Carly Griffith

"My passion for water protection comes out of the many ways I love to explore the beautiful lakes and rivers of the Upper Midwest: as an open water swimmer, on canoe trips, and on long hikes. Just as important to me is the water that we can't plan a trip to go see, like the water that comes out of the tap in our homes and the aquifers that lie below ground. The threats to our surface waters and groundwater range from industrial pollution, to agricultural runoff, to new contaminants that we have just begun to better understand. As a researcher, I am excited to work in an organization that connects subject-matter expertise on these issues with concrete action in the courts, at the legislature and with public agencies to ensure that our environmental laws are effective and responsive to new challenges."

Carly Griffith is a PhD Candidate in Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she has conducted legal and policy research on water and mineral resources in the Upper Midwest and northern Great Plains. She holds a B.A. from Colby College and an M.A. from Brown University. Before she joined MCEA, she was a Ph.D. Fellow at Midwest Environmental Advocates, a nonprofit environmental law and advocacy center in Madison, Wisconsin. She also taught in the Legal Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and was an editor for the Edge Effects magazine of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.