Leadership Team
Dev Niyogi
Professor and Williams Stamps Chair
Sergio Castellano
Associate Professor
Heidi Schmalbach
Planet Texas 2050 Program Director
Shannon Stewart
Communications, Austin Climate Action & Resilience
Marc Coudert
Climate Resilience and Adaptation Manager
Tim Keitt
Associate Professor
Patrick Bixler
Associate Professor
Zach Baumer
Director, Austin Climate Action & Resilience
Advisory Committee
Jorge Morales
Austin Watershed Protection
Michael Young
UT Austin (JSG)
Genesis D. Gavino
COA Chief of Staff
Ana Urueta
Austin Public Health
Alison Alter
Austin City Council (D10)
Adrianne Stirrup
Austin Public Health
Kevin Critendon
Austin Water
J.R. DeShazo
UT Austin (LBJ)
William Burdick
Austin Watershed Protection
Janet Pichette
Austin Emergency Management
Researchers
Aditya Patel
Masters Student
Amanda Pfeil
CoLab Project Manager
Hassan Dashtian
Associate Professor
Trevor Brooks
PhD Student, NASA Fellow
Alka Tiwari
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dekay Kim
Associate Professor
Morgan Kim
Creative Coordinator
Allysa Dallmann
Program Coordinator
Dhanuj Gandikota
PhD Researcher
Naveen Sudharshan
Postdoctoral Fellow
Researchers
City Partners
Alan Halter
Austin Climate Action & Resilience
Angela Johnson
Austin Transportation and Public Works
Chris Graves
Austin Emergency Management
Holly Prosser
Austin Energy
Sally Phipps
Austin Energy
Ana Gonzales
Austin Watershed Protection
Braniff Davis
Austin Fire
Ed Poppitt
Austin Transportation and Public Works
Noemi Quiroz
Austin Energy
Veena Prabhakar
Austin Transportation and Public Works
Andrew Clamann
Austin Watershed Protection
Cara Bertron
Austin Planning
Garrett Jaynes
Austin Energy
Ramesh Swaminathan
Austin Watershed Protection