Chris Winter is the Executive Director of the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment at Colorado Law School. He is an attorney and advocate with 25 years of experience in the field of natural resources and environmental law. Over the course of his career, he has developed an expertise in public land management, environmental justice, climate change, and fossil fuel infrastructure projects, and he has extensive experience working with and representing Indigenous communities. He has litigated and won dozens of cases in federal and state courts on a wide range of issues. He has previously taught as an adjunct professor of law at Lewis and Clark Law School, and he is a frequent public speaker on environmental and natural resources issues. Chris received his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and his B.A. from Cornell University.