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Advisory Committee
Tribal/Tribal Organization Representatives
Click on a committee member's photo to read their bio.
Jerry Cain
Enviromental Manager
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Jamie Donatuto, Ph.D.
Community Environmental Health Analyst
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
Michael Durglo, Jr.
Department Head of the CSKT’s Tribal Historic Department
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Shasta Gaughen, Ph.D.
Environmental Director
Pala Band of Mission Indians
Desirae Mack
Senior Program Manager
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Federal Agency Representatives
Lisa Bacanskas
Climate Change Division
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Alicia Bell-Sheeter
Policy Analyst
U.S. Forest Service
Erica Bollerud
State and Local Energy and the Environment Program
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ashely Fortune Isham
National Conservation Training Center
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Rachael Novak
Coordinator of the Tribal Resilience Program
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Chris Swanston
Director of the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science
U.S. Forest Service
Paul Wagner
Tribal Liaison
U.S. Geological Survey
Tribal Resilience Liaisons
Malinda Chase
Tribal Liaison for Alaska's Tribes
Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center
Chas Jones
Tribal Liaison for Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
Sara Smith
Midwest Tribal Liaison
Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (NE CASC) and College of Menominee Nation
Stefan Tangen
Tribal Liaison
North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center
April Taylor
South Central Climate Adaption Science Center
Sustainability Scientist for the Chickasaw Nation
Casey Thornbrugh
Northeast/Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center and USET
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Althea Walker-Ortiz
Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center and The American Indian Higher Education Consortium
Nez Perce, Hopi, and Gila River Tribes
