
2021 SWAF Panelists
Richard Bugbee
Day 1
Instructor, Ethnobotany & Ethnoecology, Kumeyaay Community College; Chair, Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival
Karletta Chief
Day 2
Associate Professor & Extension Specialist, Department of Environmental Science, University of Arizona
Ann Marie Chischilly
Day 2
Executive Director, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals
Northern Arizona University
Kimberly Clark
Day 1
Program Manager - Resource Conservation & Resilient Communities, Southern California Association of Governments
Jere Classay
Day 3
Acting Fire Management Officer (FMO), Bureau of Indian Affairs – Fort Apache Agency
Nikki Cooley
Day 2, Day 3
Co-Manager, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP), Tribes & Climate Change Program
Lisa Gover
Day 1
Director, Campo Environmental Protection Agency, and Policy Advisor to EPA Region 9 Regional Tribal Operations Committee
Mary Huffman
Day 3
Director, Indigenous Peoples Burning Network and Fire Science, The Nature Conservancy
Megan Jennings
Day 1
Institute for Ecological Monitoring and Management, San Diego State University
Rebecca Lewison
Day 1
Institute for Ecological Monitoring and Management, San Diego State University
Will Madrigal Jr.
Day 2
Tribal Capacities and Partnerships Program Manager, Climate Science Alliance
Christopher Marks
Day 3
Deputy Fire Management Officer, DOI National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park
Cynthia Naha
Day 1, Day 2
Director, Santo Domingo Pueblo Natural Resources Department
Hopi-Tewa-Dakota
Alicia Azpeleta Tarancón
Day 3
Southwest Fire-Climate Adaptation Coordinator, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
Althea Walker
Day 2, Day 3
Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, American Indian Higher Education Consortium