Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Our goal is to use the power of storytelling to illuminate the way toward a better world, inspire millions of people to walk that path with us, and show that the time for action is now.
Nikhil Swaminathan | CEO
Natasha Berman | COO
Editorial
Katherine Bagley | Executive Editor
Tristan Ahtone | Editor at Large
Clayton Aldern | Senior Data Reporter
L.V. Anderson | Senior Editor
Gabriela Aoun Angueira | Climate Solutions Reporter
Lyric Aquino | Indigenous Affairs Fellow
Amelia Bates | Senior Designer
Jake Bittle | Staff Writer
Jaime Buerger | Senior Managing Editor
Siri Chilukuri | Environmental Justice Fellow
Teresa Chin | Deputy Editor
Matt Craft | Senior Editor
Max Graham | Food & Agriculture Fellow
Anita Hofschneider | Senior Staff Writer
Akielly Hu | News & Politics Fellow
Emily Jones | Regional Reporter, Georgia
Katherine Lanpher | Senior Editor
Katie Myers | Climate Solutions Fellow
Jesse Nichols | Video Producer
Daniel Penner | Senior Video Producer
Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco | Regional Reporter, Illinois
Tik Root | Senior Staff Writer
Maria Parazo Rose | Spatial Data Analyst
Izzy Ross | Regional Reporter, Great Lakes
Naveena Sadasivam | Senior Staff Writer
Chuck Squatriglia | Senior Editor
Jessica Stahl | Editor, Creative Storytelling
Tory Stephens | Climate Fiction Creative & Brand Partnerships Manager
Zoya Teirstein | Staff Writer
John Thomason | Features Editor
Claire Elise Thompson | Associate Editor
Mia Torres | Editorial Designer
Joseph Winters | Staff Writer
Kate Yoder | Staff Writer
Lylla Younes | Senior Staff Writer
Innovation & Growth
Megan Merrigan | Director, Innovation & Growth
Jason Castro | Product Manager
Rachel Glickhouse | Senior Manager of Content Partnerships
Mignon Khargie | Art Director
Justin Ray | Senior Audience Producer
Development
Patrick Schmitt | Director, Development
Jess Alvarado-Lepine | Director, Membership
Alexandra Comer | Development Manager
Jeff Giza-Martin | Salesforce & ESP Administrator
Michelle Thompson | Foundation Relations Officer
Brian Troyer | Senior Manager, Business Development
Operations & Events
Bekah Cardwell | Director, Finance & Operations
Rachel Bouton | Senior Manager, Events
Lisa Jurras-Buchanan | Director, Content Operations
Marijo “MJ” Mendoza | HR Manager
Lydia Middleton | Special Assistant to the CEO
The Uproot Project
Lucia Priselac | Director, The Uproot Project
Nora O’Brien | Operations Associate
Sofia Prado Huggins | Project and Social Media Manager
Board of Directors
John Alderman
Trenton Allen | Founder, CEO & Managing Director, Sustainable Capital Advisors
Dana Bourland | Senior Vice President, Environment & Strategic Initiatives, JPB Foundation
Susan Chira | Editor-in-Chief, the Marshall Project
Michelle DePass | President, DePass Paulson Advisors
Chip Giller | Founder, Grist
C’Ardiss Gardner Gleser | Philanthropy Consultant, Black Ivy Collective
Kristen Grimm | Founder and Strategist, Spitfire Strategies
Elise Hu | Co-founder, Reasonable Volume
Susan L. Kaufman | Susan L. Kaufman Consulting
Donna Moodie | CIO / EcoDistrict Executive Director, Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
Rachel Morello-Frosch | Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management &
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Julian Brave NoiseCat | Writer
Kavita Ramdas | Consultant & Philanthropic Advisor
Nikhil Swaminathan | CEO, Grist
John Vechey | Pluto VR & PopCap Games
Brady Piñero Walkinshaw | CEO, Earth Alliance
Emeritus
Gino Borland | Product Manager, CarbonQuest
Don Chen | President, Surdna Foundation
Bill McKibben | Author & Activist
Wendy Schmidt | President, Schmidt Family Foundation
Eugene Mirman | Writer & Comedian
Dr. Benjamin Strauss | CEO & Chief Scientist, Climate Central
Founder
Chip Giller | Founder, Grist
