Our Staff & Partners

Robin Bronen

Climate Justice policy analyst

Dr. Robin Bronen has been a long time advocate for environmentally-threatened Alaska Native Communities. She currently works as the Climate Justice Policy Analyst continuing her work on tribal sovereignty and human rights protections to ensure equity and justice are embedded in climate adaptation strategies, specifically related to climate-forced community relocation.

Internationally, she has been an Advisory Board member of the Platform on Disaster Displacement since 2015. In 2020, the Alaska Institute for Justice submitted a Complaint to 10 UN Special Rapporteurs on behalf of five Tribes faced with climate-forced displacement and experiencing ongoing human rights violations caused by the United States government. In 2022, she was part of a team that filed a human rights complaint to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights which led the Special Rapporteur for Economic, Social, Cultural and Environment Rights to travel to Alaska and visit Kivalina, Newtok, Nunapitchuk and Kwigillingok as part of her investigation. In 2025, USA Today named her Alaska Woman of the Year.

Climate justice program Coordinator

Lisette is the Climate Justice Program Coordinator. She helps to coordinate the program's efforts with a focus on administration, preparing contracts and invoices, arranging travel and workshop logistics, and coordinating culturally-appropriate meetings amongst other duties.

Lisette has come to specialize in systems analysis and communication by finding creative solutions to systemic issues and challenges. She is deeply passionate about intersectionality in climate justice and has completed courses in ethnic studies, decolonization, facilitation, and non-violent communication. She holds a B.S. in Natural Sciences with an emphasis on environmental science from the University of Alaska Anchorage. As an active community member, Lisette maintains her commitment to uplifting marginalized groups by participating in community events and facilitating a book club focused on Hispanic and Latino literature.

Lisette Dalere

Climate justice Tribal liaison Coordinator

Jerilyn assists in forging meaningful relationships with Alaska Native communities, in advancing each communities’ climate justice goals and objectives, and in advocating for climate justice. Her work with the Tribal communities acknowledges each community’s diverse priorities and values, and elevates Alaska Native voices.

Jerilyn previously worked as an assistant Tribal Climate Resilience Liaison for the Native American Fish & Wildlife Society in partnership with the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center. Prior to this work she managed her Tribe’s Indian General Assistance Program (EPA). Jerilyn has been serving as the Mayor of the City of Quinhagak since 2015 and has been involved in advisory school boards in different capacities. She is a lifelong rural Alaskan.