Dr. Tiffany Wise-West is the Sustainability and Climate Action Manager at the City of Santa Cruz. She is a licensed professional civil engineer with over 25 years of experience in municipal environmental planning, programming, policy and infrastructure development and implementation.

Drawing on her interest in innovation and education, she specializes in collaborating across public, private, and academic sectors to deliver impactful and award-winning emissions mitigation and climate adaptation initiatives. Tiffany led the city’s equity based engagement to launch Santa Cruz’s equity initiative called Health in All Policies (2019) and the equity focused Climate Action Plan (2022). Tiffany holds both a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Environmental Studies and a Master of Arts, Environmental Studies from UC Santa Cruz. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Purdue University.