Wenonah Hauter—Executive Director

Wenonah Hauter is the founder and executive director of Food & Water Watch and Food & Water Action and serves on the board of each. Wenonah has three decades of experience campaigning and writing on food, water, energy and environmental issues. She has trained and mentored hundreds of organizers and activists across the country and worked at the national, state and local levels to develop policy positions and legislative and field strategies to secure real wins for communities and the environment. Read more.

Frida Kieninger—Director of EU Affairs (on leave until summer 2026)

Frida is Director of EU Affairs at Food and Water Action’s Europe. Working with local European groups and US-based researchers, she promotes a ban on fracking and works towards a phase out of fossil gas. After completing her master’s thesis on intensive agriculture in southern Spain, Frida became involved with issues concerning the European food system as well as the transition to a sustainable energy system, community energy and questions of climate justice. She has dealt with various food and energy issues in the context of EU institutions and Brussels NGOs. To contact her, email her at [email protected].

Eliot Garnier-Karcenti—Senior Energy Advisor

Eliot is a Senior Energy Advisor at Food & Water Action Europe’s, based in Brussels. He is working towards a phase-out of fossil gas and a just energy transition. After completing a Master’s degree in EU Affairs, he collaborated with various civil society organisations to promote climate transition in France and Europe. He was involved in the electrification of transport and industry, as well as public investment in the climate and energy transition. To contact him, email him at [email protected]

Enrico Donda—Gas Campaigner

Enrico is a campaigner with a background in EU and environmental policies, after a Master in European Studies at the University of Trento (Italy), he has lived in Lisbon and Brussels. Before joining Food & Water Action Europe, Enrico has worked in Brussels in the energy, transport, and gas sectors, in direct contact with European institutions, NGOs, associations, and organizations operating at national and EU level. He worked to organize events, workshops, and activities focusing on air pollution, sustainable energy systems, and just transition. Enrico is Italian and speaks English, French, Portuguese, and basic Slovenian. He can be found at [email protected]