The experts taking on our biggest climate challenges.

Woodwell is home to more than 150 scientists, policy specialists, and professionals working together to turn knowledge into action. Meet the scientists, policy experts, advisors and professional staff behind Woodwell's work.

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Leadership

Senior Leadership Team

Max Holmes, Ph.D.

President & CEO
John Arseneault, M.S., C.P.A.

Vice President of Finance
Gina Hebert, B.S.

Director of Operations & Board Relations
Jack Hurd, M.P.A.

Chief Operating Officer
Leslie Kolterman, M.A.T.

Vice President of Philanthropy
David Nagel, B.A.

Vice President of Marketing & Communications
Jonathan Sanderman, Ph.D.

Vice President of Science
Christopher R. Schwalm, Ph.D.

Vice President of Science
Laura Uttley, M.P.A.

Vice President of Policy & Government Relations
Wayne S. Walker, Ph.D.

Vice President of Science

Presidential Advisor

John P. Holdren, Ph.D.

Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School

Board of Directors

Thomas (Tod) J. Hynes III, B.S.

Chair
Sanjay J. Wagle, M.B.A.

Vice Chair
Michael J. Fanger, B.A.

Treasurer
Roger A. Kranenburg, M.S., M.B.A.

Clerk
The Honorable Jainey Bavishi, MCP

Director
Jerry Brown, B.A.

Director
Aimée Christensen, J.D.

Director
Christina DeConcini, Esq., J.D.

Director
C. Gail Greenwald, Ph.D.

Director
André L. Guimarães, M.S.

Director
Max Holmes, Ph.D.

President & CEO
The Honorable Joseph P. Kennedy III, J.D.

Director
John L. Le Coq, B.A.

Director
Robert B. Litterman, Ph.D.

Director
Karen Olcott, M.A.

Director
Glenn T. Prickett, B.A.

Director
Kilaparti Ramakrishna, Ph.D.

Director
Daniel A. Reifsnyder, Ph.D.

Director
Joseph R. Robinson, B.A.

Director
Jean A. Rogers, Ph.D.

Director
Aniket Shah, Ph.D.

Director
James Socas, M.B.A.

Director
Ihsan K. Speede, J.D.

Director
Izabella M. Teixeira, Ph.D.

Director
Cyrus N. Wadia, Ph.D.

Director

Emeritus Directors

John H. Adams

Founding Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Anita W. Brewer-Siljehølm

Conservationist
Neal A. Brown

Conservationist, Foundation Trustee
John Cantlon

Vice-President, Emeritus Michigan State University
Stephen T. Curwood

Executive Producer & Host, Living on Earth, Public Radio International
Iris Fanger, Ph.D.

Arts Critic & Community Leader
Joshua Goldberg

Special outside counsel-investment banking, Raymond James; Board member, Association to Preserve Cape Cod; Senior trustee, Goldberg Family Foundation
Stuart Goode

Private Investor
David G. Hawkins

Director, Climate Center, Natural Resources Defense Council
John P. Holdren, Ph.D.

Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School
Joel Horn

Conservationist
Lily Rice Hsia

Consultant, Mather & Hsia Consultants
Lawrence S. Huntington

Chairman Emeritus, Fiduciary Trust International
Karen C. Lambert

Environmentalist & Political Activist
Victoria H. Lowell

Community Leader and Conservationist
Wilhelm M. Merck

Founder and Managing Member of Essex Timber Company
Mary Louise Montgomery

Conservationist, Community Leader
William R. Moomaw

Professor Emeritus, Tufts University; Center for International Environmental & Resource Policy, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy
Jeremy M. Oppenheim

Founder & Managing Partner, SYSTEMIQ, Ltd.
Joseph J. Mueller

Community Leader and Conservationist
Amy H. Regan

President, Harbourton Foundation
Constance R. Roosevelt

Conservationist
Ross Sandler

Professor of Law, New York Law School
Tedd Saunders

President, Eco-Logical Solutions, Chief Sustainability Officer, Saunders Hotel Group
James G. Speth

Professor of Law, Vermont School of Law

Scientists

Research Leaders

Max Holmes, Ph.D.

President & CEO
Jonathan Sanderman, Ph.D.

Vice President of Science
Christopher R. Schwalm, Ph.D.

Vice President of Science
Wayne S. Walker, Ph.D.

Vice President of Science
Richard A. Birdsey, Ph.D.

Senior Science Policy Advisor
Glenn K. Bush, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist
Michael T. Coe, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist
Linda A. Deegan, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist
Jennifer A. Francis, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist
Peter Frumhoff, Ph.D.

Senior Science Policy Advisor
Elchin Jafarov, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist
Anna Liljedahl, Ph.D.

Associate Scientist
Marcia N. Macedo, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist
Susan M. Natali, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist
Christopher Neill, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist
Ludmila Rattis, Ph.D.

Assistant Scientist
Brendan M. Rogers, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist
Kathleen Savage, M.Sc.

Senior Research Scientist
Christina Schädel, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist
Frances Seymour, M.P.A.

Senior Policy Advisor
Jennifer D. Watts, Ph.D.

Associate Scientist
Zachary Zobel, Ph.D.

Risk Program Associate Director

Research Staff

Edward Alexander, M.Ed.

Senior Arctic Lead
Morris Alexie

Community Engagement Specialist
Kyle Arndt, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Abra Atwood, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Daniel Baldassare, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Iván Barberá, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
Tracy Barquinero, M.S.

Permafrost Pathways Project Director
Maura Barry, B.S.

EVOME Project Coordinator
Cácio Luiz Boechat, Ph.D.

Visiting Scholar, Postdoctoral Researcher
Valeria Briones, M.S.

Research Associate
Monica Caparas, B.S.

Research Associate
Chu-Chun Chang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
Zhongqi Chen, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Allie Cunningham, B.S.

Science on the Fly Director
Andréa D. de Almeida Castanho, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Jackie Dean, M.S.

Research Assistant
Carlos Dobler-Morales, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Joshua Driscol, M.S.

Research Assistant
Harrison DuBois, B.S.

Research Assistant
Jackson Dueweke, B.S.

Research Assistant
Dominick Dusseau, M.A.

Research Associate
Patrick Farrar, B.A.

Research Assistant
Mary Farina, M.A.

Research Assistant Fellow
Patrick Fedor, M.S.

Research Assistant
Gregory J. Fiske, M.S.

Director of Geospatial Technology
Miriam Gammerman, M.S.

Research Assistant
Kelly Gassert, M.S.

Research Assistant
Nigel Golden, Ph.D.

Research Scientist, Climate Justice Specialist
Jake Huff, M.S.

Research Assistant
Jacqueline Hung, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Ludda Ludwig, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
Abigail Lute, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Kaj Lynöe, M.S.

Research Assistant
Manoela Machado, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Sambadi Majumder, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Kayla Mathes, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Christina Minions, M.S.

Research Assistant
Andrew Mullen, M.S.

Research Associate
Patrick Murphy, M.S.

Research Associate
Alexandra Naegele, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Brendan Ng, B.A.

Strategic Partnerships Lead
Andrea Norton, M.S.

Research Assistant
Colleen Partida, B.S.

Research Assistant
Darcy Peter, B.S.

Arctic Adaptation Knowledge Co-Production Lead
Jeralyn Poe, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
Amanda Poston, B.A.

Permafrost Pathways Operations Manager
Stefano Potter, M.S.

Research Associate
Joshua Rady, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
Heidi Rodenhizer, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Taniya RoyChowdhury, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
José Lucas Safanelli, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Helen Sears, M.S.

Research Assistant, Nutrients Lab Coordinator
Christina Shintani, M.S.

Cartographer
Robert Stenson, M.S.

Field Assistant
Emily Sturdivant, M.Sc.

Geospatial Analyst
Hillary L. Sullivan, Ph.D.

Research Associate
Anya Suslova, M.Sc.

Research Associate
Bethany Sutherland, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
Anna Talucci, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Dogukan Teber, B.S.

Software Product Manager
Mika Tosca, Ph.D.

Research Associate
Anna Virkkala, Ph.D.

Research Scientist
Isabel Wargowsky, M.S.

Research Assistant
Caroline Williams, M.S.

Research Assistant
Tiffany Windholz, B.S.

Research Assistant
Brooke LaRae Woods, A.A.

Climate Adaptation Specialist
Yili Yang, Ph.D.

AI Scientist – Geospatial & Remote Sensing
Robb Young, M.Sc.

Research Assistant
Joseph Zambo

Forests & Climate Change Coordinator, Projet Équateur
Ran Zhi, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
Scott Zolkos, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Emeritus Scientists

I. Foster Brown, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist Emeritus
Richard A. Houghton, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist Emeritus
Thomas A. Stone, M.A.

Scientist Emeritus

Operations

Operations Staff

John Arseneault, M.S., C.P.A.

Vice President of Finance
Gina Hebert, B.S.

Director of Operations & Board Relations
Jack Hurd, M.P.A.

Chief Operating Officer
Leslie Kolterman, M.A.T.

Vice President of Philanthropy
David Nagel, B.A.

Vice President of Marketing & Communications
Laura Uttley, M.P.A.

Vice President of Policy & Government Relations
Bez Alexander, M.S.

Website Administrator/Developer
Dani Ankeney, B.A.

Human Resources Coordinator
Pavithra Avula, M.S.

Cloud Computing Analyst
Beth Bagley, B.A.

Senior Director, Gift Planning & Stewardship
Beth Brazil, M.A.

Senior Director, Institutional Partnerships
Nancy Bridges, B.A.

Director of Strategic Events & Protocol
Tara Broadhurst, B.S.B.A.

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Brendan Clark, B.S.

Facilities Engineer
Andrew Condia, B.A.

Director of Government Relations
Jamie Cummings, B.A.

Senior Policy Analyst
Erin Czelusniak, B.A.

Policy Analyst
Max Dantowitz, B.S.

Information Systems Administrator
Alli Dickey, B.S., B.J.

Social Media Specialist
Meghan Dwyer

Executive Assistant to the President & CEO
Sophia Fillion, M.Sc., M.B.A.

Director of Science Operations
Steven Gaurin, M.S., M. Phil.

Lab Operations & Field Safety Manager
Matthew J. Gay, M.S.

Director of Facilities
Leah George, B.S., M.B.A.

Associate Director, Development Operations & Data Systems
Matti Goldberg, Ph.D.

Director of International Policy
Heather Goldstone, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow, Host & Executive Producer
Tiffany Graves, B.A.

Development & Events Specialist
Mark Haycock, B.S.

Assistant Director of Facilities, Sourcing & Sustainability
Jessica Howard, M.S.

Arctic Communications Lead
Kevin Huling

Information Systems Analyst
Morgan Joseph

Donor Relations & Stewardship Associate
Rory Keating, B.A.

Grants & Contracts Finance Administrator
Rinzing Lama, B.S.

Senior Accountant
Mandi Larson, B.A., CRA, CPRA

Senior Sponsored Research Administrator
Margaret Lin, M.P.S.

Communications Manager
Marygrace Lopez, B.A.

Grant and Contracts Finance Manager
Erin MacDonald, M.Sc.

Human Resources Generalist
Chris Maguire, B.I.S., C.R.A.

Grants and Contracts Finance Administrator
Jakob Michaelis, B.S.

Accountant
Sarah Moore, B.S.

Manager, Institutional Partnerships
David Nawrocki, B.A.

Information Systems Director
Missy Politi, M.S.

Controller
Mary Quinn, B.A.

Fundraising and Campaign Coordinator
Hannah Ritter, B.S.B.A.

Project Manager
Sarah Ruiz, B.A.

Editorial Manager
Anne Meyer Sellitto, B.A.

Director, Annual Giving & Development Operations
Moon Sharma, M.B.A.

Payroll Accountant
Harper Spires, M.P.A.

Senior Sponsored Research & Contract Administrator
Tracy Terry, M.A.

Senior Director, Philanthropic Partnerships
Julianne Waite, B.A.

Design Director

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