The Equity and Climate Justice Working group ensures that all the work that Forum committees undertake considers equity. More specifically, the Equity and Climate Justice Working Group develops themes and topics for the Forum, reviews proposals, recruits speakers and attendees, and identifies any potential gaps in programming.
Committee members are listed alphabetically by first name.

Alex Basaraba
Climate Adaptation and Resilience Associate, Cadmus

Amanda Lewis
Climate Action Coordinator, City of Dubuque

Ann Erhardt
Senior Consultant – Energy & Environment, Public Sector Consultants

Anna Yip
Climate Analyst, County of Sonoma

Bhaskaran Subramanian
Program Manager (AdSci), NOAA Climate Program Office

Diana Pietri
Senior Social Scientist, Eastern Research Group, Inc.: Blue Earth Team

Edgar Reyna
Urban Planning Graduate Student, UCLA, Formerly WWF Latin America & the Caribbean

Jennifer Li
Staff Attorney, Adjunct Prof. of Law, Harrison Institute for Public Law, Georgetown Law

Jessica Garrison
Project Specialist, NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships (CAP), formerly RISA

Jose Vivar
Urban Greening Coordinator, BACR

Julie Ulrich
Director of Urban Conservation, The Nature Conservancy

Katarina Hou
Program Associate, Shared-Use Mobility Center

Katia Carranza
Program Director, Together for Nature

Laura Hilberg
Lead Scientist, EcoAdapt

Lidia Cano
PhD Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Luiz Barata
Senior Planner, Waterfront Resilience Program, Port of San Francisco

Mike Chang
Director, Cascadia Consulting Group

Miriam Aczel
McQuown Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute for Energy & Environment (CIEE), UC Berkeley

Nahal Ghoghaie
Senior Program Manager, US Water Alliance

Patricia Kennedy
CA Climate Change Assessment Tribal Program Manager, CA Governor’s Office of Planning and Research

Robert (Bob) Newman
Professor, University of North Dakota

Steph Courtney
Assistant Tribal Climate Science Liaison, United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.

Teal Harrison
Climate Resilience Specialist, Adaptation International

Vidya Balasubramanyam
Program Director, Coastal States Organization

Zoe Gossett
Program Manager, Climateworks Foundation