Color Of Water

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

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Esteban Ortiz

Gorge Aspirations/ Aspiraciones del Gorge

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Shama Perveen

CERES

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Roland Jones

CIS

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Kaiser Ahad

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Afia Zakiya

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

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Emma Robbins

Planet Woman

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Frank Ruiz

Audubon California

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Pallavi Bharadwaj

Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Talia London

The Common Acre

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Priscila B R Alves

University of Maryland

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

Environmental Defense Fund

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium/University of California Santa Cruz

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Paula Buchanan

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

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Olga Cano

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Walt Walker

TYLin

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Jeremiah Muhammad

Blacks In Green

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Vidya Balasubramanyam

Coastal States Organization

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Services

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Naveen Adusumilli

Louisiana State University

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Jorge Roman-Romero

Bassman, Mitchell, Alfano & Leiter Chtd.

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Victor Galvan

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

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Allen Townsend, Ph.D., MPA

World Wildlife Fund

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Chakena Perry

NRDC

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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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