Equity In Every Drop - A Waterkeeper Alliance Podcast

Thomas Hynes is the Communications and Marketing Manager for Waterkeeper Alliance. In addition to podcast hosting and production duties, he manages and writes all sorts of editorial content for the organization, including blogs, feature articles, advocacy alerts, email campaigns, social media content, and more. Thomas grew up on the Long Island Sound in Connecticut and now makes his home two blocks from the East River in Brooklyn, New York. He primarily commutes across the river to the Waterkeeper Alliance office via ferry boat. Thomas was drawn to environmental work in order to take an active role in the fight against climate change and help bring justice to the rotten polluters who seek to ruin our shared resources. Before working at Waterkeeper Alliance, Thomas wrote a nonfiction book about the history of wildlife in New York City. "Wild City" also highlights the power and success of the Clean Water Act, and other environmental regulations, in leading an unlikely ecological turnaround. In his spare time, Thomas photographs the many tugboats traversing the city’s various waterways. Thomas lives in Brooklyn with his wife and their son. They can be found most weekends walking or biking along the East River.

Captain Evan is the Three Rivers Waterkeeper in Pennsylvania. He has spent more than 20 years focused on learning from, living with, working upon and playing around rivers. He settled in Pittsburgh in 2005 and has worked with various river based nonprofits, including Allegheny Cleanways on the Tireless project where he's led thousands of volunteers cleaning more than 180 miles of riverbanks in Allegheny County. Together they've collected more than a million pounds of mostly plastic based garbage, tires, and human made debris. In his limited spare time, Evan enjoys building and fixing boats with friends and traveling on distant waters.

Daru Setyorini, a founding committee member of ECOTON in the year 2000, has played various roles and projects in addressing river and wetland ecosystem conservation. She studied mangrove diversity and their ability to absorb heavy metal pollution along Surabaya's East Coast in 1999. As a Brantas River Waterkeeper and member of the Waterkeeper Alliance since 2016, she is deeply involved in protecting water bodies and conducting research on fish diversity and benthic macroinvertebrates to develop effective river assessment guides.

Eric Harder is the Youghiogheny Riverkeeper in Pennsylvania. His job is to defend the “Yough.” He conducts water sampling to track the source of pollution, monitor permitted discharge points, speak for the river and the communities that depend on it, and picks up lots of tires from the river. All of this could only be accomplished with the support from the rest of the Mountain Watershed Association staff, the partnership with Waterkeeper Alliance, and the loyalty of dedicated members.

Lori Harrison is the Communications and Marketing Director for Waterkeeper Alliance. She oversees multi-faceted communications and marketing activities to advance the organization’s mission of protecting our right to clean water in communities around the world. With 25 years of experience in strategic water communications and mission-based work, Lori is an award-winning writer and content creator. Her expertise lies in translating complex concepts into relatable ideas, fostering engagement, and promoting sustainable practices and solutions. Her work not only aims to protect clean water, public health, and the environment but also focuses on "connecting the disconnect" between people and this essential resource. Before joining Waterkeeper Alliance, Lori had a background in corporate marketing for professional sports and held various communications and creative positions with a non-profit educational organization for global water professionals. Notable achievements include creating the WATER'S WORTH IT® grassroots awareness campaign and writing the award-winning children's book, “Why Water's Worth It,” designed to educate and inspire the next generation of water protectors. Lori lives in Virginia with her husband and their two children.