Our Team
Core Faculty
Jeffrey Andresen
Co-Director and Co-Principal Investigator, Michigan State University
Derek Van Berkel
Principal Investigator, University of Michigan
Maria Carmen Lemos
Co-Director and Principal Investigator, University of Michigan
Michael Notaro
Co-Principal Investigator, University of Wisconsin
Richard Rood
Co-Principal Investigator, University of Michigan
Staff & Researchers
Jenna Jorns
Co-Director, University of Michigan
Tori Field
Sustained Engagement Specialist, University of Michigan
Kim Channell
Climatologist, University of Michigan
Rachel Kelly
Climatologist, University of Michigan
Rebecca R. Edler
Sustainability Coordinator, College of Menominee Nation
Omar Gates
Climatologist, University of Michigan
Erica Goto
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan
Beth Gibbons
Practitioner in Residence, Farallon Strategies, LLC
Scott Kalafatis
Assistant Professor of Sustainability, Chatham University
Alison Meadow
External Evaluator
Matt Naud
Practitioner in Residence
Sara Smith
Midwest Tribal Resilience Liaison, College of Menominee Nation
Yafang Zhong
Research Scientist, Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC), University of Wisconsin-Madison
Advisory Boards
Our Science Advisory Committee (SAC) and Practitioner Working Group (PWG) have contributed to our Great Lakes Ensemble project for several years and will soon more broadly serve all of GLISA’s work. The following members have committed to 2.5 year terms beginning in 2021.
Science Advisory Committee
- New: Deanna Fielder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Joseph Barsugli, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
- Frances Delaney, Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Andre Erler, Aquanty
- New: Lauren Fry, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
- Drew Gronewold, University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability
- Glenn Milner, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
- Biljana Music, Ouranos
- New: Hannah Panci, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
- New: Heidi Roop, University of Minnesota
- New: Tamara Wall, California-Nevada Applications Program (CNAP)
Practitioner Working Group
- New: Bill Beriner, Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan
- Tim Boring, Michigan Agriculture Advancement
- Devon Brock-Montgomery, professional (formerly with the Bad River Band)
- Ankur Desai, University of Wisconsin
- Rebecca Esselman and Dan Brown, Huron River Watershed Council
- Edmundo Fausto, professional (formerly with Toronto Regional Conservation Authority)
- Elizabeth Gibbons, American Society of Adaptation Professionals
- New: Mindy Granley, City of Duluth
- Christopher Hoving, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- New: John Lengel and Sarah Knue, RS&H
- Greg Mann, National Weather Service
- New: Sascha Petersen, Adaptation International
- Michele Richards, Michigan Army National Guard
- New: Mark Shafer, South Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP)
- New: Sara Smith, College of Menominee National Sustainable Development Institute
- New: Dennis Todey, USDA Midwest Climate Hub