Crystal is a government affairs expert as well as an environmental and water policy advocate with over two decades of experience in coalition-building, policy-making advocacy, and public relationship-building. With a rich environmental background, including roles at Kent State University, the Ohio House of Representatives, the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, […]
Maria Elena Kennedy
Maria is a water resources consultant who assists agencies looking to engage disadvantaged communities (DACs), access funding, and helps to create partnerships between schools and other organizations seeking to address stormwater issues.
Sanjiv Sinha
Having grown up in India as a Hindu, water and nature were a part of my upbringing, and I have a deep spiritual connection to the themes I now have worked upon for almost three decades. I have the privilege of leading a national firm that works with community visionaries to lead our nation’s largest […]
Ngodoo Atume
Ngodoo works as a Water Policy Analyst at Clean Water Action, Oakland, and has a technical background in Environmental Engineering. Hailing from Nigeria, she focuses on groundwater management and nitrate contamination control, prioritizing underrepresented stakeholders’ inclusion in the implementation of programs related to the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, the Central Valley Salinity Alternative Long-Term Sustainability […]
Marc Oliver Quijano
Talk to me about: workforce Development, Youth Engagement, Water Reuse
Rob Larson
Rob, a member of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, is a professor with expertise in tribal sovereignty and natural resources management. He is interested in the inherent rights of personhood and other species on grandmother Earth.
Kedar Dabhadkar
Machine learning and data analytics in improving access to clean drinking water, monitoring water quality at-scale and enabling development of sustainable, scalable tools for community outreach.
Mahtaab Bagherzadeh
Mahtaab is an accomplished soil scientist and program manager. With a multi-dimensional career spanning academia, state government, and non-profits, she specializes in soil ecology, strategic planning, and science communication. Committed to equity, inclusion, and creating intersectional spaces, she champions natural solutions-related endeavors and ecosystem-based management to protect our waters.
Parsa Saffarinia
Right now I’m working on a project which is the focus of land managers, growers/farmers, conservationists, and scientists. Sometimes called the “”Nigiri Project,”” the ultimate goal is to use winter-flooded rice fields as endangered chinook salmon rearing habitat. This is essential because a majority of floodplain fish rearing habitat has been lost in the Central […]
Quentin Stubbs
I specialize in maritime transportation, safety, and security, which all contribute to the Blue Economy and natural hazard response. I also specialize in navigation charting and mapping. I also have educational and professional experience in using GIS and remote sensing tools to map and analyze wetlands as well as land use and land cover change.