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