Our Team
Drawdown Staff

Jamie Beck Alexander
Director, Drawdown Labs

Elizabeth Bagley
Director, Drawdown Learn

Aiyana Bodi
Senior Associate, Drawdown Labs

Haley Bowling
Managing Editor, Drawdown Review

Crystal Chissell
Senior Director, Partnerships

Jonathan Foley
Executive Director

Chad Frischmann
Senior Director, Research & Technology

Julian Kraus-Polk
Senior Associate, Drawdown Labs

Mamta Mehra
Senior Fellow, Land Use & Research Program Officer

Kristen P Patterson
Director, Drawdown Lift

Todd Reubold
Director, Marketing & Communications

Matt Scott
Manager, Storytelling & Engagement

Matthew Shambroom
Director of Operations

Kirsten (Kat) Taylor
Research Program Assistant

Paul West
Director, Special Projects – Global Solutions Initiative
Research Team

Senorpe Asem-Hiablie
Research Fellow, Avoided Methane

Jay Barlow
Research Fellow, Engineered Sinks

Kevin Bayuk
Senior Fellow, Financial Modeling

Wu Chen
Research Fellow, Transportation

Kristina Colbert
Research Fellow, Avoided Methane

Chris E. Forest
Senior Fellow, Climate Dynamics

Chad Frischmann
Senior Director, Research & Technology

Miranda Gorman
Senior Fellow, Industry

Emilia Jankowska
Senior Fellow, Oceans

Heather Jones
Research Fellow, Transportation

Mamta Mehra
Senior Fellow, Land Use & Research Program Officer

Susan Miller-Davis
Research Fellow, Demand-Side Food Systems

Amrita Namasivayam
Research Fellow, Health & Education

Robin Pelc
Research Fellow, Oceans

Jon Schroeder
Research Fellow, Demand-Side Food Systems

Eric Toensmeier
Senior Fellow, Land Use Solutions
Board of Directors

Janine Benyus
Co-Founder, Biomimicry 3.8

Peter Byck
Film Director and Producer, Carbon Nation
Professor, ASU Schools of Sustainability and Journalism

Jennifer Caldwell
President, Caldwell Fisher Family Foundation

Peggy Liu
Chairperson, JUCCCE

Martin O’Malley
Former Governor of Maryland

Bradley Palmer
Founder and Chairman, Palm Ventures

Laura Turner Seydel
Chairperson, Captain Planet Foundation

Dr. Jonathan Woetzel
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Co.; Director, McKinsey Global Institute; Co-Chair, Urban China Initiative