2022 CJDF Mentor

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Kyla Bennett

Director of Science Policy at PEER

Kyla Bennett (she/her/hers) previously worked at EPA Region 1 for 10 years as a wetland permit reviewer and as the Region’s Wetlands Enforcement Coordinator. She is currently PEER’s Director for the Northeast and Midatlantic and PEER’s Director of Science Policy.... Read more about Kyla Bennett

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Billy Fleming

Wilks Family Director Ian L. McHarg Center
Billy Fleming (he/him/his) is the Wilks Family Director of the Ian L. McHarg Center in the Weitzman School of Design, a senior fellow with Data for Progress, and co-director of the “climate + community project.”... Read more about Billy Fleming
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Nick Hand

Director of Finance, Policy, Data Office of the City Controller Philadelphia
Nick Hand is the director of the Finance, Policy, and Data unit in the Office of the City Controller in Philadelphia. His team works to produce data-driven, objective analysis of financial policy in the City of Philadelphia and improve transparency around the City’s spending of taxpayer dollars.... Read more about Nick Hand
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Crystal Lee

Assistant Professor in Computational Media and Design at MIT
Crystal Lee (she/her/hers) is currently a Senior Fellow in Responsible Computer Science at Mozilla and an incoming Assistant Professor in Computational Media... Read more about Crystal Lee
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Nejem Raheem

Associate Professor, Emerson College Department of Marketing Communication

 

Nejem Raheem brings almost 20 years of experience as an environmental economist to his research and teaching work at Emerson College. His expertise is in economic analysis of natural resource and environmental issues, focusing on ecosystem services and traditional or indigenous economies.... Read more about Nejem Raheem

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Danielle Rivera

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture + Environmental Planning at the University of California Berkeley
Danielle Zoe Rivera (she/her/ hers) is Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture + Environmental Planning at the University of California Berkeley. She is part of a university-wide initiative focused on climate equity and environmental justice.... Read more about Danielle Rivera
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Lily Song

Assistant Professor, Northeastern University School of Architecture and the School of Public Policy and Urban Planning
Dr. Lily Song (she/her/hers) is an urban planner and activist-scholar who specializes in studying and undertaking long-term community engagement practices in... Read more about Lily Song
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Abby Spinak

Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Abby Spinak (she/her/hers) studies energy history, with a particular interest in the politics of utility ownership and the role of infrastructure in disseminating economic ideas. Her current research ties the history of electrification in the rural United States to the evolution of twentieth-century American capitalism and alternative economic visions.... Read more about Abby Spinak