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Program Leadership

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Tricia Gorby	Assistant Dean and Director, Natural Resources Institute	tricia.gorby@wisc.edu	(608) 890-1371
Chad Cook	Natural Resources Institute Associate Director of Outreach	chad.cook@wisc.edu	(920) 232-1990
Katy Bradford	Community Engaged Science & Education Program Manager	katy.bradford@wisc.edu	(608) 331-0173
Meg Domroese	Water Program Manager	meg.domroese@wisc.edu	See email address
Deanna Erickson	LSNERR Director	deanna.erickson@wisc.edu	(715) 399-4086
Sue Swanson	WGNHS Director & State Geologist	sue.swanson@wisc.edu	(608) 262-0068
Kris Tiles	Forestry and Wildlife Program Manager	kris.tiles@wisc.edu	(715) 261-1254
Amy Workman	Upham Woods Center Director	amy.workman@wisc.edu	(608) 264-3485

Aquatic Invasive Species Program

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Emily Heald	Rivers Outreach Specialist	emily.heald@wisc.edu	See email address

Conservation Professional Training Program

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Kevin Erb	Conservation Professional Training Program Manager	kevin.erb@wisc.edu	(920) 391-4652
Steph Garcia	Program Coordinator	steph.garcia@wisc.edu	See email address

Emerging Contaminants

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Anya “AJ” Jeninga	Emerging Contaminants Outreach Specialist	jeninga@wisc.edu	(920) 391-4612

Lake Superior Collaborative

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Catie Geib	Lake Superior Collaborative Program Coordinator	catie.geib@wisc.edu	(715) 577-1361

Lake Superior Estuarine Research Reserve

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Deanna Erickson	Reserve Director	deanna.erickson@wisc.edu	(715) 399-4086
Melissa Burke	Climate Resilience Specialist	melissa.burke@wisc.edu
Ryan Feldbrugge	Education Specialist	feldbrugge@wisc.edu	(715) 399-4090
Steph Garcia	Program Coordinator	steph.garcia@wisc.edu	See email address
Jim Gharrity	Financial and Administrative Specialist	james.gharrity@wisc.edu	(715) 399-4082
Karina Heim	Coastal Training Program Coordinator	karina.heim@wisc.edu	(715) 399-4089
Addison “Addi” Knoll	Environmental Lab Tech	knoll4@wisc.edu
Hannah Nicklay	Monitoring Coordinator	hannah.nicklay@wisc.edu	(715) 399-4088
Luciana Ranelli	Education Coordinator	luciana.ranelli@wisc.edu	(715) 399-4085
Kaitlin Reinl, PhD	Research Coordinator	kreinl@wisc.edu	(715) 399-4086
Kirsten Rhude	Stewardship Coordinator	kirsten.rhude@wisc.edu	(715) 399-4091

Forestry and Wildlife Program

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Kris Tiles	Natural Resources Education Program Manager	kris.tiles@wisc.edu	(715) 261-1254
Johanna Desprez	Regional Natural Resources Educator	johanna.desprez@wisc.edu	See email address
Scott Hershberger	Forestry Communications Specialist	scott.hershberger@wisc.edu	See email address
Tony Johnson	Working Lands Forestry Educator	anthony.johnson@wisc.edu	(608) 386-8900
Bill Klase	Regional Natural Resources Educator	william .klase@wisc.edu	(715) 401-4845
Olivia Kovacs	Regional Natural Resources Educator	okovacs@wisc.edu	See email address
Keith Phelps	Working Lands Forestry Educator	keith.phelps@wisc.edu	(920) 840-7504

Water Program

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Meg Domroese	Water Program Manager	meg.domroese@wisc.edu	See email address
Sarah Brown	Natural Resources Educator (Washburn County Extension)	sarah.anne.brown@wisc.edu	(715) 635-4444
Anna James	Natural Resources Educator (Wood County Extension)	anna.m.james@wisc.edu	(715) 421-8444
Jennifer McNelly	Natural Resources Educator (Wood County Extension)	jennifer.mcnelly@wisc.edu	(715) 214-8913
Maranda Miller	Regional Natural Resources Educator	maranda .miller@wisc.edu	(608) 590-5758
Wade Moder	Natural Resources Educator (Dane County Extension)	wade.moder@wisc.edu	(608) 224-3710
Whitney Prestby	Water & Ag Conservation Team Lead	whitney.prestby@wisc.edu	(920) 391-4663
Jenny Seifert	Watershed Outreach Specialist	jenny.seifert@wisc.edu	(608) 890-4717
Dan Zerr	Regional Natural Resources Educator	daniel .zerr@wisc.edu	(715) 836-5513

Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center

Visit the Upham Woods website for the current staff directory.

Water Action Volunteers (WAV)/Rivers Outreach

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Katy Bradford	WAV Program Manager	katy.bradford@wisc.edu	(608) 331-0173
Steph Garcia	Program Coordinator	steph.garcia@wisc.edu	See email address
Emily Heald	Rivers Educator	emily.heald@wisc.edu	See email address

Wisconsin Extension Maple Syrup Program

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Tony Johnson	Working Lands Forestry Educator	anthony.johnson@wisc.edu	(608) 386-8900

Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey

Visit the WGNHS website for the current staff directory.

Wisconsin Master Naturalist Program

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Becky Sapper	Master Naturalist Program Manager	becky.sapper@wisc.edu	(715) 685-2652
Greta Landis, PhD	Evaluation Specialist	greta.landis @wisc.edu	See email address
Martha Martin	Outreach Support Specialist	martha.martin @wisc.edu	(608) 262-0020

Wisconsin State Climatologist

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Steve Vavrus, PhD	Wisconsin State Climatologist	sjvavrus@wisc.edu	(608) 265-5279
Josh Bendorf	Climate Outreach Specialist	jbendorf@wisc.edu	See email address

Service Units and Support

Evaluation

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Samuel Pratsch, PhD	Evaluation Unit Lead	samuel.pratsch@wisc.edu	(608) 265-3473
Feiran Chen	Evaluation Specialist	fchen84@wisc.edu	See email address
Evelyn Hammond, PhD	Evaluation Specialist	evelyn.hammond@wisc.edu	See email address
Greta Landis, PhD	Evaluation Specialist	greta.landis@wisc.edu	See email address
Amber Saylor Mase, PhD	Evaluation Specialist	amber.mase@wisc.edu	(608) 890-0718
Ayse Okur	Evaluation Specialist	okur2@wisc.edu	See email address
Alli Wenman	USDA Midwest Regional Climate Outreach Project Manager	awenman@wisc.edu	(608) 262-6332
Namah Taku-Forchu	Evaluation Specialist	takuepseforc@wisc.edu	(515) 735-0051

Instructional Design

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Janice Kepka	Instructional Design Unit Lead	janice.kepka@wisc.edu	(608) 263-4695
Kristy Gruley	Project Manager	gruley@wisc.edu	See email address
Claire Brittain	Instructional Designer	cbrittain@wisc.edu	See email address
Margie Cook	Instructional Designer	margie.cook@wisc.edu	(608) 262-2643
Megan Fuhr	Instructional Designer	mfuhr@wisc.edu	See email address
Casey Garhart	Instructional Designer	pmgarhart @wisc.edu	See email address
Wendy Schweitzer	Instructional Designer	wendy.schweitzer @wisc.edu	(608) 798-0962

Marketing & Communications

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Anne Nardi	Marketing & Communications Unit Lead	anne.nardi@wisc.edu	(608) 262-1377
Jamey Burns	Senior Web Developer	jamey .burns@wisc.edu
Shailah (Shay) Handy	Graphic and Web Designer	shailah.handy@wisc.edu	(608) 262-4004
Leah Kavallaris	Graphic and Web Designer	leah.kavallaris@wisc.edu	(608) 262-4004
Matt Waldren, PhD	Senior Editor	matt.waldren@wisc.edu	(608) 262-6420

Support Staff

Name	Title	Email	Phone
Brian Kline	Natural Resources Institute Assistant Director of Administration	brian.kline@wisc.edu	(608) 262-1369
Krysta Koralesky	Natural Resources Institute Financial Specialist	krysta.koralesky@wisc.edu	(608) 262-2634
Martha Martin	Outreach Support Specialist	martha.martin@wisc.edu	(608) 262-0020
Travis Olson	Partnerships Manager	travis.olson@wisc.edu	(608) 262-1748

Affiliates

UW–Madison Affiliates

Name	Title	Email	Campus
Scott Bowe	Professor/Extension Specialist, Dept. of Forest and Wildlife Ecology	sbowe@wi sc.edu	UW-Madison
Paul Charland	TPOS Coordinator and Outreach Specialist	pcharland@wisc.edu	UW-Madison
David Drake	Professor/Extension Specialist, Dept. of Forest and Wildlife Ecology	ddrake2 @wisc.edu	UW-Madison
Ken Genskow, PhD	Professor and Extension Specialist, Dept. of Planning and Landscape Architecture (Former ERC Director)	kgenskow@wisc.edu	UW-Madison
Jamie Nack	Outreach Specialist, Dept. of Forest and Wildlife Ecology	jlnack@wisc.edu	UW-Madison
Bret Shaw, PhD	Professor and Extension Specialist, Dept. of Life Sciences Communication	brshaw @wisc.edu	UW-Madison

UW–Stevens Point Affiliates

Name	Title	Email	Campus
Cayla Cavey	Groundwater Education Specialist	ccavey@uwsp.edu	CWSE
Somsubhra “Som” Chattopadhyay	Assistant Prof and Extension Specialist	schattop@uwsp.edu chattopadhy6@wisc.edu	U W-SP
Austin Holland	Professor	austin.holland@uwsp.edu alholland2@wisc.edu	CLUE
Abby Johnson	Data Science, Data Management and GIS Specialist	abby.johnson@uwsp.edu aejohnson36@wisc.edu	CWSE
Kevin Masarik	Director Center for Watershed Science and Education	kmasarik@uwsp.edu kevin.masarik@wisc.edu	C WSE
Eric Olson	Director of Extension Lakes	eric.olson@uwsp.edu eric.olson@wisc.edu	CWSE/Lakes
Jason Riddle	Director of Wisconsin Center for Wildlife	jriddle@uwsp.edu	Wildlife
Rebecca Roberts	Land Use Specialist	rebecca.roberts@uwsp.edu	CLUE
Brian Sloss	Dean of College of Natural Resources	brian.sloss@uwsp.edu blsloss@wisc.edu	UW-SP
Steve Hubbard	Director of Wisconsin Forestry Center	shubbard@uwsp.edu	WFC

UW–Green Bay Affiliates

Name	Title	Email	Campus
Amy Carrozzino-Lyon	Restoration Scientist, Natural & Applied Sciences	carrozza@uwgb.edu carrozzinoly@wisc.edu	UW-GB
Emily Tyner	Freshwater Strategy Director, Cofrin School of Business	tynere@uwgb.edu ehtyner@wisc.edu	UW-GB

Emeritus Affiliates

Name	Title	Email
Elaine Andrews	Environmental Education Specialist (Former ERC Director)	eand r ews@wisc.edu
Bill Bland, PhD	Emeritus Professor, UW–Madison Department of Soil Science	wlbland@wisc.edu
Jake Blasczyk	Senior Evaluation Specialist	jblasczy@wisc.edu
Brian J. Holmes, PhD	Emeritus Professor, UW–Madison Biological Systems Engineering Department	bjholmes@wisc.edu
Gary Jackson	Emeritus Professor, UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences/Soil Science	gwjackso@wisc.edu
Peter Nowak	Emeritus Professor, UW–Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies,	pnowak@wisc.edu
Jim Peterson	Emeritus Professor, UW–Madison Biological Systems Engineering Department (Former ERC Director)	jopeters@wisc.edu
Jeff Strobel	Emeritus Graphic Designer, Natural Resources Institute and Environmental Resources Center	jeffrey .strobel@wisc.edu

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