2024 ANNUAL MEETING
Sunday March 24th 2024
4-7pm
ShadeScapes Showroom, 122 Bridge Street, Hotchkiss CO
Keynote speaker: Tanya Heikkila, PhD, “Connecting the Drops: Managing Water in a Changing World”
You will also hear a brief recap of WSCC’s successes and challenges from 2023, learn about the coming year, hear staff and board updates, enjoy pizza and drinks by donation. Please bring a cup, plate, and fork so that we can go waste free as possible!
We look forward to gathering with you.
About our speaker: Professor Heikkila’s research and teaching focus on policy processes and environmental governance. She is particularly interested in how conflict and collaboration arise in policy processes, and what types of institutions support collaboration, learning, and conflict resolution. Some of her recent research has explored these issues in the context of interstate watersheds, large-scale ecosystem restoration programs, and unconventional oil and gas development. Tanya has published numerous articles and books on these topics and has participated in several interdisciplinary research and education projects. She enjoys collaborating with faculty and students, especially through the Center for Policy and Democracy (CPD) at CU Denver, which she co-directs. She also serves as a member of the Delta Independent Science Board for the state of California. Prior to coming to CU Denver, Tanya was a post-doctoral fellow at Indiana University’s Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis and an Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. A native of Oregon, she received her BA from the University of Oregon and then learned to appreciate desert life while completing her MPA and PhD at the University of Arizona.
