Color Of Water

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

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Jorge Roman-Romero

Bassman, Mitchell, Alfano & Leiter Chtd.

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Pallavi Bharadwaj

Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Naveen Adusumilli

Louisiana State University

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Chakena Perry

NRDC

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Priscila B R Alves

University of Maryland

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium/University of California Santa Cruz

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Frank Ruiz

Audubon California

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Walt Walker

TYLin

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Jacob Bernal

Washington State University

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Olga Cano

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Ruthie Redmond

US Water Alliance

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Billie Li

Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Shama Perveen

CERES

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Michael Mendez

UC Irvine

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Thea Louis

Duke Energy Corporation

Emma Robbins

Planet Woman

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

Environmental Defense Fund

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Victor Galvan

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

Emily Warren

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Esteban Ortiz

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

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Roland Jones

CIS

Paula Buchanan

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

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Afia Zakiya

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

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Services

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Jeremiah Muhammad

Blacks In Green

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Ngodoo Atume

UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Vidya Balasubramanyam

Coastal States Organization

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

trending topics

These are the top topics that reporters, decision makers, and partners are looking for experts to speak about.

Video Library

Watch water experts share their stories and perspectives with reporters, event audiences, podcast hosts, and more.

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.


Read the joint statement by Color of Water members on the importance of equity in the water world.

explore the Color of Water directory

experts across the country

Register to Join our Expert Directory

If you identify as a person of color with expertise in water (including lived experience or ancestral knowledge) or work in fields that intersect with water (like health, farming, housing, planning, etc.) please submit your information to us!

Are you a current member?

Update your color of water profile.

Can’t access your email?  Get in touch with us!

Are you a journalist?

Download the directory and opt-in to get pitches featuring Color of Water stories.

What are Color of Water members talking about?