Project Team
Meet the Team
Principal Investigators: Cynthia Harris, Greta Swanson
Research Associate: Margaret Badding
Public Interest Law Fellow: Rebecca Ramirez
Principal Investigators: Cynthia Harris, Greta Swanson
Research Associate: Margaret Badding
Public Interest Law Fellow: Rebecca Ramirez
Law Clerks:
Zoe Vogel, Summer 2022: Zoe is a rising 3L at the Tulane University Law School, where she serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal, Intersectionality Chair of the Environment & Energy Law Society, and a Research Assistant at the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy. Zoe received her bachelor's degree in Business from the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management.
Grace Gibson, Spring 2022: Grace is currently a student at Georgetown University Law Center committed to a career in public interest environmental law. She serves as Administrative Editor of Vol. 35 of the Georgetown Environmental Law Review and is a member of the Georgetown Environmental Law Society and the Native American Law Students Association. Grace is from Tampa, Florida and graduated from the University of Florida in 2019.
Research & Publications Interns:
Nina Jeffries, Spring 2022: Nina studied Environmental Science and Policy with a concentration in economics at the University of Maryland, College Park. On campus, she served as the Director of Sustainability for the Student Government Association and the Secretary of Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences. Nina has interned at Our Children's Trust, the Maryland Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Department of Justice. Nina plans to attend law school to study some mix of environmental, agricultural, energy, and natural resources law.
Lily Byrne, Spring 2022: Lily majored in Economics and Arabic and minored in Sustainability Studies at the University of Maryland. Lily has been assisting with several projects during her tenure at ELI, including historical research into the relationship between the state of California and Native American Tribes, the BRIGHT Guide, and working on social media for ELI’s Innovation Lab. Following graduation in the spring, Lily plans to take a gap year before attending law school and concentrate on energy and environmental policy.
Annalisse Eclipse, Fall 2021: Annalisse majored in Environment & Sustainability, with a concentration in Policy & Governance and a minor in Climate Change, at Cornell University. Annalisse grew up in southern California and is passionate about the intersection of environmental justice and policy. As part of the Cornell in Washington Program, Annalisse worked as a Research & Publications Intern at ELI in Fall 2021. During her time at ELI, Annalisse assisted the RWJF Tribe-State consultation project with preliminary research and organizing.
Support for this project was provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Policies for Action program. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.
