Water Resources

Leslie is currently a Masters degree student at UC Davis in applied ecology where she is pursuing her passion for aquatic ecology, and stream restoration and conservation. Her thesis research involves studying the effectiveness of stream...

Jessica is a landscape architect who has advocated for and proposed restoration projects for urban streams and watersheds in the nonprofit, governmental, and consulting sectors in Southern California. She has combined historical...

Brenda Zollitsch, PhD works as a policy analyst for The Association for State Wetland Managers, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working to integrate sound science into wetland and stream policy. Her work at ASWM allows her to...

Michael is broadly interested in the impacts of climate variability and change on society. After receiving his BS in physics from UCSD, he served as a United States Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania. Michael managed several projects dealing...

John T. Andrew is Assistant Deputy Director of the California Department of Water Resources, where since 2006 he has overseen the Department’s climate change activities. His previous organizational affiliations include the Stege Sanitary...

Todd Gartner is a Senior Associate for the World Resources Institute’s Food, Forests & Water Program. He runs WRI's Natural Infrastructure for Water project working with governments and businesses to invest in conserving and restoring...

Mark Tompkins earned his Ph.D. in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at UC Berkeley, where he investigated the role of floodplains in river restoration efforts. Floodplains provide important aquatic and...

Chuck Striplen completed his Masters and PhD in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. He attended archeological field school at California State University – Chico, and received a dual B.A...