Oliver is the former executive director of the New Haven Ecology Project, an environmental education and community development not-for-profit organization. The Ecology Project engages city residents in restoration of neighborhood and park...
Carlos Plazola, 1994 Switzer Fellow, began as an environmental justice organizer in 1994. Since then, he has studied and participated in models of enabling social innovation, power redistribution, and grassroots activation through his roles...
Patrick McCarthy is the Water Policy Officer at the Thornburg Foundation. Trained as a conservation ecologist, he has worked for the last thirty years at the intersection of ecological science, water governance, and community-based...
Karina Garbesi is an Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at the California State University at Hayward. Her educational achievements include a BA in physics from UC Berkeley (with high honors), and a Masters and PhD...
JAKE KOSEK, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2002 Jake is currently an Assistant Professor of American Studies and Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. Jake Kosek received his doctorate in geography at the University of...
Ruth is an professor and Director of the Center for Health and the Built Environment in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning Department and an affiliate faculty in the Transportation Research Center and the School of Natural...
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...
Joshua Wickerham drives transitions to sustainable development through writing and participatory advisory work, especially in China. Joshua is currently Manager, Membership and Engagement at the ISEAL Alliance (www.isealalliance.org), the...
A PhD candidate, Guadalupe is currently working on several research projects through the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health and the Pollution Prevention Education Research Center. Her research interests include pesticide...
Carolina is passionate about applying her training in water resource management, environmental justice and public health to community-based research, environmental policy and mission-driven social enterprises. After two decades in the NGO...
