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:

• Ellen Brody: NOAA National Ocean Service/Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
• Chelsea Berg:   NOAA Sea Grant
• Rachel Pryor:  NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
• Kevin Lynott:  NOAA National Weather Service, Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI
• Mike Friis:  Wisconsin Coastal Management Program
• Gary Garnet: NOAA National Weather Service
• Beth Hall: Indiana State Climate Office offsite link
• Karsten Shein: Midwestern Regional Climate Center offsite link
• Rebecca Held-Knoche: NOAA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
• Tom Johengen:  Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) offsite link
• Jenna Jorns: NOAA Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments offsite link
• Doug Kluck: NOAA Climate Services/Central Region
• Charles Wisotzkey: NOAA Office of Coast Survey
• Felix Martinez:  NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
• Tomas Hook:  IL-IN Sea Grant offsite link
• Claire Pettersen:  Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) offsite link
• Kelli Paige: Great Lakes Observing System offsite link
• Mark Kulie:  NOAA Satellite and Information Service
• Craig Stow: NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research/Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
• Julie Simmons:  NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service/Habitat
• Rich Pollman: NOAA National Weather Service/Weather Forecast Office Detroit-Pontiac, MI
• Janice Kerns:  Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve