Natasha (she/her) serves as Director, Community Science Advancement and Sustainability at AGU. In this role, she is advising and supporting AGU’s growing community science enterprise that includes Thriving Earth Exchange and Community Science Exchange while brainstorming new ways for AGU to continue to welcome other communities that have not traditionally been part of the Earth and space sciences community. Natasha started with the AGU Thriving Earth Exchange team in 2014 and has supported the development of its robust, impactful community science approach that has, to date, enabled hundreds of communities of all types, community scientists and boundary spanners to co-create tools and solutions that address community priorities related to AGU’s core expertise.  In the last couple of years, she has focused on building out Thriving Earth’s support to communities, securing strong, mutually beneficial partnerships and assisting the global community in adapting Thriving Earth’s community science approach. Her PhD in Environment and Geography specializing in multi-sector partnerships for effective and sustainable community-owned early warning systems is from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Aside from serving on OEDP’s board of directors, she’s also on the board of the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences (AAPS). She also makes time to whip up different cuisines in her kitchen, enjoy the local music scene with her husband and go on long bike rides in the DC area. Ultimately, Natasha enjoys being an avid seeker of consciousness.