Color Of Water

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

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Paula Buchanan

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

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Olga Cano

HUD

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Victor Galvan

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

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Walt Walker

TYLin

Talia London

The Common Acre

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Olga Morales Pate

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Esteban Ortiz

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

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Roland Jones

CIS

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Aria Harris

TYLin

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Shama Perveen

CERES

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Portia Shepherd

www.blackbeltwomenrising.org

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

maritza mendoza

Empower DC

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Jasmine Walker

IMPACT Community Action

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Afia Zakiya

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

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Benu Amun Ra

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

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

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?