Color Of Water

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

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Chakena Perry

NRDC

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Michael Mendez

UC Irvine

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Walt Walker

TYLin

Jacob Bernal

Washington State University

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Emma Robbins

Planet Woman

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Frank Ruiz

Audubon California

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Vidya Balasubramanyam

Coastal States Organization

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Priscila B R Alves

University of Maryland

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Ngodoo Atume

UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Thea Louis

Duke Energy Corporation

Victor Galvan

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

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Olga Cano

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Esteban Ortiz

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

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Jorge Roman-Romero

Bassman, Mitchell, Alfano & Leiter Chtd.

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Naveen Adusumilli

Louisiana State University

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Emily Warren

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

Environmental Defense Fund

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Shama Perveen

CERES

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Pallavi Bharadwaj

Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Services

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Paula Buchanan

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

Roland Jones

CIS

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Billie Li

Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium/University of California Santa Cruz

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Jeremiah Muhammad

Blacks In Green

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Afia Zakiya

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

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

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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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