Allen Townsend

Allen is an interdisciplinary water expert with over 10 years of progressive experience working at the intersection of agriculture, energy, and health systems. He’s advised a sitting US Ambassador on foreign water-energy policy, worked within a Fortune 100 company on corporate sustainability, and has served in numerous consulting roles globally and across sectors. Allen leads WWF’s freshwater work on science-based targets for nature, and facilitates the harmonization of metrics across WWF’s Freshwater & Food team. Allen has a PhD in Civil Engineering from University of Virginia, a Master of Public Affairs degree in Water Governance and Policy from the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington, and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Clemson University.