Nicole has dedicated her professional life to grassroots mobilization and philanthropic administration. Nicole’s interest in Alaska’s wildlife began as a teenager, when she worked on the crew of a salmon setnetting operation in Kasilof, Alaska. She then studied geography and international development
Angute’karaq (Estelle Thomson) is an enrolled member of the Native Village of Paimiut, a descendant of one of the original five families of Paimiut. As Paimiut is a displaced tribe, her hometown is the Southwestern Bering Sea Coast community of Hooper Bay (originally
Matt Huddleston is a Senior Climate Resilience Consultant at Resilient Analytics. He leads the energy and climate risk analysis focus for Resilient Analytics. Matt specializes in building system modeling for the built environment and has developed groundbreaking models that study internal building
Rafael Guzman has 21 years of municipal government experience, including 16 years in executive roles including Assistant City Manager, Director of Community and Economic Development and Director of Planning. As the City’s first Chief Sustainability Officer, he established cross-cutting teams formed around
Carlos Evans is the Director of the Office of Environmental Quality & Sustainability. Mr. Evans is an environmental attorney with two decades of experience negotiating complex environmental enforcement actions and providing legal and policy advice on matters related to environmental enforcement, rulemaking,
Karri Ving, a Managing Principal at Brown and Caldwell, is committed to placing trust at the center of municipal water infrastructure through sound governance, community partnership, and circular business models. Ms. Ving launched her career in the water sector by pioneering San
Rosey Jencks, Vice President, is Brown and Caldwell’s National Specialty leader in Stormwater and Green Infrastructure. She specializes in urban watershed planning, resiliency and stormwater management. Prior to joining BC, Rosey led the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s Urban Watershed Management Program.
Dr. Patricia Whitby is Brown and Caldwell’s Water Stewardship Program Implementation Lead based in Colorado. In this role she supports clients in developing the framework to deliver on water commitments or goals. This includes resources and processes designed to capture and report