Advisory Board
DAVID BERRY
David served at the White House Council on Environmental Quality chairing groups he founded on Sustainable Development Indicators and Industrial Ecology. They raised awareness & encouraged creative action. Later he co-founded the Sustainable & Resilient Resources Roundtable where government, academics, companies & NGO’s work on natural resources topics. He worked in energy management in the corporate sector and as an economist at Resources Canada. He has taught & spoken in Europe, the US, Mexico, Canada, Asia and South America. He was active on the Board of the Balaton Group, an international gathering on systems and sustainability and was invited to the Russian Academy of Science four times to speak on spirituality and sustainability.
ROBERT C. WILKINSON, Ph.D.
Dr. Robert C. Wilkinson is Adjunct Professor at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, and Senior Lecturer Emeritus in the Environmental Studies Program, at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The focus of Dr. Wilkinson’s teaching, research, and consulting is on water, energy, and climate policy. He co-chaired the U.S. Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable, advises government agencies, NGOs, and businesses in the US and abroad, and he has served on a number of advisory boards.
MARIANNA GROSSMAN
Marianna Grossman is founder & managing partner of Minerva Ventures, a consultancy focused on solutions for a resilient future. She advises companies, government agencies, and communities on climate risk, adaptation, and resilience, and guides clean tech startups in water, energy, circular materials, remediation, finance, and climate analytics. She led Sustainable Silicon Valley for seven years, working to create a more resilient region. Previously, she had corporate roles in automotive, computer and semiconductor industries. She served on the 2016 California Climate Adaptation & Resilience Action Plan Technical Advisory Group for Governor Brown, and the Sustainability Committee of the SF Bay Area Super Bowl 50 Host Committee. She is President of the board of Transportation Choices for Sustainable Communities. Other advisory roles include SRRR; the Climate Music Project; Havurah Shalom Climate Action Team; and advisory councils for climate action for the Cities of Palo Alto and Mountain View. She earned a BA cum laude, with distinction in Policy Studies from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Yale School of Management.
STAN BRONSON
Stan Bronson is Co-founder and Director of Partnerships, Stimson Center’s Alliance for a Climate Resilient Earth (ACRE) and a member of the Steering Committee of the Sustainable and Resilient Resources Roundtable (SRRR), a former federal advisory committee.
Previously he was Founder and Executive Director of the Florida Earth Foundation and Chief Operating Officer of Callery-Judge Grove. He has Communications and Agricultural Degrees from the University of Florida.
RICH JURICICH
As Senior Consultant, with 30+ years of water resources experience, Rich coordinated and managed effective work groups to promote sustainable use of resources. He managed multidisciplinary teams in collaboration to develop technical information. Previously, he worked at the Colorado River Board of California as Principal Water Resources Engineer, He planned, led, and directed study and evaluation of the Colorado River water and power resources as they pertain to California’s interests. There, he served as Technical Work Group Chair for the seven state Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum. Previously, he worked at the California Department of Water Resources as a Principal Water Resources Engineer, supporting DWR's initial development of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act program and developing scenarios for the 2009 and 2013 Updates of the California Water Plan. He assisted with development of DWR's CALSIM State Water Project - Central Valley Project model. He is Associate Editor for the Environmental and Water Resources Institute, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.
