Our Partners
Sample Partners
- Alabama Department of Environmental Management
- American Water Works Association
- Appalachian Regional Commission
- Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
- Conservation Trust for North Carolina
- Consortium of University Public Service Organizations
- Corona
- Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities
- Draper Aden Associates
- The Environmental Finance Center Network
- Georgia Environmental Finance Authority
- Hawai’i Department of Health Safe Drinking Water Branch
- National Association of Clean Water Agencies
- National Association of Water Companies
- New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
- North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (and Division of Water Infrastructure)
- National Association of Development Organizations (and local Area Development Districts throughout the country)
- North Carolina Department of State Treasurer
- North Carolina General Assembly
- North Carolina League of Municipalities
- The North Carolina Policy Collaboratory
- Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
- Raftelis
- Rural Community Assistance Partnership
- Rural Water Association
- State of Hawai’i Public Utilities Commission
- Tighe & Bond
- U.S. Water Alliance
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- UNC Institute for the Environment
- UNC School of Government
- UNC Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Virginia Tech
- Water Environment & Reuse Foundation
- Water Environment Federation
- Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona
- Water Research Foundation
- Water Resources Research Institute of the UNC System
- Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Advisors
Erin Riggs
Executive Director
Erin Riggs is the Executive Director of the EFC and conducts applied research surrounding legal, policy, and accounting framework that influences environmental finance issues around the country. She graduated from the University of Florida’s Levin … Continued
Tom Roberts
Senior Business Analyst
Tom Roberts is the Senior Business Analyst for the EFC at UNC. Tom has an Associate in Applied Sciences in Civil Engineering Technology from Delaware Technical and Community College and a Bachelor of Science in … Continued
Elsemarie Mullins
Project Director
Elsemarie Mullins joined the EFC in the spring of 2020 as a Project Director. She provides trainings and technical assistance for water and wastewater providers, conducts applied research on affordability, paying for nutrient management, the … Continued
Stephen Lapp
Acting Project Director
Stephen Lapp graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 2018. He majored in Environmental Studies, with a minor in Urban Studies and Planning. As an undergraduate, Stephen interned with UNC’s … Continued
Omid Barr
Project Director
Omid Barr joined the Environmental Finance Center in 2020 as a graduate research assistant. He earned his B.S. from the University of Maryland in 2018, after which he interned with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. In … Continued