Jennifer Evans

Chief Operating Officer

Jennifer serves as the Climate Cardinals’ Senior Advisor, combining her passions of climate action, language access, youth leadership, and international affairs. Jennifer received a B.A in Environmental Studies and Sociology from St. Lawrence University with minors in Spanish and Caribbean Latin American Studies. In 2022, she graduated in the inaugural class of Columbia University’s Climate School, receiving a Master of Arts in Climate and Society. During her graduate studies she helped to develop and lead the “Climate Justice in New York City” workshop, which focused on the impacts of climate change on extremely at-risk communities in New York City.

Jennifer’s most recent roles include Research Assistant with the Center for Climate Systems Research at Columbia University and NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies as well as Climate Equity Fellow with the USDA Northeast Climate Hub. As a fellow, Jennifer led the development of GradCAMP, a cohort of graduate students passionate about incorporating justice and equity into their climate research and created a Climate Equity Toolkit. Her career has focused on researching the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities, adaptation solutions, resilience-building, as well as climate justice and equity. Outside of her passion for climate action, Jennifer can be found skiing, hiking, and biking in the Tetons in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Richmond, MA.