Chris Sturm

Chris directs New Jersey Future’s water programs and policy. Her work focuses on efforts to upgrade water infrastructure to support healthy, just and prosperous communities, and includes facilitating the Jersey Water Works collaborative and managing the organization’s work on green infrastructure, water financing, and community organizing. She has built successful teams and collaborations to accomplish legislative, regulatory and programmatic innovations in areas including climate resilience, state and regional planning, land preservation, and compact, equitable growth. She is a member of the Clean Water Council of New Jersey and the U.S. Water Alliance. She holds a master’s degree in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, where she concentrated in Urban and Regional Planning.