Color Of Water

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

Alai Reyes-Santos

Alaí Community Consulting

Mallika Nocco

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Daniela Sherrill

ASU / AZ Water for All

Pallavi Bharadwaj

SEG

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Cindy Donis

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Ani Jayakaran

Washington State University

Alondra Hernandez-Bose

WEAT

Dira Johanif

Charles River Climate Compact

Patricia Lindsay-Harvey

Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority

Maisah Khan

Regenerative Agriculture Foundation

Jaiden Willeto

Northern Arizona University / K'é Infoshop

Keiko Wilkins

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Sarah Traore

The University of Texas at Austin

Pablo Ortiz

Union of Concerned Scientists

Sanjiv Sinha

Corvias Infrastructure Solutions, LLC.

Rob Larson

Grand Valley State University

Bre’Shaun Reddick

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Nikki Tulley

University of Arizona

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Monica Driggers

Massachusetts Rivers Alliance

Cyatharine Alias

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Chakena Sims

NRDC

Pita Juarez

Comms Consultant

Tony Bridges

The Maryland General Assembly

Nahal G. Ipakchi

BluePoint Planning

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Nusrat Molla

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University

Rhea Drozdenko

Connecticut River Conservancy

Ngodoo Atume

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Charles Cassagnol

Western Ecology, LLC

Jose Luis Ortiz y Muniz

Greenroots Institute

Jessica Dandridge-Smith

The Water Collaborative

Sidney Opiyo

University of California, Santa Cruz

Shandin Pete

University of British Columbia

Direlle Calica

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI)

Jo Banner

The Descendants Project

Huda Alkaff

Wisconsin Green Muslims

Andrea León-Grossmann

Berhanu Sinshaw

University of California Merced

Shama Perveen

Ceres

Ehab Meselhe

Tulane University

Diana Piña Yitbarek

NC Department of Environmental Quality

Quentin Stubbs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Frank Ruiz

The Office of U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz

Nicole Chavas

Greenprint Partners

Nicole Nelson

Equity Legal Services, Inc

Afia Zakiya

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

Olga Cano

HUD

Harshini Ratnayaka

Save the Dunes

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš

Azul

Briana Muñoz

Pacific Coast Carbon LLC

Joy Banner

The Descendants Project

Breanna Gonzalez

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Portia Shepherd

Blackbelt Women Rising

Crystal Sanders-Alvarado

Seaworthy

Angel Santiago Fernandez-Bou

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Jeremy Orr

Earthjustice

Angela M Chalk

Healthy Community Resources Services

Priscila Alves

University of Maryland

Tiffany Sevilla

Greenprint Partners

Thea Louis

MSC Industrial Supply Co.

Roland Jones

CIS

Ashwin Dhanasekar

Brown and Caldwell

Carolan Sonderegger

For Love of Water

Jasmine Walker

Ohio Environmental Council

Victor Galvan

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

Hayat Rasul

LA County

Benu Amun Ra

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

Ed Marin

Louisville Water

Xochitl Bervera

Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Esteban Ortiz

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

Joaquin Esquivel

California State Water Resources Control Board

Khalid Osman

Stanford University

Carlos Calderon

West Michigan Environmental Action Council

Arohi Sharma

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

Chakena Sims

NRDC

José M. Rodríguez-Flores

California State University, Monterey Bay

Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy

Billie Li

Wright-Pierce

Marc Oliver Quijano

Jacobs

Maritza Mendoza

Empower DC

Val Schull

GreenLatinos

Bleu Adams

IndigeHub

Nieves Vazquez

Water For People

Parsa Saffarinia

University of California, Davis

Cheyenne Holliday

Verde

Analise Rivero

California Trout

Oluwole (OJ) McFoy

Houston Public Works

Rene Henery

Trout Unlimited/ University of Nevada, Reno

Bridget Ray

Washington State Department of Commerce

Alex Ortiz

Austin Water and Wastewater Commission

Martin Griffin

Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

Walt Walker

TYLin

Jazmin Ricks

University of Pennsylvania

Veronica Garibay

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Ayako Tischler

Xylem

Kabir Thatte

The Vessel Collective

Newsha Ajami

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Cate Caldwell

Illinois Environmental Council

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Marccus Hendricks

University of Maryland - College Park

Wendy “Poppy” Ferris-George

Ferris Institute

Angela Guyadeen

NRDC

Cate Mingoya-LaFortune

Groundwork USA

Cheyanne Harris

Brown and Caldwell

Andrian Lee

BCM Environmental and Land Law, PLLC

Felice Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Heather Tanana

University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Lucero Sanchez

San Diego Coastkeeper

Elizabeth Ruiz

CA State Water Resources Control Board

Chauncey Foster

we.grow.eco

Lenise Marrero

Brown and Caldwell

André Sanchez

California Wilderness Coalition

Sydney Garcia

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Olga Morales

Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated

Nureen Faiza Anisha

Oregon State University

Danielle Rivera

University of California Berkeley

Sri Vedachalam

Cisolutions

Ruthie Redmond

UC Berkeley

Talia London

The Common Acre

Vicky Espinoza

CaliWaterAg

Temiloluwa Akinyemi

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Daniel Cordalis

Native American Rights Fund

Susana De Anda

Community Water Center

Jacob Bernal

American Rivers

Ciara Horne

SBG Digital

Aria Harris

TYLin

Sapna Mulki

Environmental Policy Innovation Center

Emma Robbins

The Chapter House

Maria Elena Kennedy

Kennedy Communications, Inc

Damian Shapes Padilla

Spirit Rock Consulting

Nasim Pica

WSP in the U.S.

Oday Salim

University of Michigan Law School

Fernando Ramirez

Bridges 2023 International

Nadine Robertson

Veolia North America

Nataly Escobedo Garcia

Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Charming Evelyn

OceanWell Water

Arsum Pathak

National Wildlife Federation

Chriscilia Cox

SUMA Consulting LLC

Jessica Thrasher

Colorado State University

Cathie Chavez-Morris

Equidad Group

Alyssa Senturk

California Water Data Consortium

John Echohawk

Native American Rights Fund

Julia Fay Bernal

Pueblo Action Alliance

Tanasia Swift

Billion Oyster Project

Carlos Moran

Northeast Trees

Adriana Renteria

State Water Board

Moisés Moreno-Rivera

Trust for Public Land

Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes

GreenLatinos

Allen Townsend

World Wildlife Fund

Gia Moreno

Hood Community Council

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh

NWF/Clean Water for All

Sonali Abraham

Pacific Institute

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Crystal Davis

National Parks Conservation Association

Tanner Yess

Groundwork USA

Nathaniel I Kollie

University of California Santa Cruz

Angela Mooney D’Arcy

Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples

Kedar Dabhadkar

Lam Research

Emily Warren Armitano

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Ean Tafoya

GreenLatinos

Kimbaya Carriere

Nuxalk First Nation

Alastair Bitsóí

Near the Water Media & Communications Group

Paula Buchanan

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

Rachele Lopez

Justice Outside

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Jahan Taganova

City and County of Denver

Rhysea Agrawal

The Xylom

Silvia R. Gonzalez

UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute

Michael Méndez

UC Irvine

Vinicius Taguchi

North Carolina State University

Pedro Hernandez

GreenLatinos

Dezaraye Bagalayos

Allensworth Progressive Association

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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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