Color Of Water

Elevating Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and other voices of color to change the narrative around water.

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Aria Harris

TYLin

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Victor Galvan

Denver Mayor's Office for Climate Action, Sustainability and Resilience

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Afia Zakiya

Independent Africana Studies and EJ scholar-activist, currently Executive Director of Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Olga Cano

HUD

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Naveen Adusumilli

Louisiana State University

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Esteban Ortiz

The Gorge Association of Aspirations/La Asociacion de Aspiraciones del Gorge

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Shama Perveen

CERES

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Roland Jones

CIS

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Walt Walker

TYLin

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Talia London

The Common Acre

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Paula Buchanan

National Center for Domestic Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia Climate School

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Benu Amun Ra

S.A.C.R.Ed Eco-Center

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

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About Us

The Color of Water Initiative was created by the Water Hub to build voice and visibility for people of color in the water movement. Our goal is to connect reporters with a more diverse set of experts, and build capacity for these experts to elevate the stories of their communities, which have often been left out of conversations around water. 

 

From water access and drought response in the West to lead pipes and PFAS pollution in the Great Lakes to recurring flooding and water infrastructure failures in the South, Color of Water members have deep expertise and first-hand experience on water challenges and solutions all across the country.


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