Christopher J. Manganiello

Dr. Christopher J. Manganiello is Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s Water Policy Director. He leads Chattahoochee Riverkeeper’s water supply program, tracks regional water planning, and works on legislative initiatives to ensure there is enough clean water for communities, environments, and economies.

Chris has written extensively on natural resource topics including energy, water, agriculture, and wildlife. He wrote a book, titled Southern Water, Southern Power: How the Politics of Cheap Energy and Water Scarcity Shaped a Region (University of North Carolina Press), and was co-editor, with Paul S. Sutter, of Environmental History and the American South: A Reader (University of Georgia Press). Chris has also published in Environmental History, the Journal of the History of Biology, the Journal of Southern History, and Southern Cultures.

Prior to joining Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Chris was the Georgia River Network Policy Director for almost five years. Before that he was a Smithsonian Institution Fellow, and a University of Georgia and Georgia Gwinnett College faculty member.