BOARD AND OFFICERS.
Rocío González
Board President
Executive Director of Futaleufú Riverkeeper
Tracy Solum
Board Secretary
Community Action Grants Program Officer at Rainforest Action Network
Raghu Raghavan
Board member
Sustainability Manager at University of Missouri
Myra Villella
Treasurer
STAFF AND ADVISORS.
Konrad Fisher, Director
Konrad is a lifelong advocate for equity between current and future generations. For 20+ years, he has conducted public-interest advocacy and research focused on water, climate, and economic policy. As Director of Water Climate Trust, Konrad coordinates policy advocacy to achieve verifiable climate mitigation and water allocation that prioritizes ecosystems and the human right to water. Previously, as Director of Klamath Riverkeeper, Konrad advanced multi-stakeholder campaigns to un-dam the Klamath River and uphold laws protecting rivers from excessive water diversions. Before that, he coordinated a campaign that achieved representation for Native American Tribes within California's Integrated Regional Water Management planning process. He also has coordinated media relations for the Mobilization for Climate Justice; researched U.N. carbon offset projects in India for Focus on the Global South, and worked as a writer in Central American. He graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in International Relations & Economics.
Stephanie Tidwell, Engagement Director
As the principal of Great Green Good Consulting, the prior Executive Director of KS Wild, and a founding member of Rogue Riverkeeper and Klamath Riverkeeper, Stephanie has decades of policy, media, and development experience. She holds master’s degrees in Communications and Environmental Policy from the University of Colorado.
Delia Sanchez,
Organizer
Delia is a member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and of Klamath, Pit River, Umpqua, and tchinook descent. She is a dedicated mother to many children and a Tribal rights and food sovereignty advocate currently residing in Chiloquin, OR. She is the founder of the Chiloquin School Garden Project and a co-founder of Maqlaqs Geetni, an ecosystem restoration company guided by Indigenous cultural and environmental principles.
Ashia Grae Wolf Wilson,
Organizer
Ashia is a University of Oregon senior, Ford Foundation Scholar, Klamath Tribes member of Modoc descent, and Klamath Tribes’ Youth Leadership Council founder. She works with Rios to Rivers and Water Climate Trust to empower Indigenous Youth and protect freshwater ecosystems. Her interviews have appeared in documentary films and Vanity Fair Magazine.
Philip Albers Jr., Advisor
Phil is the Karuk Tribal TANF Cultural Activities Coordinator. He has worked within the Karuk Tribal community and neighboring communities his whole life. He has facilitated trainings on Cultural Ethics, Cultural Practices and Tribal History for the Klamath River Tribal communities and within academic settings across Northern California and Southern Oregon. Phil has also been a water advocate since 1995 with individuals who formed Water Climate Trust. He has participated in numerous Klamath River advocacy efforts across Oregon and California. Phil graduated from Southern Oregon University with a B.S. in Athletic Training, a Certificate in Native American Studies and a Karuk Language Teaching Credential.
Paul Kibel, Advisor
Paul is a law professor at Golden Gate University School of Law and Natural Resource Counsel at Water & Power Law Group. Paul is an advisor to Water Climate Trust and will co-author a report with Water Climate Trust's Director about the California Reasonable Use Doctrine and Public Trust Doctrine. Water Climate Trust shares its San Francisco office with Water Power Law Group. Water Climate Trust’s Director worked previously with Water Power Law Group to draft provisions in the California Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 to protect stream and river flows from excessive groundwater pumping.
Don Mooney, Advisor
Don has practiced environmental and water law for nearly 30 years. He represents national and local environmental organizations throughout California in the areas of water law, land use, and endangered species protection. Since 1991, Don has represented the Owens Valley Committee in its continuing battles with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to protect instream flows in the Owens River. In 1996, Don began working with Konrad Fisher (now Director of Water Climate Trust) to end an unlawful water diversion from a Klamath River tributary that regularly killed endangered juvenile salmon. This work ultimately led to a historic California Water Board hearing in 2018, and a temporary enforcement action by California that stopped an unlawful diversion and prevented salmon and steelhead from being stranded and killed.