve as a Special Assistant within the Executive Office of the President. In May of 2021, Kelly will receive her Juris Doctor...

Brittani R. Orona is an enrolled member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and received her Ph.D. in Native American Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Human Rights at UC Davis in Spring 2022. She is currently an Assistant Professor of American...

Janelle Heslop is the Associate Director for Strategy and Innovation at NASA’s Earth Science Division, where she leads strategic initiatives and partnerships that connect cutting-edge science with real-world applications. With a background in engineering and business, she works at the intersection of technology, innovation, and strategic decision-making to drive meaningful change for our planet.

Leslie is a PhD candidate in the Agriculture, Food and Environment Program at the Friedman School at Tufts University. Her dissertation research focuses on the motivation and processes through which Native American water rights in the...

Lindsay Barbieri focuses on problem-solving at the interface of agriculture, environment, and technology — from the field to the global scale. Barbieri works to deepen climate change mitigation understanding within agroecosystems, exploring...

Philip Womble is an attorney and a hydrologist specializing in water policy and water markets. He is a legal/postdoctoral fellow with the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University. Philip received his Ph.D. in Environment...

Miyuki Hino is a Ph.D. candidate in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources at Stanford University. She studies strategies for managing flood risk in a changing climate, ranging from strategic relocation programs...

Miriam is a UC Berkeley Chancellor's Fellow in the Department of City and Regional Planning. She specializes in environmental planning, with a specific focus on social justice, infrastructure, and sustainability. Her current project...

Genie Bey is an environmental professional with over a decade of experience advancing climate adaptation, environmental justice, and community resilience across public and nonprofit sectors. She co-leads NOAA’s Climate Adaptation Partnerships (CAP) program, managing a national portfolio of interdisciplinary, community-engaged research focused on extreme heat, flooding, wildfire, and displacement. Genie holds an M.A. in Geography from California State University, Long Beach, and dual B.S. degrees in Urban Ecology and Environmental & Sustainability Studies from the University of Utah.