Alumni Spotlight Blog Posts

During Bilegt Baatar’s time in the Environmental Policy and Management (EPM) graduate program at UC Davis, he worked on a project that explored meaningful solutions for rural communities. He was part of a student team that analyzed gaps in electric vehicle infrastructure in non-urban areas and developed policy recommendations to address these challenges. Years later, Baatar was excited when a regulatory department cited his team’s work.

Jess DellaRossa shares her journey from deciding undergraduate to her current role at the US Department of Agriculture California Climate Hub.

Kamryn graduated with her MS in Environmental Policy and Management in June 2023 with a specialization in City and Regional Planning. She is currently a graduate transportation planner at GHD.

Sara is a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison researching how scientists, policymakers and the public talk to each other about climate change. Sara is a double graduate of UC Davis, earning both her bachelors and masters degree here.

Currently I work for the Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition as a program analyst. I'm from North Carolina, and my wife Meade and I are living in Bozeman, Montana.

Sam is an EPM 2022 alumni who received a California Sea Grant State Fellowship with the Delta Stewardship Council (DSC) Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) for 2023-2024.

Sarra is currently working with the Sac Metro Air District as an Assistant Air Quality Specialist in the Program Coordination Division.

I currently work as an Associate Environmental Scientist with the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), investigating ecology, hydrology, and geomorphology of the Delta ecosystem.

Recent EPM graduate Erin Rodriguez has been appointed Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs at the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery by Governor...

I obtained my current job through a good ole-fashioned job hunt—I kept my options open, applied up and down the State, and applied to...

Katt Lundy is a Program Coordinator with Resources Legacy Fund (RLF), working mainly on RLF’s Open Rivers Fund (ORF). Katt was introduced to Open Rivers Fund as a Graduate Student Researcher with Dr. Beth Rose Middleton, who received support from ORF to research dam removals across the...

When I started working at Rincon Consultants, I was assigned to do typical intern work - organize this bibliography, plug in these numbers...

Keiko is the Policy Manager for the South Yuba River Citizens League. In this role she leads advocacy campaigns in...

Kelsey grew up in Northern California and Oregon and discovered her love for the environment at a young age, when she...