Chandni Navalkha

Chandni Navalkha is an experienced professional in land and water resource management, currently serving as Associate Director for Sustainably Managed Land and Water Resources and previously as Program Manager for Land Conservation Programs at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy since July 2018. Prior roles include a Postgraduate Fellowship focused on forest conservation in Sri Lanka at Yale University and consultancy with the Wildlife Conservation Society. Chandni has also contributed as a Research Assistant with the Governance, Environment, and Markets Initiative, a Graduate Teaching Fellow at Yale University, and a Program Associate with The Forests Dialogue, among other positions. Academic qualifications include a Master of Environmental Science in Social and Political Ecology from Yale School of the Environment and a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and English from Cornell University.