Adria Tinnin

Director of Race Equity & Legislative Policy
atinnin@turn.org  |  (415) 929-8876

Adria Tinnin joined TURN in March 2022 as Race Impact Policy Analyst. Adria examines TURN’s policies, practices and positions on utility-consumer advocacy work to eradicate structural and/or institutional racism that exists in utility regulatory practice and ultimately improve energy and telecommunications outcomes for Black, Indigenous and People of Color. In May 2023, she became the Director of Race Equity Policy.

Before coming to TURN, Adria was a researcher and lecturer in the Political Science Department at UCLA, teaching courses in American politics and environmental justice politics. Her research focused on inequities in regulatory enforcement in low-income communities and communities of color. She also worked as a political risk analyst for GeoQuant, a geopolitical risk analysis firm.

Adria earned a B.A, M.A. and PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.