Marin County hires first chief climate officer to lead adaptation and resilience efforts

by Ruth Dusseault, Bay City News May 20, 2026May 20, 2026

FILE: Stinson Beach in a 2016 file image. The Marin County community has experienced more frequent flooding from several atmospheric rivers and storm surges. As rising sea levels related to climate change become a greater concern along the coast, Marin County is expanding its Climate and Sustainability Division within the office of the county executive. (Marin County Community Development Agency via Bay City News)

Marin County has appointed Nadia Seeteram as its first chief climate officer, a newly created role aimed at advancing the county’s response to climate change and sea level rise.

County Executive Derek Johnson announced Seeteram’s appointment during Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, calling the hire a “significant milestone” for the county as it expands its Climate and Sustainability Division within the office of the county executive.

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Ruth Dusseault, Bay City News

Ruth Dusseault is an investigative reporter and multimedia journalist focused on environment and energy. Her position is supported by the California local news fellowship, a statewide initiative spearheaded by UC Berkeley aimed at supporting local news platforms. While a student at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism (c’23), Ruth developed stories about the social and environmental circumstances of contaminated watersheds around the Great Lakes, Mississippi River and Florida’s Lake Okeechobee. Her thesis explored rights of nature laws in small rural communities. She is a former assistant professor and artist in residence at Georgia Tech’s School of Architecture, and uses photography, film and digital storytelling to report on the engineered systems that undergird modern life.

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