Katie Pofahl is the Eastern Washington Community Relations Manager with the Climate Resilient Forests and Communities team at The Nature Conservancy. Katie is based in the Central Cascades and her role focuses on working with local...
Ekow Edzie is a recent graduate of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, the graduate school of international affairs at Tufts University. The summer after his first year at Fletcher, Edzie conducted field research on the land restitution process in Colombia using his Switzer Fellowship. He analyzed the unique challenges facing victims of land displacement in Colombia in their return to rural livelihoods and the structure of government aid intended to ensure their future success.
Janae Davis is an Associate Director of Conservation at American Rivers. She works to promote the health of the rivers, riverside lands and river communities in North Carolina and South Carolina to ensure clean drinking water supply, reduce...
Zully Juarez provides research and analysis of environmental justice policies to Just Solutions Collective. With the direction and input of BIPOC frontline policy practitioners, she works to identify, research, review, and analyze existing...
José Guadalupe Gutierrez is community organizer and landscape designer passionate about park equity and working with communities to expand access to parks, open spaces, tree shade, and recreational opportunities to all. Jose served as a...
California Native Plant Society (CNPS) hired Nick Jensen as its first Southern California Conservation Analyst in 2017, with support from a Switzer Leadership Grant. This second year of funding will provide continued support as CNPS...
To fend off lawsuits over its plans to build a new city in the rugged countryside northwest of Los Angeles, Tejon Ranch Co. made a landmark concession to environmentalists. It promised a decade ago to preserve 90% of its land — 240,000 acres — as an untouched ecological conservancy for public enjoyment through educational and research programs.
Editor's note: The Climate Science Alliance was founded and is led by Fellow Amber Pairis. The Switzer Foundation provided foundational funding to create CSA with a Leadership Grant.
Lindsay is a Master of Environmental Management candidate at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, where her work focuses at the nexus of conservation and development. She is passionate about advocating for the needs of...
Matt is a conservation scientist interested in understanding how the interactions between people, their environment, and the institutions that govern them inspire (or inhibit) conservation action and how that impacts their effectiveness.
