Steering Committee

  • George Anderson — Co-Investigator, President of Chignik Intertribal Coalition, Chignik Intertribal Coalition
  • George Apatiki- Community of Gambell
  • Matthew Balazs — Co-Investigator, Deputy Director fo the Alaska Coastal Cooperative, UAF Geophysical Institute
  • Mary Ballot — Tribal Environmental Coordinator, Native Village of Atka
  • Shauna Burnsilver — Principal Investigator, Faculty, Arizona State University
  • Kearney Coupland — Community Researcher, St. Lawrence University, Inuvialuit Community of Tuktoyaktuk
  • Tatiana Degai — Co-Investigator, Faculty, University of Victoria
  • Jen Danielson- Goldstream Group Inc.
  • Li Erickson -- United States Geological Survey
  • Casey Ferguson — Co-Investigator, Indigenous Community Coordinator (Anchorage), UAF College of Indigenous Studies
  • Jorene Joe -- Co-Investigator, Hooper Bay
  • Angela Johnson — Co-Investigator, Tribal President, Native Village of Nelson Lagoon
  • Ben Jones — Senior Personal, Research Faculty, UAF Institute of Northern Engineering
  • Angela Larson -- Goldstream Group Inc. 
  • Rebecca Lee — Community Lead Investigator, Canadian Survey, Halifax, NS, Canada
  • Charla Kootaata- Co-Investigator, Community of Gambell
  • Nathan Kuptana — Relocation Coordinator, Inuvialuit Community of Tuktoyaktuk
  • Chris Maio — Principal Investigator, Director of the Alaska Coastal Cooperative, UAF Geophysical Institute
  • Kees Nederhoff- Deltares-USA
  • Hazel Nelson — Community Research Lead, Chignik Intertribal Coalition
  • Andrey Petrov — Principal Investigator, Director ARCTIC, University of Northern Iowa
  • Deva-lynn Pokiak — Community Research Lead, Inuvialuit Community of Tuktoyaktuk
  • Tobias Schwoerer — Co-Investigator, Research Faculty (Anchorage), UAF International Arctic Research Center
  • James Stevens — Community Lead Investigator, Tribal Administrator, Native Village of Atka
  • Colleen Timmer -- Co-Investigator, Hooper Bay
  • Chris Tran -- Community Research Lead for St. Paul. 
  • Craig Tweedie — Principal Investigator and Director, Environmental Science and Engineering Program, University of Texas at El Paso
  • Abigail York -- Professor of Governance and Public Policy, Director of Research, Arizona State University, School of Human Evolution and Social Change
  • Alex Zaochney — Community Research Lead, Tribal Council Member, Native Village of Atka

Steering Committee members hail from across North America

Steering Committee members come from a wide variety of communities and perspectives. Click map to enlarge.