Nick russell

Senior Associate, Team Lead on Strategy Modeling and Data Visualization

Nick grew up in the Central Valley in Northern California, surrounded by fields of sunflowers, corn, and tomatoes. While in college at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Nick stumbled into a geography class and immediately became enthralled with understanding human-environmental interactions.

Prior to joining Lotus, Nick worked both in the non-profit sector, conducting data analysis and visualization for electric vehicle programs, and in the public sector, quantifying air pollution impacts on federal lands. He has a BS in Anthropology and Geography from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo and a MA in Applied Geography and Geospatial Science from University of Colorado-Denver.

Nick believes in a holistic approach to environmental issues and is passionate about applying his data analysis, modeling, and GIS experience to co-create equity centered solutions. He is excited to help clients make data-informed climate action decisions and to tell their sustainability stories through impactful data visualizations.

“If wildness can stop being (just) out there and start being (also) in here, if it can start being as humane as it is natural, then perhaps we can get on with the unending task of struggling to live rightly in the world—not just in the garden, not just in the wilderness, but in the home that encompasses them both.”

— William Cronon