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...
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...
An expert in global change ecology, wetlands, and water quality, Anne works to advance the understanding of climate change and its impacts on forest and grassland ecosystems, assess risks, and create restoration strategies. Anne has...
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...
While completing a Master's at UCLA, Cynthia served as principal investigator researching the effects of organophosphate exposure on the reproductive outcomes of farm workers. After completing a second Master's in International Relations...
Susan Clark is an author and facilitator, focusing on community sustainability and civic participation. Her most recent book is _Slow Democracy: Rediscovering Community and Bringing Decision-making Back Home_ (Chelsea Green, Fall, 2012), co...
Amy Wilson Morris has led community-based park, trail, and open space planning projects throughout the western United States. She specializes in working with diverse partners to build community consensus and leading a wide range of...
Andrea is a consultant to foundations, non-profits, and businesses on issues related to tropical forests: their governance, their destruction, their restoration. She currently supports grantmaking at the Climate and Land Use Alliance, with...
Ms. Bamberger is the lead staff on the U.S. Forest and Urban Forest Protocols and is a core staff of the Cap-and-Trade program at the California Air Resources Board. She has been with ARB since the inception of the Climate Change Branch in...
Colleen Callahan is co-executive director of the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, which unites the intellectual capital of UCLA with forward-looking civic leaders to advance environmental sustainability through scholarship, research, and...
