Western Resource Advocates
Chelsea Benjamin is a seasoned professional in water policy with a range of experience in legislative and research roles. Currently serving as a Water Policy Advisor at Western Resource Advocates since June 2022, Chelsea has progressed through various positions including Water Policy Fellow and Intern, focusing on Western water law and stakeholder engagement. Previous experience includes a Legislative Intern role with Representative Lisa Cutter, where Chelsea assisted in developing environmental legislation, and a Graduate Research Assistant position with NOAA NIDIS that involved research on drought information and stakeholder analysis. Chelsea's background also includes operational management, research analysis in the electric bicycle industry, and clerical support within the healthcare sector. Chelsea holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder and a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies from New College of Florida, with a focus on environmental policy and multiple languages.
Western Resource Advocates
Western Resource Advocates fights climate change and its impacts to sustain the environment, economy, and people of the West. We respect the different needs of diverse people and partner with them to develop a shared vision for progress — one that advances communities while protecting biodiversity. Our team of policy experts, scientists, economists, and attorneys has a 30-year history of working where decisions are made, sweating the details, creating evidence-based solutions, and holding decisionmakers accountable. This on-the-ground work with policymakers and other advocates advances clean energy, protects air, land, water, and wildlife — and sustains the lives and livelihoods of the West. The climate issues facing the West are what WRA focuses on each and every day — at air quality boards who address air pollution, at public utility commissions who are managing the clean energy transition, in state legislatures and at state agencies where land and wildlife issues are deliberated. All comments on WRA posts are subject to review by the WRA team and may be removed at the team’s discretion. We reserve the right to moderate our comments section, replies, fan and follower lists, and posts to our pages as we see fit, and remove any comment for any reason we deem appropriate. https://westernresourceadvocates.org/social-media-comment-policy/