Heather Cooley

Co-Director of Water Program

Heather Cooley is the Co-Director of the Pacific Institute's Water Program. Ms. Cooley's research addresses the connections between water and energy, sustainable water use and management, and the hydrologic impacts of climate change.

Ms. Cooley holds a B.S. in Molecular Environmental Biology from University of California, Berkeley and an M.S. in Energy and Resources from UC Berkeley. Prior to coming to the Pacific Institute, Ms. Cooley worked at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory studying climate and land use change, and carbon cycling.