Meet the Great Lakes Regional Team

NOAA in the Great Lakes is one part of NOAA’s Regional Collaboration Network aimed at improving NOAA’s service to the nation through collaboration. It is a partnership between the five NOAA line offices operating in the region and our core partners, affiliated organizations that receive base funding from NOAA. The mission of NOAA in the Great Lakes is to facilitate multidisciplinary planning and execution on regional priorities; share information and mobilize capabilities across NOAA and throughout the country; and engage stakeholders in order to: 

• address NOAA mission priorities throughout the Great Lakes region;

• address distinct regional challenges related to NOAA’s mission;

• leverage current and emerging regional partnerships to respond to stakeholder needs; and

• enhance NOAA's value to and impact on the Great Lakes region.

NOAA Regional Team Members:

• Chelsea Berg: NOAA Sea Grant
• Ellen Brody: NOAA National Ocean Service/Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
• Greg Dick: Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) offsite link
• Chris Duffy: NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
• Mike Friis: Wisconsin Coastal Management Program
• Gary Garnet: NOAA National Weather Service
• Beth Hall: Indiana State Climate Office offsite link, Midwest Regional Climate Center offsite link
• Rebecca Held-Knoche: NOAA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
• Jenna Jorns: NOAA Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments offsite link
• Janice Kerns: Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Doug Kluck: NOAA Climate Services/Central Region
• Joe Krieger: National Invasive Species Coordinator
• Mark Kulie: NOAA Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• Tom Loeper: NOAA Office of Coast Survey
• Kevin Lynott: NOAA National Weather Service, Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI
• Felix Martinez: NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
• Becky Pearson (interim): Great Lakes Observing System offsite link
• Rich Pollman: NOAA National Weather Service/Weather Forecast Office Detroit-Pontiac, MI
• Julie Simmons: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service/Habitat
• Craig Stow: NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research/Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
• Tim Wagner: Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) offsite link
• Chris Winslow: Great Lakes Sea Grant Network offsite link
• Chiara Zuccarino-Crowe: Great Lakes Sea Grant/NOAA Liaison