Natalia Carter is a solar professional, socialpreneur and environmental activist. She started her career in the solar industry with SolarCity/Tesla, continued expanding her expertise with SunPro and now works as an independent solar energy consultant. Natalia helps homeowners switch to clean, abundant solar energy while saving money on their electric bill and creating a smart, distributed… [Read More]
Erika Valek ’15
Erika Valek is a Soil Conservationist with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), where she works with farmers to design natural resource conservation plans for their land. Erika holds an MSc in Land Reclamation and Remediation from the University of Alberta and previously interned with the NRCS while attending… [Read More]
Don Kelly ’14
Don Kelly is studying Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas while working as a design engineer for the Iota Foundation, a Berlin based non-profit distributed ledger research and development organization. Don believes that cultural paradigm shifts required for sustainable living can be motivated by the value proposition of attractive technologies that enable more… [Read More]
Sarah Dillabough ‘16
After returning to El Paso after graduating with a major in Environmental Studies and Political Science and a minor in French, I worked with Texas Senator Jose Rodriguez in his district office as a legislative intern. I then did one year of AmeriCorps VISTA service with the City of El Paso Resilience and Sustainability Department.… [Read More]
Samantha Kannenberg ’13
Samantha Kannenberg received her BA in Environmental Studies and Biology at Austin College in 2013. As an undergraduate student, Samantha interned with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. Since graduation, Samantha has been working as an Environmental Scientist and Project Manager at Halff Associates, Inc.… [Read More]
Jade Rutledge ’09
Jade Rutledge is currently an Aquatic Scientist for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. She conducts environmental and conservation reviews of water rights applications. She also facilitates environmental flows stakeholder groups throughout the state. Prior to this position, Jade worked on education programming at a variety of national and state parks in Oregon, Alaska, and… [Read More]
Ann Huston ’09
Ann Huston is a park ranger in one of the “Mighty Five” national parks in Utah. She first worked with the National Park Service (NPS) as a Student Conservation Association (SCA) intern after college. As a ranger, she provides educational programs on natural and cultural resources the park protects.
Lindsey (St. Clair) Griffin ’11
Lindsey (St. Clair) Griffin is an environmental scientist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at the Region 6 location in Dallas, Texas. She is the State Coordinator for the state of Oklahoma where she works with the agencies in charge of water quality standards, water quality monitoring, developing Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), assessment of… [Read More]
Maegan Fitzgerald ’09
Maegan Fitzgerald is a doctoral student in primatology and wildlife sciences at the Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University, Japan. She holds an M.S. in Ecosystem Science and Management from Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on using emerging technologies to identify strategies for balancing conservation and socioeconomic development in the Nimba region of Guinea,… [Read More]
Kathryn Turner ’08
Kathryn Turner, Ph.D. is a Research Associate at The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas, where she works on reducing diseases in perennial grains. Unlike corn, wheat, and rice, perennial grains do not need to be planted every year. Thus, fields do not need to be plowed annually, which reduces erosion, and their deeper roots impart… [Read More]