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William Eisenstein

Clare Fox
Los Angeles Food Policy Council
Clare Fox is director of policy and innovation for the Los Angeles Food
Policy Council (LAFPC), an independent nonprofit created by the city
of Los Angeles to advance food systems policy. She collaborates with
the public and private sectors to catalyze projects and build capacity
for a sustainable and equitable food system. Fox focuses on access and
equity, urban agriculture, street food vending, and food-anchored economic
development. She organizes leadership development trainings and provides oneon-one consulting for neighborhood markets in low-income communities across Los Angeles.
Previously, Fox worked with the UCLA Labor Center, the Los Angeles Community Garden Council,
and Green for All. Additionally, Fox taught radio production to young people throughout Los
Angeles and the US for Youth Radio and National Public Radio. Fox has a bachelor’s degree from
Mount Holyoke College and a master’s degree in urban planning from UCLA.

Nikki Silvestri
Green For All
Nikki Silvestri is the executive director of Green For All, an organization
working to build a more inclusive, healthy, and sustainable economy.
Prior to joining Green For All, she served as executive director of People’s
Grocery in Oakland where she led efforts to cultivate economic and
environmental justice within the food sector. She holds a master’s degree
in African American studies from UCLA and is originally from Los Angeles.

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Center for Resource Efficient Communities at University of California,
Berkeley
Dr. William Eisenstein is the executive director of the Center for Resource
Efficient Communities (CREC) at UC Berkeley, a research center focusing
on urban sustainability, climate change, water efficiency, energy efficiency,
and land use. He serves as the urban systems and institutions leader for
the National Science Foundation’s engineering research center on ReInventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt), and serves on
the California Air Resources board’s research screening committee reviewing diverse research
pertaining to California’s landmark greenhouse gas regulations and sustainable communities. Dr.
Eisenstein has also served as a consultant to the state of California’s Delta Vision process, the
Delta Conservancy, the Delta Protection Commission, and the Central Valley Flood Protection
Plan. He has also worked with Urban Ecology, Greenbelt Alliance, the Tri-Valley Business Council,
and others on urban sustainability issues in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.