Our Team
Drawdown Staff
Jonathan Foley
Executive Director
Chad Frischmann
Vice President & Research Director
Crystal Chissell
Vice President of Operations and Engagement
Catherine Foster
Research Program Coordinator
Katharine Wilkinson
Vice President of Communication & Engagement
Kit Seeborg
Director of Communication
Jamie Beck Alexander
Director of Drawdown Labs
Elizabeth Bagley
Director, Drawdown Learn
Senior Research Team
Ryan Allard, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow for Transportation and Buildings
Kevin Bayuk
Senior Fellow, Financial Modeling
Tala Daya, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Industry
Chris E. Forest, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Climate Dynamics
Denton Gentry
Senior Fellow, Technology
Miranda Gorman, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Industry
João Pedro Gouveia, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Energy Systems
Mamta Mehra, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Biosequestration Modeling
Eric Toensmeier
Senior Fellow, Land Use Solutions
Catherine Foster
Research Program Coordinator
Chad Frischmann
Vice President, Research
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
Pedro Diniz
Founder, Fazenda da Toca and Instituto Toca
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