New Horizons 2021 Agenda
Day One
Waiting Room
Welcome, Orientation, and Opening Address
Professor, School of the Environment
Yale University
Diversity and Transparency in Environmental Organizations
Video: Diversity Pathways and Emerging Conservationists of Color
Master's student, University of Michigan
Undergraduate student, University of Miami
Undergraduate student, Stevenson University
RAY Diversity Fellowship Conservation, Program Manger, Environmental Leadership Program
Master's student, University of Michigan
Ph.D. student, University of Illinois
Welcome from the Dean of the Yale School of the Environment
Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean
Professor of Ecosystem Ecology
School of the Environment
Yale University
Break
Plenary 1: Climate Justice: Current and Future Challenges
Vice President of Environmental Justice, Climate, and Community Revitalization
National Wildlife Federation
Senior Director, Environmental and Climate Justice Program
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies
Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College
Bridging Climate Science, Climate Adaptation, and Climate Justice
Professor
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Geography, and African Studies
Penn State University
Global Climate Justice as the Foundation for Addressing the Climate Crisis
Professor, School of the Environment
Yale University
Environment and Community Mobilization: The Case of an Upcoming Alabama Election
Assistant Professor, School of Agriculture
Tuskegee University
Lecturer, School for Environment and Sustainability
University of Michigan
She/Her/Hers
Break
Structured Networking
Assistant Professor, School of Agriculture
Tuskegee University
Director of Enrollment Management
School of the Environment
Yale University
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies
Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College
Bridging Climate Science, Climate Adaptation, and Climate Justice
Professor
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Geography, and African Studies
Penn State University
Global Climate Justice as the Foundation for Addressing the Climate Crisis
Founder and Executive Director
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
The Power of Communiversity, Linking HBCU's and Communities to Create Change
Executive Vice President, Metropolitan Group
Executive Director
Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint
Assistant Professor
School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
University of Maryland
Unequal Protection Revisited: Pressing Toward the Mark of Infrastructural Justice, Risk Reduction, and Leveling the Landscape
Professor, School of the Environment and the Law School
Yale University
Program Officer, Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Senior Program Officer, Bullitt Foundation
President, Pisces Foundation
Executive Director, Sierra Club
Founder
Nature, Youth Connection, & Education
Is Nature the Same Thing to All People?
Vice President of Environmental Justice, Climate, and Community Revitalization
National Wildlife Federation
co-Executive Director, Greenpeace
Racial Discourses, Injustices, Equity, and Engagement in Conservation Organizations
Executive Director, Park Foundation
Executive Director, Island Foundation
Associate Professor of Environmental Systems
School of the Environment
Yale University
Executive Director, Land Loss Prevention Project
Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Michigan
Day Two
Graduate Student and Young Professional Poster Session -- Refereed
Graduate Student, Environmental Social Sciences
The Ohio State University
Lab Manager, Reed College
M.S. Student, Wildlife Sciences
Virginia Tech
Founder, M4EJ (Millenials for Environmental Justice)
Qualitative Researcher
Project Coordinator, GRID Alternatives
Program Coordinator, Energy Foundation
Ph.D. Student, Urban Affairs and Public Policy
Biden School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Delaware
Master of Environmental Design Candidate, School of Architecture
Yale University
M.S. Enviromental Science, School of the Environment
Yale University
Independent Consultant, Kapwa Consulting & Upright Consulting Services
RAY Clean Energy Fellow - Africa, Islands, and Southeast Asia Program
Rocky Mountain Institute
Dangermond GIS Fellow
Ph.D. Student, Sociology
University of Utah
Ph.D. Student, American Studies
Boston University
M.S. Candidate, Department of Environmental Conservation
University of Massachusetts
Masters in Environmental Management Student, School of the Environment
Yale University
Research and Programs Student Assistant
Center for Food Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Santa Clara University
Researcher, Santa Clara University
Research and Programs Student Assistant
Center For Food Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Santa Clara University
Master of Environmental Science Student, School of the Environment
Yale University
Master of Environmental Management
School of the Environment
Yale University
Master in Public Health Student
Southern Connecticut State University
Sustainability Fellow, Yale Office of Sustainability
Masters student, Urban Sustainability and Applied Spatial Analysis for Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Antioch University
Master of Environmental Management candidate
School of the Environment
Yale University
Masters Student
School for Environment and Sustainability and Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan
University of Michigan
Ph.D. student in Earth & Environment
Boston University
She/Her/Hers
MEM & MA ‘21
Yale School of the Environment and the Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
Graduate Student, Environmental Informatics
University of Michigan
PhD candidate in fisheries, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Postdoc at University of California Berkeley
Geologist, Institute of Sustainable Development and Environment IDEMA
Master of Environmental Management candidate
Yale School of Environment
Master’s Student, Environmental Science
Yale University
MS/MBA Candidate
School for Environment and Sustainability and the Ross School of Business
University of Michigan
Master’s Student, Environmental Justice
School for Environment and Sustainability
University of Michigan
Environmental justice organizer, climate activist, and community educator
Kupu AmeriCorps
Maui Nui Seabird Recovery Project
Master’s student, School for the Environment and Sustainability
University of Michigan
University of Michigan
Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture, Biodiversity and Ornamental Horticulture
UASVM Bucharest
The Nature Conservancy
Masters Student, Biodiversity Conservation Management
Department of Landscape Architecture
University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest
Communications and Operations Coordinator, Salazar Center for North American Conservation
Landscape Architect
M.S. Student, University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute
Fisheries Scientist
Conservation Florida
PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Yale University
Conservation Leadership Program Fellow
MS Student, Environmental Science
DePaul University
He/Him/His
MEM’22
Project Assistant and Grant Writer, Laotu
Dual degree student, Master of Science in Environment and Sustainability and Master of Arts in International and Regional Studies
University of Michigan
Break
Video: Diversity Pathways and Emerging Young Professionals of Color in the Conservation Sector
Coordinator, Community Alliance for Agroecology
Climate Justice Director, Catalyst Miami
Assistant Professor, School of Agriculture
Tuskegee University
Government Affairs Associate
League of Conservation Voters
A Peek Behind the Big Green Curtain: Politics and Policy in the Nonprofit Sector
PhD Candidate, Clark University
Associate Director of Conservation, American Rivers
Coastal Planner, California Coastal Commission
Senior Program Manager - Communications
Environmental Grantmakers Association
Project Coordinator, GRID Alternatives
Program Research Analyst, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Environmental Justice Program Manager
National Wildlife Federation
Program Manager
National Association of City Transportation Officials
Translating Local Practice to Federal Policy
Plenary 2: Environmental Justice -- Research, Policy, and Community Mobilization
Professor, Environmental Studies
University of California at Santa Barbara
Professor, School of the Environment and the Law School
Yale University
Founder and Executive Director
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
The Power of Communiversity, Linking HBCU's and Communities to Create Change
Associate Director, Arabella Advisors
Break
Concurrent Workshop Sessions
Workshop 1: Effective Job Interviewing Techniques
Career Coach & President
Green Career Advisor
Senior Policy Analyst for Water Programs
Northeast-Midwest Institute
Workshop 2: Salary Negotiations and Competing Job Offers
Director of Human Resources and Culture
Clean Water Action
Policy Associate, We the People of Detroit
Workshop 3: Understanding the Grantmaking Process: How Do Foundations Make Grants and What Do They Look For?
Senior Program Officer, The Environment Program
The JPB Foundation
Executive Director, New England Grassroots Environment Fund
Challenging the Grantmaking Process to Build a More Equitable Funding Structure
Program Officer, Conservation & Sustainable Development
Program Officer, Philanthropy Field Support Program
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Workshop 4: Policymaking and Political Action
Regional Lead Enforcement Coordinator
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Enforcement – To Level the Playing Field or Deter Bad Actors?
Government Affairs Associate
League of Conservation Voters
A Peek Behind the Big Green Curtain: Politics and Policy in the Nonprofit Sector
Program Manager
National Association of City Transportation Officials
Translating Local Practice to Federal Policy
Environmental Justice Program Manager
National Wildlife Federation
Workshop 5: Writing Graduate School Essays and Navigating the Graduate School Application Process
Director of Enrollment Management
School of the Environment
Yale University
Ph.D. Student, Urban Affairs and Public Policy
Biden School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Delaware
Workshop 6: Community Engagement, Advocacy, and Organizing
Climate and Economic Transformation Fellow, Roosevelt Institute
Climate Justice Director, Catalyst Miami
Former Regional Organizer for Community Action Works
M.S. Environmental Justice
School for Environment and Sustainability
University of Michigan
Workshop 7: Film and Water Justice: Spotlight on Flint, Michigan
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Central Michigan University
Filmmaker, Kate Levy Productions
Executive Director
Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint
Lecturer, School for Environment and Sustainability
University of Michigan
She/Her/Hers
Workshop 8: Networking for Strategic Purposes
Executive Director, Career Development
Yale School of the Environment
Break
Plenary 3: Racial Discourses, Injustices, Equity, and Engagement in Conservation Organizations
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Audubon Society
Listening, Learning, and Leading: Audubon’s Path to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
co-Executive Director, Greenpeace
Racial Discourses, Injustices, Equity, and Engagement in Conservation Organizations
Director, Equitable Conservation
The Nature Conservancy
Executive Director, Sierra Club
Professor, School of the Environment
Yale University
Break
Concurrent Plenaries
Plenary 4: Nature, the Outdoors, Connectedness, Diversity, and Inclusion: International Dimensions
Chief Executive Officer, Youth Outside
Leveraging the Experiences of Young Adults of Color in the Outdoors
Founder and Director Emeritus, Latino Outdoors
Partner, Avarna Group
Founder
Nature, Youth Connection, & Education
Is Nature the Same Thing to All People?
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Beihang University
Is Environment a City Thing in China: Rural-Urban Difference in Environmental Attitudes
Ph.D. Candidate, History and African American Studies
Yale University
Plenary 5: Food, Energy, and Sustainability
Executive Director, Land Loss Prevention Project
Founder and Director
D-Town Farm and the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network
Associate Professor, Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
Associate Professor of Environmental Systems
School of the Environment
Yale University
Principal, Corporate Sustainability - Environmental Justice Manager
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Break
Networking
Government Affairs Associate
League of Conservation Voters
A Peek Behind the Big Green Curtain: Politics and Policy in the Nonprofit Sector
Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability
University of Michigan
Getting to Resilience, On Whose Time?
Climate and Economic Transformation Fellow, Roosevelt Institute
Filmmaker, Kate Levy Productions
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Central Michigan University
Career Coach & President
Green Career Advisor
Former Regional Organizer for Community Action Works
Professor, Environmental Studies
University of California at Santa Barbara
Program Officer, Fred and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation
Program Manager
National Association of City Transportation Officials
Translating Local Practice to Federal Policy
Director, Equitable Conservation
The Nature Conservancy
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Audubon Society
Listening, Learning, and Leading: Audubon’s Path to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Founder and Director Emeritus, Latino Outdoors
Partner, Avarna Group
Senior Director, Environmental and Climate Justice Program
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Day Three
Undergraduate Poster Session - Refereed
Junior, Public Health Sciences and Environmental Studies
University of Michigan
Double Major, Environmental Studies & Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Seattle University
Senior Thesis Student, Environmental Studies
Amherst College
Senior, Environmental Science and Policy
Smith College
External Affairs Coordinator
Woodwell Climate Research Center
Student, Evolution, Ecology, and Environmental Biology
University of Illinois at Chicago
Senior, Environment and Natural Resources
The Ohio State University
Senior, Environmental Geoscience & Sustainability and Geography Majors
Indiana State University
Senior, B.S. in Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Michigan
Undergraduate student of Liberal Arts, Political Science and International Relations
O P Jindal Global University
Undergraduate Student, Environmental Science and Human Needs and Global Resources
Wheaton College
Undergraduate Student, Biology and Environmental Studies
Bowdoin College
Undergraduate student, International Business, Portuguese, and Environmental Studies
University of South Carolina
Co-founder of Ciencia Para Todos (Science For All)
Undergraduate Student, Humboldt State University
Co-director and web designer of Ciencia Para Todos (Science For All)
Undergraduate Student, Wildlife Biology & Communications
Humboldt State University
Co-founder of Ciencia Para Todos (Science For All)
Undergraduate Student, Environmental Science & Management
Humboldt State University
Co-founder of Ciencia Para Todos (Science For All)
Undergraduate Student, Environmental Studies
Hawaii Pacific University
Undergraduate Senior, Integrative Biology, Environmental Science & Public Policy
Harvard University
Undergraduate Student, Environmental Studies
University of Central Florida
Concurrent Plenaries
Plenary 6: Pollution, Health, and Justice
Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Assistant Professor
School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
University of Maryland
Unequal Protection Revisited: Pressing Toward the Mark of Infrastructural Justice, Risk Reduction, and Leveling the Landscape
Associate Professor
Environmental and Natural Resource Sociology
The Ohio State University
Senior Program Manager - Communications
Environmental Grantmakers Association
Plenary 7: Environmental Grantmaking Foundations: Responding to the Pandemic; an Election; and Facilitating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Senior Program Officer, Bullitt Foundation
President, Pisces Foundation
Program Officer, Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Executive Director, Island Foundation
Executive Director, Park Foundation
Break
Video: Young, Gifted and Brown: The New Face of Innovators in the Conservation Sector
LP, IberSun Solar
Co-founder, Lillian Augusta
Co-founder, Emergence Collective
Ph.D. student, Sociology, University of California Santa Cruz
Executive Director
Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint
Founder and Director Emeritus, Latino Outdoors
Partner, Avarna Group
Video: Young, Gifted and Brown: The New Face of Conservation Leadership
Director, Safe & Healthy Products, Environmental Defense Fund
co-Executive Director, Greenpeace
Racial Discourses, Injustices, Equity, and Engagement in Conservation Organizations
Director, Equitable Conservation
The Nature Conservancy
Founding Partner, The Avarna Group
Climate and Economic Transformation Fellow, Roosevelt Institute
Operations Manager, Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition
Associate Director, Arabella Advisors
Plenary 8: Policy, Law, and Thinking Critically about the Nexus of Environmental Justice, Conservation, and Sustainability
Executive Vice President, Metropolitan Group
Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability
University of Michigan
Getting to Resilience, On Whose Time?
President, Institute for Sustainable Communities
Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Michigan
Professor, School of the Environment
Yale University
Poster Awards and Closing Address
After Hours: Celebrate, Continue Making Connections, and Network
Chief Executive Officer, Youth Outside
Leveraging the Experiences of Young Adults of Color in the Outdoors
Associate Professor
Environmental and Natural Resource Sociology
The Ohio State University
Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Regional Lead Enforcement Coordinator
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Enforcement – To Level the Playing Field or Deter Bad Actors?
Climate Justice Director, Catalyst Miami
Senior Program Officer, The Environment Program
The JPB Foundation
Executive Director, New England Grassroots Environment Fund
Challenging the Grantmaking Process to Build a More Equitable Funding Structure
Director of Human Resources and Culture
Clean Water Action
Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean
Professor of Ecosystem Ecology
School of the Environment
Yale University
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