Climate Change

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David Sonnenfeld

1995 Fellow
David's research focuses on environmental governance and institutional transformation. He asks where, when, and how citizens and others have influenced the design and functioning of core institutions, organizations, technologies, and processes in more environmentally sustainable and socially equitable directions.
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Alexander (Lex) Hovani

2005 Fellow
I'm a nature-based solutions strategist and practitioner with over 20 years of experience tackling global and local sustainability challenges. My work has taken me across Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa, developing innovative...
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Laura Wisland

2007 Fellow
Laura is a program officer in the Climate and Clean Energy Program of the Heising-Simons Foundation, where she leads the Foundation's efforts to support grantees working to reduce emissions from the utility sectors. From 2008-2019, Laura...
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Jason Delborne

2002 Fellow
Jason Delborne joined the Genetic Engineering and Society program and the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University in August 2013. His work draws primarily from STS (science and technology...
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Beckie Menten

2008 Fellow
Previously, Beckie oversaw CSE’s administration of distributed energy resources programs, including CPUC- funded ratepayer programs including the Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) in San Diego Gas & Electric service territory, the...
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Steve Chase

2000 Fellow
Steve Chase, a Leadership Grant Recepient, was the founding Director of the Environmental Studies masters program in Advocacy for Social Justice and Sustainability at Antioch University New England from 2002 to 2014. He has worked as the...
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Amy Rogers

2005 Fellow
Amy Rogers is an experienced conservation scientist and practitioner focused on innovating long-term, interdisciplinary solutions to complex environmental challenges. With over twenty years of field experience in tropical Latin America, her...
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Amber Pairis

2001 Fellow
Dr. Amber Pairis is the Founder and Lead Advisor of the Climate Science Alliance and Associate Research Faculty with the Western Regional Climate Center at the Desert Research Institute. The Climate Science Alliance was created in 2015 out...
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Will Yandik

2007 Fellow
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...
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Lou Thompson

1999 Fellow
Lou Thompson has a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Science from the University of Maine. Currently he is pursuing a Masters Degree in Community Economic Development from the New Hampshire College, Graduate School of Business. Lou is an...