River Rally 2026: Directory

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Brian

Brandon Hayes (he/him)

Bold Bison Communications and Consulting

Founder and Principal

Patrick Williams (He/Him)

Bold Bison Communications & Consulting

Director of Creative Services

HA

Hira Ahmad

Fred and Barbara Erb Family Foundation

Great Lakes Philanthropy Fellow

Sari Albornoz

City of Austin

Planner Senior/Community Engagement Planner

RA

Ryan Anderson

Southern Environmental Law Center

Staff Attorney

Lindsey Bacigal

Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition

Communications Manager

SB

Sharon Bagley

Not Orange, Inc.

Founder

Jackie Baham

New Orleans East Green Infrastructure Collective

Program Coordinator

Elizabeth Balladares

Hudson River Foundation/ NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program

Community Stewardship Manager/Lower Passaic Urban Waters Ambassador

JL

Juan Lazo Bautista

Defensores de la Cuenca

Field Director

KB

Kullen Bell

Great Coharie River Initiative

Watershed Coordinator

JB

Janis Bookout

Rain to River Community Activation Group

Rain to River Community Participant

LK

Lindsay K. Campbell

Marie Campbell

Harpeth Conservancy

Community Engagement Director

Christina Carrero

Hudson River Foundation/ NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program

Community Planning Associate/ Bronx and Harlem Rivers Urban Waters...

AG

Anna-Lisa Gonzales Castle

Elevate

Policy Director, Water

Martin Castro

Rio Grande International Study Center

Watershed Science Director

Dr. Angela Chalk, DHA, GIP

Healthy Community Services

Executive Director, Healthy Community Services

SC

Sabrina Chapa

Ties to la Tierra

Founder & Executive Director

DC

Dimple Chaudhary

PolicyLink & Former General Counsel for the EPA

Senior Fellow, Federal Agency Redesign

BC

Brenda Coley

Milwaukee Water Commons

Former co-Executive Director

Jenifer Collins

Clean Water for All Coalition

Coalition Director

RC

Rachel Conn

Amigos Bravos

Deputy Director

IC

InPartnership Consulting

Margaret Cook, PhD

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC)

Vice President, Water & Community Resilience

Tricia Cortez

Rio Grande International Study Center

Executive Director

DC

Dawn Curtis

Grassroots Impact Education Fund, Inc

Executive Director

ZD

Zachary Damato

Urban Rivers

Co-founder & Director of Strategic Partnerships (Urban Rivers)

LD

Lacey Davis

American Rivers

Associate Director, Floodplain Restoration

MD

Mariah Davis

Davis Strategies

President

Sinjin Eberle

American Rivers

Senior Director, Regional Communications

SE

Sarah Edwards

Southern Environmental Law Center

Legislative Counsel

LE

Lucy Evert

National Wildlife Federation

Eastern Regional Field Director

Christine Favilla

Sierra Club, Illinois Chapter

Three Rivers Project Coordinator

Guadalupe Fernandez

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Policy Strategy Director

MF

Mike Fiebig

American Rivers

Director, Southwest River Protection Program

TW

The Water Foundation

JF

Jessie Fuentes

Eagle Pass Border Coalition

Activist

Kelly Gagnon

City of Austin Watershed Protection

Principal Planner

SG

Sydney Garcia

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Senior Program Associate

YG

Yelitza Garcia

American Forests

Youth Engagement Manager

Jalisa Gilmore, MPH

Groundwork USA

Senior Manager of Health and Land Use Programs

KG

Kaiya Giuliano-Monroy

Brenna Goggin

River Network

Director of Leadership Development

Julian Gonzalez

Earthjustice

Senior Legislative Counsel

DG

Danielle Goshen

Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC)

Senior Policy Analyst, Water Infrastructure

Felice E. Green

Milwaukee Water Commons

Senior Director of Programming

BH

Becky Hammer

Natural Resources Defense Council

Senior Attorney, Nature

SH

Sharee Harrison

Orange Trail Mix

Founder

Jennifer Western Hauser

Wisconsin Wetlands Association

Policy Liason

ZH

Zach Hennessee

Southern Environmental Law Center

Staff Attorney

BH

Ben Hirsch

West Street Recovery

Co-Director of Organizing, Research, and Development

EH

Elsa Hull

Riverfront Landowner

April Ingle

River Network

Interim CEO

AJ

Arthur Johnson

Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development

Chief Executive Officer

Erin Kanzig

River Network

Drinking Water Program Director

DK

David Keller

Keller Consulting

Archeologist, Historian, and Historic Preservationist

TK

Tymon Khamsi

City of Austin Watershed Protection

Planner III/Community Engagement Planner

Ellen Kohler, JD, MS

The Water Center at the University of Pennsylvania

Director of Applied Research and Policy

Katy Lackey

PolicyLink

Senior Associate, Water Equity & Climate Resilience

NL

Nicole Lampe

Water Hub

Managing Director

JL

Jonathan Lampley

Forest Service

Natural Resource Specialist

DM

Dr. Mel Lewis

Root to Flourish Collective

ML

Monica Lewis-Patrick

We the People of Detroit

Founder

Usman Mahmood

Bayou City Waterkeeper

Senior Policy Analyst

Dr. Mila Marshall, PhD

Sierra Club Illinois Chapter

Clean Water Advocate

CM

Colleen McGuire

River Network

Urban and Community Forestry Director

Gloria McNair

Groundwork Jacksonville

Chief Community Officer

Ozzy Meneses, AICP

Groundwork San Diego - Chollas Creek

Director of Community Projects and Partnerships

Hannah Mico

River Network

Resilient Communities Manager

CM

Charles Miller

Alabama Rivers Alliance

Policy Director

Kennedy Moore

The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans

State Policy Coordinator &amp; EPA Urban Waters Ambassador

DM

David Moryc

American Rivers

Senior Director, National River Protection Program

Brian Murphy

River Network

Healthy Rivers Program Specialist

JM

Jim Murphy

National Wildlife Federation

Director of Legal Advocacy

KN

Kurt Naquin

School of Natural Resources at North Carolina State University

PH.D. Candidate

KO

Kristine Oblock

Clean Water For All

Protect Our Waters Senior Campaign Manager

GP

Gary Perez

JP

Jennifer Peters

Water Policy Consultant

RP

Rebecca Pryor

Guardians of Flushing Bay

Executive Director

FR

Frida Ramirez

Bold Bison Communications & Consulting

Creative Specialist

AR

Anua Reyes

GR

Giancarlo Richardson

PNEP Tribal Coastal Resilience Connections Team

Cartographer

AR

American Rivers

BR

Beth Roach

Sierra Club

National Water Conservation Manager

RR

Rita Robles

Northeast Action Collective and CEER

Hub Captain and Climate Navigator

JJ

Jacqueline (Jackie) Rogers

The Garden by the Bay

President

JR

Julianna Roseo

WaterNow Alliance

Water Policy Associate

SS

Sarah Schlessinger

Texas Water Foundation

CEO

VZ

Val Z. Schull

GreenLatinos

Water and Ocean Program Director

ES

Eileen Shader

American Rivers

Sr Director, Floodplain Restoration

Portia Shepherd

Black Belt Women Rising

Executive Director

ES

Emily Simonson

PolicyLink

Director, Project Redesign

DB

Dr. Bernard Singleton

Dillard University & Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development (CSED)

Environmental Research Director/Co-Founder of CSED's Environmental...

Becky Smith

Clean Water Action

Texas State Director

BS

Britton Smith

Saved by Sting LLC

Facilitator/Artist/Advocate

Ari Snow

City of Sheridan

City Planner

Diamond Spratling

Girl Plus Environment

Founder & Executive Director

JS

Jessica Swindon

Groundwork Denver

Water Program Director

AT

Amanda Thackray

Artist

Alex Tiscareño

Sheridan Inspire & Groundwork Denver

Sheridan Inspire Director

ST

Stefania Tomaskovic

Coalition for Environment, Equity and Resilience (CEER)

Executive Director

DM

Dr. Mark Tompkins

FlowWest

Principal Engineering Geomorphologist

MT

Matilde Torres-Romero

Tara Tran

Reno Initiative for Shelter and Equality

Project Leader, One Truckee River Workforce

Emily Vail

Hudson River Watershed Alliance

Executive Director

JW

Jennifer Walker

National Wildlife Federation

Texas Coast and Waters Program, Senior Director

DW

David Wheaton

Legal Defense Fund

Assistant Policy Counsel

VP

Vanessa Puig Williams

Environmental Defense Fund

Senior Director and Attorney

RW

Rachel Wu

Guardians of Flushing Bay

Community Engagement Manager

GW

Greg Wukasch

San Antonio Water System

External Affairs Manager

John Zablocki

American Rivers

National River Protection Program Director

Yasmin Zaerpoor

PolicyLink

Director of Water Equity and Climate Resilience

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