Erica Mertens

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AFFILIATION: Town of Truckee

TITLE: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Program Manager

LOCATION: California

LANGUAGE: English, Spanish

EXPERTISE AREA: Climate Change, DEIJ, Environmental Education, Environmental Health, Housing, Hispanic/Latine/A/O Communities, Natural Disasters And Response, Outdoors/Recreation, Sustainability, Transportation & Infrastructure, Youth

ABOUT THE EXPERT:

Erica Mertens is the Town of Truckee’s first Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Program Manager. Erica previously led the small mountain town’s sustainability programs, and is familiar with creating culture change in a tight-knit community with a tourism-based economy. She is skilled at community engagement, creating meaningful partnerships, and thinking creatively to reach historically underserved and hard to reach populations.

CONTACT:

Contact Erica Mertens HERE.