Bemmy Granados

Bemmy Granados (formerly "Maharramli") is the Director of Innovation in Landscape Management, where she leads efforts to advance integrated landscape management to promote sustainable land-use practices. She collaboratively develops capacity-building tools, training and learning modules, and relationships to accelerate and boost the good work of landscape partners and leaders across the globe. She facilitates a program of action research- conceiving and implementing transformative programs that promote multifunctional landscapes characterized by sustainable agriculture, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience.

Previously, Bemmy played a significant role at the University of California, Los Angeles’ Center for Community Engagement. There, she provided leadership in advancing community-engaged research, teaching, and learning institutionally across campus, including overseeing the Center’s environmental and international development partnerships. Additionally, Bemmy was the Manager of the Food Security/Sovereignty Initiative at Conservation International in Washington D.C., where she played a leadership role in the collaborative development of the institution’s Food Security/Sovereignty strategy.

Bemmy has a Ph.D. in Urban and Environmental Planning and Policy from the University of California Irvine’s School of Social Ecology, a joint M.S.E.S. in Ecology and M.P.A. in Environmental Policy from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of San Diego. Her recent publications include topics related to civic ecology, environmental stewardship networking and analysis, environmental peacebuilding, and community-engaged and empowered partnerships.