Robyn Grimm
Chief Executive Officer & President
Robyn’s career focuses on bringing diverse perspectives and institutions together to fill critical research, decision-support, and other information gaps to enable more sustainable land and water management practices across the Western United States.
Most recently, Robyn served as Senior Director of Applied Research and Innovation for Climate Resilient Water Systems at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Before that, Robyn served as a director within EDF’s water team, where she helped lead the OpenET consortium, working with partners at NASA, the Desert Research Institute, Google Earth Engine, a dozen other organizations, and a wide range of stakeholders on the development of an online open platform for estimating consumptive water use.
Before joining EDF, Robyn worked at the consulting firm CH2M Hill, where she was a water resources policy analyst and advised California’s Department of Water Resources on statewide flood and water planning. Robyn holds a Ph.D. in Hydrologic Sciences from the University of California, Davis, and has contributed to many California flood control and water management studies.
Contact information: rgrimm@cawaterdata.org.