Anna Milena Zivian

Bio

Anna Zivian is a researcher and policy expert with over 30 years of experience in areas including local government, environmental and food policy, climate change, ocean and coastal issues, and equity and justice. She is currently an affiliated researcher with Ocean Nexus, working on ocean equity and justice. In her previous work as Senior Research Fellow at Ocean Conservancy, she led the creation of the Roger Arliner Young Marine Conservation Diversity Fellowship. Prior to her work on he ocean, Anna served as an elected official in Colorado for ten years. Anna earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Studies in 2011 from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Her undergraduate studies were in Russian and Soviet Studies at Harvard University, where she earned her B.A. in 1988.