GLIN Advisory Board
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Overview
Established in 1994, the GLIN Advisory Board oversees GLIN content development, promotes GLIN partnership and use at regional meetings and conferences, and recommends long-term goals for the project.


State Members
Illinois
Patrick Beaird
Statewide Web Development Manager
Illinois Technology Office
120 W. Jefferson
Springfield, Illinois 62702
Phone: (217) 785-6791
Patrick_Beaird@gov.state.il.us
Indiana
Candy Irven
General Manager
accessIndiana
10 West Market St., Suite 600
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (317) 233-2108
Fax: (317) 233-2011
cirven@www.IN.gov
Michigan
Martha Waszak
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Office of the Great Lakes
P.O. Box 30473
Lansing, MI 48909-7973
Phone: (517) 335-4112
Fax: (517) 335-4053
waszakm@michigan.gov
Minnesota
Vacant
New York
Lauren Makeyenko
Jr. Environmental Education Specialist
Erie County Department of Environment and Planning
95 Franklin Street, Room 1077
Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone: (716) 858-8555
Fax: (716) 858-7713
makeyenl@erie.gov
Ohio
Barb Wooldridge
GIS Specialist
Division of Surface Water
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
122 South Front Street, PO Box 1049
Columbus, OH 43216-1049
Phone: (614) 644-2150
Fax: (614) 644-2745
barb.wooldridge@epa.state.oh.us
Pennsylvania
Vacant
Wisconsin
Travis Olson
Program Coordinator, Wetland Protection & Land Use Planning
Wisconsin Coastal Management Program
Department of Administration
101 East Wilson Street, 4th Floor
P.O. Box 8944
Station Rd.
Madison, WI 53708-8944
Phone: (608) 266-3687
Fax: (608) 267-6917
travis.olson@doa.state.wi.us

Interstate Member
Council of Great Lakes Governors
35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1850
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312) 407-0177
Fax: (312) 407-0038

Provincial Members
Ontario
Laurie Thibeault
Environment Canada
Communications Advisor, Green Lane
867 Lakeshore Road
Room L137A
Burlington, Ontario L7R 4A6
Phone: (905) 336-4711
Fax: (905) 336-4715
Laurie.Thibeault@ec.gc.ca
Quebec
Vacant

Federal Members
Jennifer Day
Public Affairs Specialist
International Joint Commission
100 Ouellette Ave.
Windsor, ON N9A 6T3
Phone: In U.S. -- (313) 226-2170 ext 6733
Phone: In Canada -- (519) 257-6733
Fax: (519) 257-6740
dayj@windsor.ijc.org
Marc Gaden
Communications Officer
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
2100 Commonwealth Blvd. #209
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: (734) 662-3209 ext. 14
Fax: (734) 741-2010
mgaden@glfc.org
Margaret Lansing
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
2205 Commonwealth Blvd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: (734) 741-2210
margaret.lansing@noaa.gov
Pranas Pranckevicius
Chief, Data Integration Unit
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Great Lakes National Program Office
77 West Jackson Boulevard, G-9J
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: (312) 353-3437
Fax: (312) 353-2018/ 886-2403 pranckevicius.pranas@epa.gov
Kurt Kowalski (Chair)
Geographer
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division
Great Lakes Science Center
1451 Green Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2807
Phone: (734) 994-3331 ext 308
Fax: (734) 994-8780
kurt_kowalski@usgs.gov
Kevin O'Malley
Director, Office of Budget and Logistics
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
400 Seventh St. SW Suite 5424
Washington, D.C. 20590
Phone: (202) 366-8982
Fax: (202) 366-7147
kevin.p.o'malley@sls.dot.gov
Tracy D. Hill
Fishery Biologist
US Fish & Wildlife Service
Alpena FRO
Federal Building Rm 204
145 Water St.
Alpena, MI 49707
Phone: (517) 356-5102
Tracy_Hill@fws.gov

Tribal Member
Jennifer Dale
Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority
179 W. Three Mile Road
Sault Ste. Marie MI 49783
Phone: (906) 632-0043
Fax: (906) 632-1141
jmdale@chippewaottawa.org

Private / Commercial Members
Evelyn Strader
Council of Great Lakes Industries
3716 Sleepy Fox
Rochester Hills, MI 48309
Phone: (248) 340-7062
StraderCo@aol.com
RiverSides Stewardship Alliance
590 Jarvis Street, Suite 200
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4Y 2J4
Phone: (416) 392-1983
Fax: (416) 392-1757
riversides@riversides.org
Bill Nimke
Director of Education
Wisconsin Lake Schooner Education Association
500 N. Harbor Dr.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: (414) 276-7700
Fax: (416) 276-8838
bnimke13@hotmail.com
Mark Brush
Editor/Technical Director
Great Lakes Radio Consortium
535 W. William Suite 110
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Phone: (734) 647-3472
Fax: (734) 647-3488
mbrush@umich.edu
Becky Lentz
Outreach Manager
National Wildlife Federation
Great Lakes Natural Resource Center
506 E. Liberty Street, 2nd Floor
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2210
Phone: (734) 769-3351
Fax: (734) 769-1449
lentz@nwf.org
Susan Campbell
Manager, Communications Program
Lake Michigan Federation
700 Washington Ave. Suite 150
Grand Haven, MI 49417
Phone: (312) 939-0838 ext. 5
Fax: (616) 850-0765
ssmith@lakemichigan.org
Dan Thomas
President
Great Lakes Sport Fishing Council
P.O. Box 297
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Phone: (630) 941-1351
Fax: (630) 941-1196
dan@great-lakes.org

University / Research
Great Lakes Sea Grant Network
Stephen Wittman
Communications Coordinator
University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
Goodnight Hall, Room 243
1975 Willow Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1103
Phone: (608) 263-5371
Fax: (608) 262-0591
swittman@seagrant.wisc.edu
John Bartholic
Michigan State University
Institute of Water Research
1405 S. Harrison, Ste. 115
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone: (517) 353-3742
bartholi@pilot.msu.edu
R. Stephen Schneider
Managing Editor
International Association for Great Lakes Research
2205 Commonwealth Blvd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone: (734) 763-1520
Fax: (734) 741-2055
managingeditor@iaglr.org
Prof. Peter Knupfer
Associate Director, MATRIX
Michigan State University
Center for Great Lakes Culture
310 Auditorium Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 355-9300
Fax: (517) 355-8363
peter@mail.matrix.msu.edu

GLIN Project Team @ GLC
Christine Manninen (GLIN Webmaster)
Program Manager, Communications & Internet Technology
manninen@glc.org
Roger Gauthier
Program Manager, Data & Information Management
gauthier@glc.org
Elizabeth Schmidt
Program Specialist
eschmidt@glc.org
Stuart Eddy (GIS)
Project Manager
seddy@glc.org
Kevin Yam
Project Manager
kyam@glc.org
Hao Zhuang
Senior Program Specialist
hzhuang@glc.org
Great Lakes Commission
Eisenhower Corporate Park
2805 S. Industrial Hwy, Suite 100
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-6791
Phone: 734-971-9135
Fax: 734-971-9150

Advisers
Integrated Hosting Services
Merit Network, Inc.
4251 Plymouth Road, Suite C
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2785
Phone: (734) 764-9430
ihs-info@merit.edu

Related Resources
GLIN Advisory Board: Roles and Responsibilities
GLIN Project Team: Responsibilities at the Commission

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