Climate Resilience Director

(617) 540-5650 x1081 |jwood@crwa.org | she/her

As Climate Resilience Director, Julie runs the Charles River Climate Compact (CRCC), a regional coalition of cities and towns working together to address the many issues our natural and built environments face as we confront a changing climate. Julie helped found the CRCC in 2019 and has since grown the group to include most of the city and towns in the watershed and also led the development of the Charles River Flood Model, a municipal climate planning tool that provides information on where and when flooding will occur as a result of climate change. 

Julie ran CRWA's Field Science program from 2008 to 2014 and served as Director of the Science Program from 2014 to 2019, and Deputy Director from 2019 to 2022. Before joining CRWA, Julie was an AmeriCorps volunteer with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources where she participated in water quality monitoring, stream surveying, and restoration. She also worked as a Program Educator for the New England Aquarium. 

Julie has a B.A. in Mathematics from Boston College and an M.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She is the proud mother of Connor and Brayden (kids) and Tucker (dog), and can frequently be found running or fishing with her boys along the Charles.