Biography

In her position as a research analyst with Water in the West, Janny helps the program to advance a vision for sustainable freshwater management in the American West through research and analysis into the science and policy of freshwater.

Janny got her feet wet in western water issues as a hydrologist for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in western Colorado. There she worked on a variety of western water issues at the intersection of water rights, energy development, recreation, agriculture, and other uses of public lands. At the BLM, she grew to appreciate the challenge of managing very scarce freshwater in an arid landscape like much of the American West.

She most recently worked for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to improve stream and wetland health, manage urban stormwater, and develop water pollution prevention strategies in Lake Tahoe Basin. Janny received a Master's degree focusing on water science, policy, and management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental sciences from the University of California, Berkeley.