Our advocacy experts

  • Kuzdas, Christopher
    Senior Manager, Climate Resilient Water Systems

    Areas of expertise: Water management and governance; public policy; decision support; social-ecological systems; risk management; rural development and planning

  • Leyden, Colin
    State Director, Texas

    Areas of expertise: Oil and gas, energy policy, ground-level ozone and air quality

  • McCormick, Lindsay
    Senior Program Manager, Safer Chemicals

    Areas of expertise: Environmental health, chemical safety, children’s health

  • McDow, Will
    Associate Vice President, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds

    Areas of expertise: environmental markets, mitigation policy, working lands conservation

  • McLellan, Eileen
    Lead Senior Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Water quality, watershed protection and restoration, ecological resilience, land use planning, rural development, environmental policy

  • Miller, Valerie
    Director, Cuba Fisheries & Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Shark Conservation, Latin America & the Caribbean, Cooperative Resource Management

  • Mimikakis, John
    Vice President, Asia-Pacific Fisheries & Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Oceans Programs, catch shares

  • Mohlin, Kristina
    Senior Director & Distinguished Economist, Policy Analysis

    Areas of expertise: Climate and energy policy, environmental policy instruments, gas transportation markets, wholesale electricity market design, electricity tariff design

  • Moran, Kevin
    Associate Vice President, Regional Affairs

    Areas of expertise: Public policy, water law and management, coalitions, ballot campaigns and organizational leadership

  • Murphy, Erin
    Director & Sr. Attorney, Clean Air & Energy Markets

    Areas of expertise: Natural gas and electricity market design, natural gas policy, utility regulation

  • Omara, Mark
    Senior Scientist, Global Methane

    Areas of expertise: Methane emissions, global oil and natural gas, climate change impacts

  • Orleans, Raisa
    Associate Vice President, Federal Affairs

    Areas of expertise: U.S. Congress, U.S. climate policy

  • Ortiz, Rafael
    Senior Director, Mexico Fisheries & Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Fisheries, Ocean Conservation, Stakeholder Engagement, Research and Analysis, Ecophysiology

  • Patton, Vickie
    General Counsel

    Areas of expertise: Law, climate change, air quality, clean energy

  • Pearen, Holly
    Lead Counsel

    Areas of expertise: Carbon markets, financial regulation, environmental marketing claims

  • Poon, Sarah
    AVP, Fishery Solutions Center

    Areas of expertise: Fisheries management, training and capacity development

  • Pratt, Jack
    Senior Political Director, Political Affairs

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  • Roedner Sutter, Katelyn
    California State Director

    Areas of expertise: California climate policy, environmental justice, cap and trade, air quality, land use & transportation policy.

  • Rogers, Grace
    Manager, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds

    Areas of expertise: Water resources management and policy, science-based decision-making, natural infrastructure, ecosystems, social sciences, stakeholder coordination

  • Ruiter, Pamela
    Director, Global Agricultural Methane

    Areas of expertise: Agricultural methane, program development, community engagement, smallholder producers, food systems