Board Directors

Valerie Luzadis, Ph.D. Chair, GCSE Board of Directors Professor, The State University of New York, ESF

Frank Sesno Vice Chair, GCSE Board of Directors Director of Strategic Initiatives, The George Washington University

A. Karim Ahmed, Ph.D. Secretary-Treasurer, GCSE Board of Directors Adjunct Professor, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center

Anthony F. Michaels, Ph.D. Immediate Past Chair, GCSE Board of Directors

Angela Bednarek, Ph.D. Project Director, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Christopher Boone, Ph.D. Dean, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University

James Buizer Interim Director of the Arizona Institutes for Resilient Environment and Societies, University of Arizona

Randy Burd, Ph.D. Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Long Island University

Rita Colwell, Ph.D. Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University President, CosmosID, Inc.

Antje Danielson, Ph.D. Director of Education, MIT Energy Initiative

Kerry C. Duggan SustainabiliD LLC, Founder & Principal Senior Fellow, Federation of American Scientists

Margaret Leinen, Ph.D. Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Thomas Lovejoy, Ph.D. Professor, George Mason University Senior Fellow, United Nations Foundation

Amy Luers, Ph.D. Global Lead, Sustainability Science at Microsoft

Marty Matlock, Ph.D. Executive Director, University of Arkansas Resiliency Center, and Professor of Ecological Engineering, University of Arkansas

Rohan Patel Director, Policy and Business Development, Tesla

Minh-Hà Pham, Ph.D. Vice President, International Relations, PSL

Tom L. Richard, Ph.D. Director, Institutes of Energy and the Environment, and Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Penn State University

Sandra Whitehouse, Ph.D. Senior Policy Advisor, Ocean Conservancy

Michelle Wyman Executive Director

Founders' Circle

The GCSE Founders' Circle honors the commitment and leadership of past directors and officers. The Founders' Circle serves as an advisory group to the GCSE Board of Directors and a forum where members can continue to contribute to matters related to the organization.

Stephen P. Hubbell, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor, University of California Los Angeles

Jan Hartke, Esq. Consultant, Clinton Foundation Former President of the Global Tomorrow Coalition

Hon. Randy Johnson Former Commissioner, Hennepin County, Minnesota Past President, National Association of Counties

Jeffrey Leonard In Memory, 1954–2018

Dian Ogilvie Esq. Former Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Environmental Officer, Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

Hon. Barbara Sheen Todd Former Chairman, Board of Commissioners of Pinellas County, Florida Past President, National Association of Counties Honorary Board Directors

Hon. Richard Benedick President Emeritus

Hon. Hazel O'Leary

Hon. William K. Reilly

Hon. William D. Ruckelshaus

In Memory, 1932–2019 James Gustave Speth, Esq.

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