Anna-Lisa Castle serves as Policy Director, Clean Water & Equity at the Alliance for the Great Lakes, in which she leads campaigns supporting clean water access, equitable investment in water infrastructure, and climate resiliency water policy across the Great Lakes region. Anna-Lisa connects water policy priorities across the local, state, and federal levels by amplifying the work of strategic local drinking water, graywater, and stormwater initiatives, developing policy analysis and advocacy priorities with a focus on state-level policy, and convening stakeholders across the region in a collective impact approach.
Prior to joining the Alliance, Anna-Lisa worked in community organizing and supported a range of community-driven policy campaigns to achieve more equitable outcomes in education, affordable housing, and healthcare access. Anna-Lisa holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a master’s in public policy and administration from Northwestern University.