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
Project Development Manager, Blue Forest
Bhaskaran Subramanian
Program Manager (AdSci), NOAA Climate Program Office
Debra Butler
Executive Director, American Society of Adaptation Professionals
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
Kyla Bloyer
Communications Manager, American Society of Adaptation Professionals
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
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