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Media Inquiries

media@westernresources.org

James Quirk

Senior Communications Manager
james.quirk@westernresources.org
908-902-3177
Key topics: clean energy, decarbonizing the power sector, transportation and building electrification, grid modernization, regional markets

Allie Ruckman

Communications Manager
allie.ruckman@westernresources.org
983-203-1103
Key topics: western lands, wildlife, habitat management, protected lands, conservation, outdoor equity, public lands, wildfire

Caitlin Weber

Communications Manager
caitlin.weber@westernresources.org
505-372-4937
Key topics: healthy rivers, Colorado River Basin, western water rights, water conservation, municipal water use, turf replacement, groundwater

Fighting climate change to sustain the environment, economy, and people of the West.

WRA is a regional nonprofit advocacy organization fighting climate change and its impacts to sustain the environment, economy, and people of the West. From our deep and scientific policy analysis to our highly effective legal teams, we’re using every tool we have to create a healthier and more equitable future for all our communities. As the region’s go-to experts for more than three decades, our on-the-ground work advances clean energy and protects air, land, water, and wildlife.

Our Experts



John Nielsen

John Nielsen

Senior Fellow

Erin Overturf

Clean Energy Director

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Jacob Richardson

Senior Transmission Policy Advisor

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Lindsay Rogers

Policy Manager for Municipal Conservation

Alex Routhier

Alex Routhier, Ph.D.

Arizona Clean Energy Manager/Senior Policy Advisor

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Vijay Satyal, Ph.D.

Deputy Director of Markets and Transmission

Christie Silverstein

Christie Silverstein, APR

Marketing and Communications Director

Stacy Tellinghuisen

Stacy Tellinghuisen

Deputy Director of Policy Development

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Key Facts

8.75 M

acres of land protected
speedometer

91.5 MT

annual carbon reductions
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36

year history

85+

full-time staff members

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