2024 Water Boards Cohort (Spring)

Cohort Instruction Team: Anna Holder (OIMA), Devan Burke (OIMA)

Cohort Mentors: Lisa Hunt (Region 2), Nick Martorano (OIMA), michael ben Ortiz (OPP), Dan Wang (DDW)

Guest Teachers: Corey Clatterbuck (California Coastal Commission), Julia Stewart Lowndes (Openscapes)

In late-March - late-May 2024, the Water Boards cohort instructors and mentors will lead the third Openscapes Champions Cohort at the Water Boards! Spring 2024 Champions Cohort Teams include:

Participant quotes from the post-cohort survey

“So grateful to get an invaluable experience like this so early in my career, I’ll definitely bring these lessons (and this community!) with me no matter where I end up :)”

“I imagine incorporating many of the concepts into work moving forward, slowing down to speed up, documenting our work process for future us, and creating safe space for ideas and growth.”

“The categories and topics [in the Pathway] were helpful to prompt our group’s thinking. For example, we started out discussing data and then realized, wow team culture and communication is something we haven’t thought about directly!”

See the timeline below for dates of mandatory 2024 Cohort activities.

Timeline displaying milestones for the implementation of the Spring 2024 Water Boards Cohort: Nov DMC Presentation, Dec through Feb pre-cohort engagement, Mar 1 Application Deadline, Mar 12-19 1:1 meetings, Cohort calls on Mar 28, Apr 11, Apr 25, May 9, May 23, with seaside chats and co-working sessions scheduled on weeks alternate to Cohort calls, and the 2-month check-in scheduled for Jul 18

2024 Cohort Implementation Timeline, which includes specific dates for mandatory cohort activities (1:1 Meetings, Cohort Calls, 2-month check-in)