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Great Lakes Advisory Board Membership

GLAB membership 2020

  • Co-Chair: Stephen Galarneau,
    Director of the Office of Great Waters – Great Lakes & Mississippi River,
    Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
  • Co-Chair: Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells,
    Chief Executive Officer,
    Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
  • Scudder Mackey,
    Chief of the Office of Coastal Management,
    Ohio Department of Natural Resources
  • Chad Abel,
    Administrator - Treaty Natural Resource Division,
    Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
  • James Williams Jr.,
    Tribal Chairman,
    Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
  • Jeff Stollenwerk,
    Director of Government and Environmental Affairs,
    Duluth Seaway Port Authority
  • John Hull,
    Founder and Chairman
    Hull & Associates Inc. 
  • Lisa Frede,
    Director of Regulatory Affairs,
    Chemical Industry Council of Illinois
  • Larry Antosch,
    Senior Director,
    Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
  • Kay Nelson,
    Director of Environmental Affairs,
    Northwest Indiana Forum
  • J. Val Klump,
    Dean and Professor of the School of Freshwater Sciences,
    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Alan Steinman,
    Director of Annis Water Resources Institute,
    Grand Valley State University
  • Brian Miller,
    Retired,
    Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and Illinois Water Resources Center
  • Sylvia Orduño,
    Organizer,
    Michigan Welfare Rights Organization

GLAB membership in 2017

  • Chair: David Ullrich, Executive Director – Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
  • Vice-Chair: Patricia Birkholz, Founder – Great Lakes Legislative Caucus
  • J. David Allan, Professor – University of Michigan
  • Kathryn Buckner, President – Council of Great Lakes Industries
  • Naomi Davis, President – Blacks in Green
  • Molly Flanagan, Program Officer – The Joyce Foundation
  • Steve Galarneau, Director – Office of the Great Lakes, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
  • Jennifer Hill, Field Manager – National Wildlife Federation and Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Coalition
  • Roger Germann, Executive Vice President – John G. Shedd Aquarium
  • Bill Hafs, Director of Environmental Programs – Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District
  • Michael Isham, Tribal Councilman – Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Government and Chair of the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
  • Simone Lightfoot, Manager of Conservation & Sustainability – NAACP Detroit Branch
  • Joy Mulinex, Director – Public Policy and Great Lakes Land Conservancy Coalition – Western Reserve Land Conservancy
  • Jim Ridgway, Vice President – Environmental Consulting and Technology, Inc.
  • Joan Rose, Professor – Michigan State University
  • Richard Stewart, Co-Director – Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute

The first two-year appointments to the advisory board in 2013:

  • J. David Allen, Professor – University of Michigan.
  • Patricia Birkholz, Founder – Great Lakes Legislative Caucus.
  • Kathryn Buckner, President – Council of Great Lakes Industries.
  • Naomi Davis, President – Blacks in Green.
  • Molly Flanagan, Program Officer – The Joyce Foundation.
  • Steve Galarneau, Director – Office of the Great Lakes, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
  • Jennifer Hill, Field Manager – National Wildlife Federation and Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Coalition.
  • Roger Germann, Executive Vice President – John G. Shedd Aquarium.
  • Bill Hafs, Director of Environmental Programs – Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District.
  • Michael Isham, Tribal Councilman – Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Government and Chair of the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission.
  • Simone Lightfoot, Manager of Conservation & Sustainability – NAACP Detroit Branch.
  • Joy Mulinex, Director – Public Policy and Great Lakes Land Conservancy Coalition – Western Reserve Land Conservancy.
  • Jim Ridgway, Vice President – Environmental Consulting and Technology, Inc.
  • Joan Rose, Professor – Michigan State University.
  • Richard Stewart, Co-Director – Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute.
  • Matt Thompson, Environmental Resources Coordinator – Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe.
  • David Ullrich, Executive Director – Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative.
  • Jim Wagner, City Administrator – Trenton, Michigan.