Marissa Leigh Alcala (pronouns: she/her) is a Project Finance Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, where she also serves as the Co-Partner-in-Charge of the Washington, DC office. Find her Leigh Alcala | Co-Partner-in-Charge (Washington, DC), Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP Outside Magazine called her "the most influential marine biologist of our time." Her mission is to build community around solutions to our climate crisis. She was named one of Elle's 27 Women Leading on Climate. She publishes widely, including in The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Time, and she blogs on Scientific American. from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in marine biology. Johnson earned a BA from Harvard University in environmental science and public policy, and a Ph.D. Previously, she was executive director of the Waitt Institute, developed policy at the EPA and NOAA, served as a leader of the March for Science, and taught as an adjunct professor at New York University. Recently, she co-authored the Blue New Deal, a roadmap for including the ocean in climate policy. Katharine Wilkinson, she co-edited the anthology All We Can Save, and co-founded The All We Can Save Project.
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She is founder of Urban Ocean Lab, a think tank for coastal cities, and is co-creator and co-host of the Spotify/Gimlet podcast How to Save a Planet. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, writer, and Brooklyn native. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson | Founder of Urban Ocean Lab & Co-Founder of The All We Can Save Projectĭr.
She has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctorate from The George Washington University Law School.ĭr. ▾Ĭommissioner Clements has served as a federal energy expert in several capacities, including as a member of a National Academies of Sciences committee on grid resilience, as co-chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center's electric grid initiative, and as a clinical visiting lecturer at Yale Law School.Ĭommissioner Clements grew up in Dayton, Ohio. Before that, Commissioner Clements spent several years in private legal practice. Prior to her time at Energy Foundation and Goodgrid, Commissioner Clements worked for a decade at Natural Resources Defense Council in New York, NY, as the organization's corporate counsel and then as director of the Sustainable FERC Project. She spent two years as director of the energy markets program at Energy Foundation. Prior to joining the Commission, Commissioner Clements was the founder and president of Goodgrid, LLC, an energy policy and strategy consulting firm. To relax and unwind, Nwamaka enjoys spending quiet time in her Oakland backyard savoring sips of bourbon.Ĭommissioner Allison Clements | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)Ĭommissioner Allison Clements has two decades of public and private sector experience in energy regulation and policy, representing utilities, independent power producers, nonprofits and philanthropies on grid policy issues. She graduated from UC Davis with a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and African American Studies and holds a Master's of Public Administration specializing in Financial Management from San Francisco State University. She proudly serves on the board of Thousand Currents, Restore Oakland, Inc. Nwamaka has served as a fellow for the Center for Economic Democracy and the Movement Strategy Center.
Her work with these community driven projects led her to providing trainings and advisory services to donors, foundations and impact investment firms including institutions like The San Francisco Foundation and RSF Social Finance.
As a consultant, she provided technical assistance and strategic guidance to community owned and governed community wealth building initiatives like Restore Oakland, Black Land & Power and others. Prior to joining the Kataly Team, Nwamaka built an independent consulting practice guided by her framework on Restorative Economics.
With a background in community organizing, electoral campaigns, policy and advocacy work on racial, social and environmental justice issues, Nwamaka is deeply committed to supporting projects that build resilient, healthy and self-determined communities rooted in shared prosperity. In her roles, Nwamaka collaborates with the Kataly Team to lead the foundation's day to day operations, while holding the community-centered strategy and vision for the Fund. Nwamaka is the CEO of the Kataly Foundation and Managing Director of the Restorative Economies Fund. Nwamaka Agbo | Founder & Principal, Nwamaka Agbo Consulting CEO, Kataly Foundation Managing Director, Restorative Economies Fund
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