Executive Committee
The responsibilities of the Executive Committee include:
- guiding policy development and alterations for the program
- evaluating and approving faculty applications for membership
- advising the Director and Assistant Director on academic and programmatic issues
- reviewing the GDPE Curriculum periodically and recommending any curricular changes
- discussing issues brought forward by the Academic Committee and graduate student representatives
- reviewing and ranking nominations for the Distinguished Ecologist lecture series, and providing expertise in the selection process
- current students can contact student representatives to bring ideas to the Committee and to answer new student questions
- contact elected members for collegiate representation
Meeting Minutes
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Administration
Ruth Hufbauer
Director
Department of Agricultural Biology
Jennifer Neuwald
Assistant Director
Department of Biology
Alan Knapp
Senior Ecologist
Department of Biology
Lise Aubry
WCNR Representative
Department of FWCB
Term: 2024-2025
Term: 2024-2025
Sara Bombaci
Member at Large
Department of FWCB
Term: 2023-2025
Term: 2023-2025
Steven Fonte
College of Agricultural Sciences Representative
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Term: 2024-2025
Term: 2024-2025
Dana Blumenthal
Affiliate Scientist Representative
USDA ARS
Term: 2021-2023
Term: 2021-2023
Daniela Cusack
Member at Large
Department of ESS
Term: 2024-2025
Term: 2024-2025
Peder Engelstad
Student Representative
Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability
Term: 2024-2025
Term: 2024-2025
Meagan Schipanski
Member at Large
Department of SCS
Term: 2032-2025
Term: 2032-2025
Kathy Galvin
College of Liberal Arts Representative
Department of Anthropology and Geography
Term: 2023-2025
Term: 2023-2025
Anping Chen
College of Natural Sciences Representative
Department of Biology
Term: 2023-2025
Term: 2023-2025
Kyle Ruszkowski
Student Representative
Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship
Term: 2024-2025
Term: 2024-2025