Color Of Water

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

Naveen Adusumilli

Louisiana State University

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Jorge Roman-Romero

Bassman, Mitchell, Alfano & Leiter Chtd.

Andrea León-Grossmann

Vote Solar

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Vidya Balasubramanyam

Coastal States Organization

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Services

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Frank Ruiz

Audubon California

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium/University of California Santa Cruz

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Angela Guyadeen

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Jeremiah Muhammad

Blacks In Green

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Billie Li

Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

Environmental Defense Fund

Esteban Ortiz

Columbia Riverkeeper

Thea Louis

Duke Energy Corporation

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Ngodoo Atume

UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Jacob Bernal

Washington State University

Gabe Vasquez

US Congress

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Michael Mendez

UC Irvine

Olga Cano

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Chakena Perry

NRDC

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Emily Raquel Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Emma Robbins

Planet Woman

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Roland Jones

CIS

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Alai Reyes-Santos

University of Oregon

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Alastair Bitsóí

Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Ayako Tischler

Moonshot Missions

Esteban Ortiz

Mayor's Equity Advisory Group

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Ruthie Redmond

US Water Alliance

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Priscila B R Alves

University of Maryland

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Jared Romero

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc

Afia Zakiya

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

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Jared Romero

Walton Family Foundation

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Shama Perveen

CERES

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Paula Buchanan

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

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Victor Galvan

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

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Newsha Ajami

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Heather Tanana

University of California, Irvine

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

martin griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Sri Vedachalam

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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.

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

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