Building an Organization around People

Maybe we should have built a strategic plan to identify the most important work we should do and then find people to do it. But that’s not us. We have our main strategies. And the constraints that funder interests create. But within those limits, we try to find people who have awesome potential to make the world a better place and who clearly have superpowers that can contribute to faster environmental progress. We try to figure out how to help them do their best work by adapting what we do to match their potential. Our staff and consultants are special, and their contributions are one of a kind.

  • Jake Adams

    Senior Advisor, Conservation & Infrastructure Finance

  • Garrett Altmann

    Western Restoration Program Manager

  • Sydney Anderson

    Tribal Legal Fellow

  • Sarah Barnwell

    Chief Business Officer

  • Steve Barr

    Senior National Funding Navigator Manager

  • Danielle Bissett

    Restoration Permitting Policy Lead

  • Abigail (Abby) Bradshaw

    National Funding Navigator Manager

  • Phil Cork

    Water Data Scientist

  • Maureen Cunningham

    Chief Strategy Officer & Director of Water

  • Tessa Edelen

    Southeast Funding Navigator Manager

  • Grace Edinger

    Procurement Strategy Lead

  • Susan Finlay

    Executive Assistant

  • Erica Galante-Johnson

    Senior Policy Analyst, Lead Service Line Replacement

  • Danielle Goshen

    Senior Policy Analyst, Water Infrastructure

  • Phoebe Higgins

    Director of Nature and Markets

  • Pete Hill

    Senior Policy Advisor, Green Infrastructure

  • Harry Huntley

    Agriculture Policy Lead

  • Kavita Kapur Macleod

    Conservation Finance & Environmental Markets Fellow

  • Lauren Kwan

    Policy & Data Analyst, Water Infrastructure

  • Jessica Lamb

    Assistant Director of Water Communications and Operations

  • Becca Madsen

    Director, Restoration Economy Center

  • Jessie Mahr

    Director of Technology

  • Tim Male

    Executive Director

  • Palencia Mobley

    Midwest Funding Navigator Manager

  • Sapna Mulki

    Water Policy & Engagement Manager

  • Valerie Nguyen

    Water Administrative Assistant

  • Christina Petagna

    Mid-Atlantic Funding Navigator Manager

  • Janet Pritchard

    Director of Water Infrastructure Policy

  • Christopher Putney

    External Affairs and Strategy Lead

  • Mary Samar

    Funding Navigator Manager

  • Marc Santos

    Water Consultant

  • Ryan Sarsfield

    Senior Advisor for Biodiversity Markets

  • Denise Schmidt

    Director, Funding Navigator

  • Lilly Slaughter

    Funding Navigator Associate

  • Nicole Stiffarm

    Tribal Partnerships Manager

  • Jack Travis

    Water Law Fellow

  • EmmaLi Tsai

    Data Scientist

  • Reed Van Beveren

    Technology Policy and Research Lead

  • Cole von Glahn

    Senior Technology Policy Analyst

  • Gabriel Watson

    Data Science and Applications Lead

  • Charles Wight

    Water Data Consultant