The Water Funder Initiative: Using Philanthropy to Scale Impact on Intractable Water Challenges

The Water Funder Initiative (WFI) is a national effort to bring basins and watersheds into balance for people and nature. This "lighting round" panel will spotlight how local Texas Hill Country Conservation Network partners are using more than $1.1 million in new funding from WFI to scale our collective impact in addressing critical water challenges in the Hill Country. Featuring: Sharlene Leurig, Texas Water Trade; Vanessa Puig-Williams, Environmental Defense Fund; Jennifer Walker, National Wildlife Federation; Katherine Romans, Hill Country Alliance; Frank Davis, Hill Country Conservancy; Emma Lindrose-Siegel, Great Springs Project; Robin Gary, Wimberley Valley Watershed Association; Robert Mace, Meadows Center for Water and the Environment Moderator: John Rooney, TX Hill Country Conservation Network This panel was recorded during day one of the 2020 Hill Country Leadership Summit: The Future of Conservation in the Texas Hill Country. Now through the end of the year, all Hill Country Alliance donors of $25 or more will receive a code to access all recordings of summit content. Click here to support the Hill Country Alliance and gain access to 5+ hours of great summit content: https://hillcountryalliance.z2systems... Learn more about the Hill Country Alliance and our annual Leadership Summit here: https://www.hillcountryalliance.org/l...