Leadership & Staff

Leadership Team

Nathan Meyer

Dr. Nathan Meyer
 Interim Director

Amanda Farris

Amanda Farris
Associate Director 

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Brian Shekleton
Strategic Partnerships & Climate Policy Lead

Researchers & Staff

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Katie Black
Climate Resilience Extension Educator

Dr. Kent Boyd
Climate Adaptation, Resilience, and Public Health Extension Educator

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Dr. Suzanna Clark
Climate Resilience Extension Educator

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Dena Coffman
GIS Specialist

Martin Froger Silva

Martin Froger Silva
Digital Content Coordinator

Britta Greene

Britta Greene
Climate Communications Specialist

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Jothsna Harris
Climate Justice Fellows Curriculum Developer

Stefan Liess

Dr. Stefan Liess
Climate Scientist

Christy Marsden

Christy Marsden
Curriculum Manager

Mark Seeley

Dr. Mark Seeley
Emeritus Professor

Maria Tomczik

Maria Tomczik
Project Coordinator

Cristina Weske
Tribal Climate Adaptation & Resilience Extension Educator

Current Students and Interns

Patrick Cipriano
HGA-MCAP Intern

Berg Ellenberger
Dr. of Nursing Practice student

Alejandro Fernandez
Ph.D. student

 Jack Gorman
MCAP Intern

Demie Huffman
Ph.D. Student

Advisory Board

Our Advisory Board helps inform our organizational priorities to ensure MCAP remains responsive to emerging climate-related issues and helps define organizational approaches to center principles of equitable resilience and social equity in all facets of our climate resilience research and practice. Board members serve a two-year term.

Ann Banitt
Senior Hydraulic Engineer
Regional Technical Specialist - Hydrology, Statistics, and Risk
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District 

Joseph Bauerkemper

Joseph Baukemper
Associate Professor
University of Minnesota Duluth

Kenneth Blumenfeld
Senior Climatologist
Minnesota State Climatology Office
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 

Patrick Hamilton
Manager of Sustainability Initiatives
Science Museum of Minnesota 

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Jenna Jorns 
Co-Director
GLISA

Ariane Laxo
Sustainability Director
HGA 

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Teddie Potter
Clinical Professor, School of Nursing

Brad Jordahl Redlin
Manager 
Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program
Minnesota Department of Agriculture 

Sharon Stephens
Climate Change Adaptation Coordinator
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 

Jamie Stroble
Owner
Noio Pathways 

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Steve Vavrus
Director, Wisconsin State Climatology Office
Co-director, Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI)
University of Wisconsin-Madison