Dr. Jennifer S. Ramirez is the Senior Researcher at the Tishman Environment and Design Center, where she leads collaborative research initiatives with environmental justice organizations and intermediaries across the United States. Her work focuses on strengthening the influence of climate and environmental justice movements in public policy and community-led action.

She has previously worked across a range of distinguished nonprofit organizations, including the Partnership to End Addiction, the National Audubon Society, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the New York Botanical Garden, with a focus on program development, donor engagement, and building organizational capacity. She has also developed and taught courses on American public policy, environmental politics, and environmental justice at Fordham University. She is currently a member of the Environmental Advisory Council in the Village of Ossining in Westchester, NY.

Her research focus spans environmental and climate justice solutions, resource mobilization, community organizing, urban planning, and disaster management. She also has extensive experience in qualitative methods, such as situation analysis, grounded in a commitment to centering the communities most impacted by environmental harm and systemic inequality in research and practice.

Jennifer holds a PhD in Public and Urban Policy from The New School, an MPA in Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation from Baruch College, and a BS in General Science and Environmental Studies from Fordham University. Outside of work, she can be found traveling, reading science fiction and fantasy, crocheting, baking, and doing jigsaw puzzles with her kids.