As senior director of new initiative Drawdown Communities, Crystal Chissell leads efforts to produce informational programming and guides to support local, collective climate action. These efforts will focus on scaling adoption of Project Drawdown solutions in a way that values the well-being of all people and nature.

Since joining Project Drawdown in 2015, Crystal has held a wide variety of responsibilities and is a senior leader in the organization. She helped to build and support the organization’s flagship Research Fellowship program, guided the organization through its initial phases as a startup, and led operations, finance, human resources, technology, grant management, management of the organization’s brand, and served as in-house legal counsel.