Meet Your Network

Meet the heroes safeguarding water for our families and communities. We invite you to get to know some outstanding water champions taking action for clean water and healthy rivers from coast to coast.

Doris Brown Co-Director of Community Research, Organizing, and Special Events at West Street Recovery
Fatuma Emmad Executive Director, Co-Founder, and Head Farmer at Frontline Farming
Ann-Marie Mitroff Former Director of River Programs at Groundwork USA

Melanie Ariens Environmental Artist in Residence at Milwaukee Water Commons
Christina McVie President at Community Water Coalition of Southern Arizona
Arthur Johnson CEO at Lower 9 Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development

Trey Sherard Riverkeeper at Anacostia Riverkeeper
Cheyenne Holliday Water Justice Coordinator at Verde
Dianne Dillon-Ridgley

Darryl Haddock Education Director at West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
Nicole Lampe Managing Director, Water Hub at Climate Nexus
Amin Davis Board Member at Partners for Environmental Justice

Gary Ananian Founder & Executive Director of Kern River Conservancy
André Sanchez San Joaquin Valley Organizer at California Wilderness Coalition (CalWild)
Caroline Koch Water Policy Director at WaterNow Alliance

Steven Schauer Director of External Communications at the San Antonio River Authority
Iyana Simba Water Policy Director at Illinois Environmental Council
Gloria McNair Manager of Community Engagement and Equity Initiatives at Groundwork Jacksonville

Gretchen Rank Executive Director, Mancos Conservation District
Anna-Lisa Castle Water Policy Manager at Alliance for the Great Lakes
Beth Styler Barry Director of River Restoration of The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey

Stacey Isaac Berahzer & Anna Wolf IB Environmental (ibE) & Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT)
Ean Thomas Tafoya Colorado Field Advocate at GreenLatinos
Dani Lindamood Program Manager at Wellington Water Watchers

Charles Miller Law Student & Junior Board Member at the Alabama Rivers Alliance
Julian Gonzalez Legislative Counsel at Earthjustice
Sandra Meola Director of the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed

Mariah Davis Policy and Campaigns Manager at Choose Clean Water Coalition
Sky Jones Lewey Education Resource and Protection Director of Nueces River Authority
Alicia Smith Community Engagement Director at Freshwater Future

Brandon Hayes Founder of Bold Bison Communications and Consulting
Cecilia Riviere Asst Director at University City Exchange and Rio Reimagined
Cecilia Rosacker Executive Director at Rio Grande Agricultural Land Trust

Megan Nguyen Bay Area Hub Coordinator at Sunrise Movement
Chloe Wang River Programs Coordinator at Bartram's Garden
Joanne Douglas Watershed Interpretation & Youth River Program Manager at Bartram's Garden

Matt Rota Senior Policy Director at Healthy Gulf
Bailey Kennett Desert Rivers Program Manager at the Arizona Land and Water Trust
Tom Vaughan Co-Founder of the Rio Grande International Study Center

Amanda Pitzer Executive Director at Friends of the Cheat
Catherine Coleman Flowers Founding Director at the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice
Nancy Pappas Managing Director at Headwaters at the Comal

Nayamin Martinez Director of the Central California Environmental Justice Network
Kevin Jeffery Landscape Architect Associate at MRV Architects
Harold Thomas Assistant Director of the Watershed Management Group

Aly Shaw Representative at UFCW Local 1776
Kim Gaddy Environmental Justice Organizer at Clean Water Action of New Jersey
Rachel Conn Projects Director at Amigos Bravos

Kristin Reilly Director of the Choose Clean Water Coalition
Amanda Monaco Policy Coordinator at the Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
Adam Marciniak Board Member and Volunteer at Friends of the Black River

Brenda Coley Co-Executive Director at Milwaukee Water Commons
Juliana Gonzalez Executive Director of The Watershed Project
Cindy Chang Executive Director of Groundwork Denver

Cindy Lowry Executive Director of the Alabama River Alliance
Kira Davis Program Director at Conservation Resource Alliance
Season Martin Co-Founder and Partner at Martin & McCoy

Nicole Messacar Education Coordinator at the LaPorte County SWCD
Bob Zimmerman Retired Executive Director of the Charles River Watershed Association
Cary Denison Gunnison Basin Project Coordinator at Trout Unlimited

We the People of Detroit
Raj Shukla Executive Director at River Alliance of Wisconsin
Melinda Booth Executive Director of the South Yuba River Citizens League

Julia Blatt Founding Executive Director of the Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
Tillie Walton River Conservationist and Strategic Environmental Consultant

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