Brennen Drysdale is a Project Manager at the EFI Foundation.
His research at the EFI Foundation includes critical minerals, focusing on the extraction and processing of these minerals and their impact on local communities and the environment.
Prior to joining the EFI Foundation, Drysdale worked for EarthRights International as a Development Officer. While there, he focused on increasing the organization’s fundraising capabilities as well as developing a more comprehensive monitoring, evaluation, and learning system. Through his capacity-building work, he also created workstreams and research on critical minerals.
Drysdale received a Master of Arts from King’s College London, where he focused his studies on natural resource economics and geopolitics. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Rhode Island.