Conference Organizers
Lead Organizer
- Christopher Bacon
Food and Climate Justice & Jesuit/Catholic Education Networking
2023 Climate Justice Conference
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences
Co-Organizers
- Iris Stewart-Frey
EJ&CGI Co-coordinator and point person
Water and Climate Justice & Northern California Networking
Professor, Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences
- Jesica S. Fernández
Poster Presentation Organizer and Conference Evaluator
Assistant Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies
- Maria Eugenia Flores Gómez
Research Coordinator & Food and Climate Justice
- Jaylinn Solis
Intern, Web Designer, and Social Media Manager
Advisory Board

Esther Conrad
Director of Community Engaged Learning for Environmental Sustainability, Haas Center for Public Service, Stanford University

Katherine Cushing
Executive Director, CommUniverCity San José; Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, San José State University

Sibyl Diver
Environmental Scientist and Lecturer, Earth Systems Program; Co-Lead, Stanford Environmental Justice Working Group, Stanford University

Edgar Garibay
Director, Central Valley Program, Tuolumne River Trust

Rev. Michael J. Garanzini, S.J.
President, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities; Chancellor, Loyola University Chicago

Roberto Gil
Director of Self-Sufficiency Programs, Sacred Heart Community Service

Lee Panich
Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology, Santa Clara University

Daniel Press
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Santa Clara University

Margaret M. Russell
Associate Professor of Law, Santa Clara University

Nancy Tuchman
Founding Dean, School of Environmental Sustainability, Loyola University Chicago

Pedro Walpole SJ
Director of Research, Institute of Environmental Science for Social Change in the Philippines; Coordinator of Reconciliation with Creation, Jesuit Conference Asia Pacific; Editorial Team Member, EcoJesuit