Maddie Davidson

Project Associate

Maddie moved to New Orleans in August 2025 and is beyond excited for her year-long fellowship with the Urban Conservancy. She found the UC through Avodah, a national Jewish service corps that supports young adults to live their Jewish-Social Justice values. Maddie cemented those values at Muhlenberg College where she earned a B.A in Sustainability Studies with a minor in Creative Writing and Journalism in May 2025. There, she was invested in campus and city-wide environmental action initiatives and strengthening environmental education resources within the school district. 

Most notably, Maddie was awarded a Youth Climate Action Microgrant through Bloomberg Philanthropies, and developed a replicable, hands-on Tree Science and Stewardship Curriculum for 5th graders. She was later invited to speak about the urgency of intergenerational partnerships at a Bloomberg Philanthropies public innovation summit, and again on NPR 1A. Maddie is excited for her time at the UC supporting youth and community programming to co-imagine and co-design a more climate resilient city. 

Outside of work, Maddie enjoys NYT sudoku puzzles, running around with a frisbee and going on very long walks in new places to say hi to kind strangers and ID local trees. She’s looking forward to settling into and learning from the gorgeous rhythm of New Orleans this year.