Bio/CV
Bruce Riordan is the Director of the Berkeley Climate Change Network (BCCN), a collaboration of more than 400 faculty, professional researchers and staff who are advancing climate strategies at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. BCCN connects researchers for interdisciplinary projects, helps raise funds for climate projects, and builds stronger ties between Berkeley academics and climate leaders in government, community-based organizations, and the private sector.
He previously served as Program Director for the Climate Readiness Institute at UC Berkeley and Director of the Bay Area Climate Adaptation Network. As Climate Strategist for the Bay Area Joint Policy Committee, he led the Bay Area Climate & Energy Resilience Project. That project brought together more than 300 public, private, and nonprofit stakeholders, with funding from the Kresge Foundation, the San Francisco Foundation, and regional agencies. He co-founded and chaired the Alliance of Regional Collaboratives for Climate Adaptation (ARCCA), which coordinates adaptation leaders from San Diego to the Sierra. He was also appointed to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research’s statewide advisory committee on climate resilience. He has advised BART, Next 10, the Marin Community Foundation, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District on climate strategy.
