Keriann Conroy (keriann@weown.it) recently graduated from the Master in Environmental Management Program at Western Colorado University, researching the role of public participation in rural electric cooperatives. She joined We Own It as a fellow in 2019, and has since developed her commitment to community well-being through political organizing. She has published writings on the Koch Brothers, the Dakota Access Pipeline, the Rural Electrification Act, and Tri-State Generation & Transmission. Currently, she lives in Gunnison, Colorado with her dog, Elsa.