Jan Cassin
Director
Forest Trends’ Water Initiative
Forest Trends’ Water Initiative
Jan Cassin is director of Forest Trends’ Water Initiative, where she leads the organization’s work on scaling nature-based solutions for sustainable water management. Prior to joining Forest Trends, Jan received her doctorate at the University of Michigan and has worked as an environmental and water resources consultant, as a researcher at MIT, a biologist for The Nature Conservancy and a firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service.
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