Our Team

Ana is the Executive Director for El Concilio of San Mateo County. Ana is a first generation Chicana/Latina born in the Bay Area and raised between borders. Ana has worked both in the public and non-profit sector with youth and community development programs in leadership, advocacy, and cultural awareness. Ana has her doctorates in Multicultural Education from the University of San Francisco and is also an adjunct faculty at Cal State University East Bay in the Ethnic Studies Department.

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Violet Wulf-Saena is the Founder & Executive Director of Climate Resilient Communities. Violet has served as an international climate change expert for over 10 years, and has worked with various groups in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island States (SIDS) to protect communities from the impacts of climate change. Violet’s dedication to elevating community leadership and response to environmental justice is rooted from her lived experiences in the South-Pacific.

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Dr. Gabrielle Wong-Parodi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth System Science and Center Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University. Her research focuses on applying behavioral decision research methods to address challenges associated with global environmental change, and to create evidence-based strategies for informed decision making –with a particular focus on building resilience and sustainability in the face of a changing climate.

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Dr. Jennifer Suckale is an Assistant Professor of Geophysics and, by courtesy, of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Center Fellow, by courtesy, at the Woods Institute for the Environment. Her research focuses on disaster risk and resilience. She approaches this challenge both from a fundamental point of view by advancing the understanding of the processes that govern extreme events, and from an applied point of view via scientific co-production approach with private and public partners.

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Ortensia Lopez is the former Executive Director of El Concilio of San Mateo County. Ortensia is a nationally recognized leader in creating coalitions, collaboratives and partnerships, which have resulted in innovative initiatives that have empowered and ensured participation for low-income communities. She has been working in the Non-Profit sector for over forty-one years in executive management positions serving as a change agent for disenfranchised communities.

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El Concilio of San Mateo County
adriana@el-concilio.org

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Climate Resilient Communities
cade.cannedy@crc.acterra.org

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kae.jensen@crcommunities.org

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elizabeth.diazjacobo@crcommunities.org

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Climate Resilient Communities
theo.gress@crcommunities.org

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Climate Resilient Communities
lesley.lopez@crc.acterra.org

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Climate Resilient Communities

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Climate Resilient Communities

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Climate Resilient Communities

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Climate Resilient Communities

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Climate Resilient Communities

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Stanford University

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Stanford University

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Stanford University

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Stanford University

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Stanford University

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RTI International

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Sonoma Technology, Inc.

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