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Jamie Beck Alexander
Director of Drawdown Labs
Elizabeth Bagley
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Crystal Chissell
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Jonathan Foley
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Chad Frischmann
Senior Director, Research & Technology
Mamta Mehra
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Matt Scott
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Matthew Shambroom
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Kirsten (Kat) Taylor
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Katharine Wilkinson
Editor-in-Chief, The Drawdown Review
Senior Research Team
Ryan Allard
Senior Fellow for Transportation and Buildings
Kevin Bayuk
Senior Fellow, Financial Modeling
Tala Daya
Senior Fellow, Industry
Chris E. Forest
Senior Fellow, Climate Dynamics
Denton Gentry
Senior Fellow, Technology
Miranda Gorman
Senior Fellow, Industry
João Pedro Gouveia
Senior Fellow, Energy Systems
Emilia Jankowska
Senior Fellow, Oceans
Mamta Mehra
Senior Fellow, Land Use & Research Program Officer
Robin Pelc
Research Fellow, Oceans
Eric Toensmeier
Senior Fellow, Land Use Solutions
Melissa Ward
Research Fellow, Oceans
Chad Frischmann
Vice President, Research
Board of Directors
Janine Benyus
Co-Founder, Biomimicry 3.8
Peter Byck
Film Director and Producer, Carbon Nation
Professor, ASU Schools of Sustainability and Journalism
Jennifer Caldwell
President, Caldwell Fisher Family Foundation
Peggy Liu
Chairperson, JUCCCE
Martin O’Malley
Former Governor of Maryland
Bradley Palmer
Founder and Chairman, Palm Ventures
Laura Turner Seydel
Chairperson, Captain Planet Foundation
Dr. Jonathan Woetzel
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Co.; Director, McKinsey Global Institute; Co-Chair, Urban China Initiative