Moana McClellan

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About Moana McClellan

Summary With 20+ years of experience in environmental science, pedagogy, research, and outreach, I’ve honed my skills in collaborative leadership, stakeholder engagement, and the science and practice of connecting with diverse stakeholders. My expertise lies in developing unconventional partnerships to advance environmental and climate justice principles and practices to advance a just energy transition. Key Achievements Include: Co-authored “The State of Corporate Sustainability in 300 of the Largest US Companies” by leveraging expertise of ESG standards and frameworks, achieving a ranking on the top 10 downloaded list of SSRN Led research on organic waste management with collaborators at the City of Santa Monica Office of Sustainability, discovering that ~8K pounds of waste per day was generated on the Santa Monica Pier and 56% of that was organic waste; developed a strategy to manage organic waste to comply with California state law AB 1826 to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions Directed team of 6 to execute climate justice research—knocked on 1.5K doors to administer survey on health symptoms for residents within 1.5K ft of an active oil well; this result contributed to the groundswell of support to end neighborhood oil drilling in LA Spearheaded an educational team of 21, including faculty, teaching assistants, and librarians to design a 1-year innovative course for 1st-year students called “Food: A Lens for Environment and Sustainability” by incorporating modern pedagogy techniques to engage diverse learners, educating 600+ students for 3 years and receiving 100s of accolades and achieving an overall median professor ranking of 5/5 Fostered collaborative relationships with 2 organizations and 6 high schools to lead a team of 12 educators for the Environmental Protection Agency-funded Urban Waters Project and trained an additional 35 high school teachers, influencing curriculum implementation with ~2K annually Won multiple highly competitive grants, including the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship, and Garden Club of America Award in Tropical Botany Contact me through this profile if you wish to connect.