Serving on our board until her June 2021 appointment as Senior Advisor to the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, Maxine Burkett is a Professor of Law at the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai‘i (on leave), and a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She is also a Co-Founder and Senior Advisor at the non-profit Institute for Climate and Peace. Burkett is an expert in the law and policy of climate change, with a specific focus on climate justice, climate-induced migration, and climate change, peace, and conflict. From 2009-2012, Burkett also served as the inaugural director of the Center for Island Climate Adaptation and Policy. Her scholarly work has been cited in numerous news and policy outlets, including BBC Radio, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Nature Climate Change. Professor Burkett is a Co-Rapporteur for the International Law Association’s Committee on International Law and Sea Level Rise. She is also a member scholar of the Center for Progressive Reform, the Lancet Commission for Reparations and Redistributive Justice, and the American Law Institute. In addition to serving on the board of Our Children’s Trust, Maxine also served on the boards of the Blue Planet Foundation, The Climate Museum, ELAW, Elemental Excelerator, and the Global Greengrants Fund. Prof. Burkett received her B.A. from Williams College and Exeter College, Oxford University, and received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.