Who We Are

Staff

Alenka Cardenas

Wetlands Policy and Outreach Specialist & Waterkeeper

Guadalupe Fernández

Policy Strategy Director

Danielle Newton

Communications and Design Specialist

Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud

Co-Executive Director

Usman Mahmood

Senior Policy Analyst

Kristen Schlemmer

Co-Executive Director

Gina Magaña

Operations Manager

Gracie Israel

Organizer

Michael McFadden

Communications Manager

Rachel Jordan

Staff Attorney

Fellows, Interns, & Part-Time Team

Sade Hogue

Design Lab Coordinator

Asenette Ruiz

Artist-in-Residence

Faryal Faizan

GIS Fellow

Brenda Diaz

Legal Intern

Emily Mccollum

Legal intern

Georgia Medrano-Flores

Legal intern

Aaliyah Jackson

Water Policy Intern

Michiya Young

HBCU Sustainable Justice Fellow

Board

Jolea Payne

Board Chair

Hugo Colón

Vice Chair

Libby Viera-Bland

Secretary

Vanessa Toro Barragán

Board Member

Katy Butterwick

Board Member

Leah Chambers

Board Member