Our Workgroups

Freshwater

Protecting our most vital and shrinking natural resources that are essential to every species, particularly humans. 

workgroup co-leads

Usman Mahmood

Policy Analyst

Martin Castro

Watershed Program Director

Freshwater

Protecting our most vital and shrinking natural resources that are essential to every species, particularly humans. 

workgroup co-leads

Usman Mahmood

Policy Analyst

Martin Castro

Watershed Program Director

Freshwater

Protecting our most vital and shrinking natural resources that are essential to every species, particularly humans. 

workgroup co-leads

Usman Mahmood

Policy Analyst

Martin Castro

Watershed Program Director

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Legacy Lands

Pursuing resources and policy change for culturally informed and equitable private land conservation.

workgroup co-leads

Rep. Kristina Ortez

Board Member

Kenya Crumel

Black Land & Power Director

Legacy Lands

Pursuing resources and policy change for culturally informed and equitable private land conservation.

workgroup co-leads

Rep. Kristina Ortez

Board Member

Kenya Crumel

Black Land & Power Director

Legacy Lands

Pursuing resources and policy change for culturally informed and equitable private land conservation.

workgroup co-leads

Rep. Kristina Ortez

Board Member

Kenya Crumel

Black Land & Power Director

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Ocean

Ensuring the myriad challenges facing our oceans and coasts are addressed by policymakers to conserve these ecosystems for future generations.

workgroup co-leads

Jasmin Graham

Executive Director

Angelo Villagomez

Senior Fellow

Ocean

Ensuring the myriad challenges facing our oceans and coasts are addressed by policymakers to conserve these ecosystems for future generations.

workgroup co-leads

Jasmin Graham

Executive Director

Angelo Villagomez

Senior Fellow

Ocean

Ensuring the myriad challenges facing our oceans and coasts are addressed by policymakers to conserve these ecosystems for future generations.

workgroup co-leads

Jasmin Graham

Executive Director

Angelo Villagomez

Senior Fellow

Priorities, Projects & Campaigns

Ensuring our collective work is rooted in our common values and maximizes the Coalition's potential to execute our strategies and reach our goals by 2030. This group comprises the co-leads of all issue based workgroups as well as partners whose missions lie at the intersection of our land, freshwater and ocean work. For example, we believe Tribal Sovereignty and Environmental Justice must underlie all our work across issues

workgroup co-leads

Kate Burgess

Conservation Program Manager

Jerry Otero

Policy Director

Priorities, Projects and Campagins

Ensuring our collective work is rooted in our common values and maximizes the Coalition's potential to execute our strategies and reach our goals by 2030. This group comprises the co-leads of all issue based workgroups as well as partners whose missions lie at the intersection of our land, freshwater and ocean work. For example, we believe Tribal Sovereignty and Environmental Justice must underlie all our work across issues

workgroup co-leads

Jerry Otero

Policy Director

Kate Burgess

Conservation Program Manager

Priorities, Projects and Campagins

Ensuring our collective work is rooted in our common values and maximizes the Coalition's potential to execute our strategies and reach our goals by 2030. This group comprises the co-leads of all issue based workgroups as well as partners whose missions lie at the intersection of our land, freshwater and ocean work. For example, we believe Tribal Sovereignty and Environmental Justice must underlie all our work across issues.

workgroup co-leads

Kate Burgess

Conservation Program Manager

Jerry Otero

Policy Director

Public Lands

Leveraging public lands protection tools to ensure ecologically and culturally significant lands are solutions to the climate, extinction, and inequitable nature access crises.

workgroup co-leads

Priya Nanjappa

Vice President of Conservation Programs

Kara Matsumoto

Policy Director

Public Lands

Leveraging public lands protection tools to ensure ecologically and culturally significant lands are solutions to the climate, extinction, and inequitable nature access crises.

workgroup co-leads

Priya Nanjappa

Vice President of Conservation Programs

Kara Matsumoto

Policy Director

Public Lands

Leveraging public lands protection tools to ensure ecologically and culturally significant lands are solutions to the climate, extinction, and inequitable nature access crises.

workgroup co-leads

Priya Nanjappa

Vice President of Conservation Programs

Kara Matsumoto

Policy Director

Urban Parks & Green Space

Prioritizing access to nature in cities, densely populated areas and communities that are deprived of access to equitable natural and cultural outdoor spaces.

workgroup co-leads

Christopher Ramirez

Executive Director

Joel Pannell

Vice President of Urban Forestry

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Urban Parks and Green Space

Prioritizing access to nature in cities, densely populated areas and communities that are deprived of access to equitable natural and cultural outdoor spaces.

workgroup co-leads

Christopher Ramirez

Executive Director

Joel Pannell

Vice President of Urban Forestry

Urban Parks and Green Space

Prioritizing access to nature in cities, densely populated areas and communities that are deprived of access to equitable natural and cultural outdoor spaces.

workgroup co-leads

Christopher Ramirez

Executive Director

Joel Pannell

Vice President of Urban Forestry

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Wildlife

Ensuring conservation measures protect biodiversity and species from multiple threats including habitat destruction and fragmentation and pollution.

workgroup co-leads

Corina Newsome

Conservation Scientist

Jewel Tomasula

Policy Director

Wildlife

Ensuring conservation measures protect biodiversity and species from multiple threats including habitat destruction and fragmentation and pollution.

workgroup co-leads

Corina Newsome

Conservation Scientist

Jewel Tomasula

Policy Director

Wildlife

Ensuring conservation measures protect biodiversity and species from multiple threats including habitat destruction and fragmentation and pollution.

workgroup co-leads

Corina Newsome

Conservation Scientist

Jewel Tomasula

Policy Director

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