Heather Cooley

Senior Research Associate

Heather Cooley is a Senior Research Associate with the Pacific Institute's Water Program. Ms. Cooley's research interests include water privatization, California water issues, environmental justice, and climate change.

Ms. Cooley holds a B.S. in Molecular Environmental Biology with an emphasis in Ecology 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.