Denise Grab is the Energy Law and Policy Project Director for the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law. Before joining the Emmett Institute, Denise served as a Principal at the clean energy nonprofit RMI (formerly known as the Rocky Mountain Institute), where she led initiatives on building electrification policy, helping to secure cutting-edge all-electric building codes in dozens of cities and states across the country, as well as the nation’s first zero-emissions standards for building appliances.

Dr. Marie Grimm is an Environmental Policy Research Fellow with the Wheeler Water Institute at UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE). Her work explores how institutions can implement environmental policy objectives, and how different policy instruments are implemented in practice. Her projects include research on funding and permitting for multibenefit projects, planning processes for water reuse in small communities, and regulation of data center water use. Prior to CLEE, Marie worked at the Environmental Assessment and Planning Research Group at TU Berlin, Germany. Her work focused on the conservation banking program in California, impact mitigation tools in the U.S. and the E.U., and energy transitions. Marie holds a Ph.D. and Master’s degree in environmental policy and planning from TU and FU Berlin.

Gabriel Penteado is Program Associate of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force, at the UCLA Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

Kasia Kosmala-Dahlbeck is a Climate Change Policy Research Fellow at UC Berkeley's Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment. Her research focuses on frameworks for equity-oriented climate infrastructure development and community resilience to climate risks. Kasia received her M.Sc. from UCL's Institute for Sustainable Resources and her B.A. from UCLA.

Malcolm is a Climate Change Policy Research Fellow in the Climate Program at CLEE. His research focuses on the equitable deployment of electric vehicles and offshore wind energy.

Danielle Anz is an Environmental Science student at University of California, Los Angeles