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
Doctoral Student, Stanford University
Amanda Lewis
Pre-Law Student, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Anna Yip
Senior Climate Planner, Rincon Consultants
Arden Drake
Lead Scientist, EcoAdapt
Diana Pietri
Senior Social Scientist, Eastern Research Group, Inc.: Blue Earth Team
Katia Carranza
Director, Equity and Sustainability Consulting
Kyla Bloyer
Independent Contributer
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
Robert (Bob) Newman
Professor, University of North Dakota
Sam Battersby
Senior Program Support Associate, Walton Family Foundation
Steph Courtney
Assistant Tribal Climate Science Liaison, United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.
Zoe Gossett
Analyst, Portfolio and Investments, Skoll Foundation