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Steering Committee

The Steering Committee sets the priorities for SWIM, develops the annual work plan, conducts policy and program analyses, drafts comment letters, and meets with policymakers.​

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Michelle Luebke (she/her)

SWIM Coalition

Program Manager

michelle@swimmablenyc.org

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Leonel Lima Ponce (he/him)

SWIM Coalition

Chair

Pratt Institute

Academic Director, MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems

lponce@pratt.edu

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Christian Murphy (he/him)

Bronx River Alliance

Ecology and Education Manager

christian.murphy@bronxriver.org

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Larry Levine (he/him)

Natural Resources Defense Council

Senior Attorney II, Environmental Health

llevine@nrdc.org

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Em Ruby (they/them)

Riverkeeper

Senior Coordinator of Advocacy, Policy and Planning

eruby@riverkeeper.org

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Mike Dulong (he/him)

Riverkeeper

Legal Program Director

mdulong@riverkeeper.org

 

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Holly Porter-Morgan (she/her)

Lehman College, CUNY

Chairperson, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Geospatial Sciences

holly.porter1@lehman.cuny.edu

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Shino Tanikawa (she/her)

NYC Soil & Water Conservation

Executive Director

shino@soilandwater.nyc​​

Graduate Fellows

SWIM has also hosted a number of past and present graduate fellowships/internships.

Website designed by Rebecca Rice, MS in SES '25,

Pratt Institute Fellow 2024-25

Current Graduate Fellow

Rebecca Rice (she/her)

MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems (SES) '25, Pratt Institute

fellow@swimmablenyc.org

Former Fellows & Interns

Shibani Debnath

Elisia Langdon

Dhwani Patel

Anna Yie

Summer Storm Sandoval

Stephanie Moy

Emma Hickey

Caroline P. Craig

Maria G. Gonzalez Russell

Lilli Fischer Watson

Kate Selden

Thomas Storck

Korin Tangtrakul

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Donations to SWIM may be made through Riverkeeper, Inc. and are tax deductible.

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