McKenna Thompson

McKenna Thompson is a skilled legal researcher with a focus on environmental and conservation issues, currently working at Renew Missouri since August 2024. Prior experience includes roles as a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where research concentrated on landowner perceptions of conservation easements, and as a Policy Clerk at Renew Missouri, where legal research and policy studies related to renewable energy were conducted. Thompson has also held research positions in various capacities, including investigating barriers to energy development on American Indigenous lands and contributing to disease ecology studies. An educational background in Natural Resources Science and Management was completed at the University of Missouri-Columbia.