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Maria Janowiak
Title: Director (acting)
Affiliation: USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
Focus Area: Forests, Carbon, Adaptation Planning and Implementation
Stephen Handler
Title: Deputy Director (acting)
Affiliation: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Focus Area: Vulnerability Assessment, Climate Adaptation Planning, Forest Management and Silviculture, Tribal perspectives, Wildlife Management
Hannah Abbotts
Title: Senior Product Designer and Content Delivery Specialist
Affiliation: Michigan Technological University
Focus Area: Web Content Management, Digital Science and Communication, Climate Adaptation
Maddy Baroli
Title: Climate Adaptation Specialist
Affiliation: Michigan Technological University
Focus Area: Forest Ecology and Management, Urban & Community Forestry, Tree Planting and Assisted Migration
Mattison Brady
Title: Climate Adaptation Specialist
Affiliation: University of Vermont
Focus Area: Forest Ecology and Management, Forest Health Monitoring, Climate Adaptation
Tracy Campbell
Title: USDA Climate Hub Fellow
Affiliation: USDA ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, USDA Midwest Climate Hub, USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub
Focus Area: Agroforestry, Climate Change Mitigation, Climate Change Adaptation
Pete Clark
Title: Postdoctoral Associate
Affiliation: University of Vermont
Focus Area: Forest ecology, forest regeneration, plant physiological responses to global change
Adrienne Keller
Title: Research Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Michigan Tech University
Focus Area: Carbon Science and Management, Climate Adaptation and Mitigation, Ecosystem Ecology
Grace Kirchner
Title: USDA Climate Hub Fellow
Affiliation: Ohio State University, USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub
Focus Area: Applied Weather and Climate, Natural Resources, GIS
Katie Frerker
Title: Climate Adaptation Specialist
Affiliation: USDA Forest Service Eastern Region
Focus Area: Climate Adaptation, Carbon Stewardship, Assisted Migration, Forest Ecology
Patricia Leopold
Title: Climate Adaptation Specialist
Affiliation: USDA Forest Service Eastern Region State, Private, and Tribal Forestry
Focus Area: Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment, Climate Adaptation, Carbon Management
Kailey Marcinkowski
Title: Science Visual Information Specialist
Affiliation: Michigan Technological University
Focus Area: Science Communication and outreach, Graphic Design and Visual information resources, Publication Layout and Design, Digital Accessibility
Samantha Myers
Title: Forest Adaptation Specialist
Affiliation: University of Vermont
Focus Area: Forest Ecosystems, Climate Change Adaptation, Forest Carbon Dynamics, Adaptation Monitoring and Evaluation
Luke Nave
Title: Research Associate Professor
Affiliation: Michigan Technological University
Focus Area: Forest Ecology and Management, Soil Biogeochemistry, Carbon Cycling
Manashree Padiyath
Title: Climate Resource Assistant
Affiliation: Forest Service Resource Assistant Program
Focus Area: Science Communication, Web Content
Courtney Peterson
Title: Climate Adaptation Specialist
Affiliation: Colorado State University
Focus Area: Climate-adaptive Silviculture, Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Climate Adaptation
Rebecca Rooney
Title: ORISE Fellow
Affiliation: USDA -ARS Midwest Climate Hub
Focus Area: Plant Physiology, Forest Ecology, Climate Change Adaptation
Martha Sample
Title: Climate Adaptation Specialist
Affiliation: University of Minnesota
Focus Area: Climate adaptation, Land management planning, Science communication
Danielle Shannon
Title: Coordinator of the USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub
Affiliation: Michigan Technological University
Focus Area: Forest and Water Resources Management, Climate Adaptation, Communications
Maria Vicini
Title: Climate Adaptation Specialist
Affiliation: Colorado State University
Focus Area: Climate Adaptation, Silviculture, Forest Ecology