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.
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Alex Basaraba
Climate Adaptation and Resilience Associate, Cadmus
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Amanda Lewis
Climate Action Coordinator, City of Dubuque
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Ann Erhardt
Senior Consultant – Energy & Environment, Public Sector Consultants
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Anna Yip
Project Development Manager, Blue Forest
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Bhaskaran Subramanian
Program Manager (AdSci), NOAA Climate Program Office
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Debra Butler
Executive Director, American Society of Adaptation Professionals
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Diana Pietri
Senior Social Scientist, Eastern Research Group, Inc.: Blue Earth Team
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Edgar Reyna
Urban Planning Graduate Student, UCLA, Formerly WWF Latin America & the Caribbean
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Jennifer Li
Staff Attorney, Adjunct Prof. of Law, Harrison Institute for Public Law, Georgetown Law
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Jessica Garrison
Project Specialist, NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships (CAP), formerly RISA
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Jose Vivar
Urban Greening Coordinator, BACR
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Julie Ulrich
Director of Urban Conservation, The Nature Conservancy
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Katarina Hou
Program Associate, Shared-Use Mobility Center
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Katia Carranza
Program Director, Together for Nature
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Kyla Bloyer
Communications Manager, American Society of Adaptation Professionals
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Laura Hilberg
Lead Scientist, EcoAdapt
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Lidia Cano
PhD Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Luiz Barata
Senior Planner, Waterfront Resilience Program, Port of San Francisco
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Mike Chang
Director, Cascadia Consulting Group
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Miriam Aczel
McQuown Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute for Energy & Environment (CIEE), UC Berkeley
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Patricia Kennedy
CA Climate Change Assessment Tribal Program Manager, CA Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
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Robert (Bob) Newman
Professor, University of North Dakota
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Steph Courtney
Assistant Tribal Climate Science Liaison, United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.
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Teal Harrison
Climate Resilience Specialist, Adaptation International
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Vidya Balasubramanyam
Program Director, Coastal States Organization
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Zoe Gossett
Program Manager, Climateworks Foundation