GA6 Steering Committee Members

Chairperson and Members of Organizing Committee

  1. Chairperson: Ryan E. Emanuel Associate Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
  2. Chairperson: Jason McLachlan, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
  3. Antoinette Abeyta, Assistant Professor, Mathematics,Physical and Natural Sciences Division, University of New Mexico, Gallup
  4. Antony Berthelote, Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, Salish Kootenai College
  5. Nievita Bueno Watts, Director, Indian Natural Resources, Science & Engineering Program + Diversity in STEM, Cal Poly Humboldt
  6. Diana Dalbotten, Director, Diversity and Broader Impacts, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota
  7. Cathleen Torres Parisian, Engagement Lead, Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota
  8. Donna Chavis, Lumbee Elder 
  9. Holly Pellerin, Fond du Lac Elder
  10. Jody Peters, Ecological Forecasting Initiative Community Manager, University of Notre Dame
  11. Kathy Isaacson, Backbone Director, Native FEWS Alliance, AIHEC
  12. Rachel Torres, Postdoc, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
  13. Karletta Chief, Director of the Indigenous Resilience Center, University of Arizona, Native FEWS Alliance Leadership
  14. Timberley Roane, Director of Environmental Stewardship of Indigenous Lands Certificate, University of Colorado Denver