Brett KenCairn, Boulder, Colorado’s Senior Policy Advisor for Climate, Sustainability and Resilience, coordinates that city’s climate action and resilience initiatives, including a soil sequestration R+D project. Co-founder of several organizations, including the Rogue River Institute for Ecology and Economy, Veterans Green Jobs, and Community Energy Systems, he has worked across the western U.S. in community-based initiatives in rural, Native American and other marginalized communities.