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Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Emily M. Fort

Deputy Senior Administrator, National CASC
Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Phone
703-648-4082

T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph.D.

Senior Administrator, National CASC
Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Phone
571-265-4623

Shawn L Carter, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist, National CASC
Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Phone
703-648-4085

Employee Directory

Job Title
Name
Email
Phone
Assistant Regional Administrator, Northwest CASC Leona K. Svancara, Ph.D. lsvancara@usgs.gov
Regional Administrator, South Central CASC Suzanne Van Cooten, Ph.D. svancooten@usgs.gov
Regional Administrator, Southwest CASC Stephanie McAfee, Ph.D. smcafee@usgs.gov 530-606-0483
(Acting) Deputy Program Manager, Resource Conservation and Resilience & Climate Resilience Program Areas, SERDP & ESTCP Michael Langston, Ph.D. mlangston@usgs.gov 405-325-0664
(Acting) Western Hemisphere Regional Science Advisor Gustavo Bisbal, Ph.D. gbisbal@usgs.gov 541-224-4761
Acting Director, Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center William H Farmer, Ph.D. wfarmer@usgs.gov 303-236-4981
Administrative Operations Assistant Ashley Conrad aconrad@usgs.gov
Administrative Operations Assistant Jien Cheng jcheng@usgs.gov
Administrative Operations Assistant, National CASC Jana Thornley jthornley@usgs.gov 703-648-4081
Assistant Regional Administrator, Alaska CASC Patrick Lemons, Ph.D. plemons@usgs.gov 907-231-9981
Assistant Regional Administrator, Midwest CASC T. Kevin O’Donnell, Ph.D. todonnell@usgs.gov
Assistant Regional Administrator, North Central CASC Aparna Bamzai-Dodson, Ph.D. abamzai@usgs.gov 970-889-1231
Assistant Regional Administrator, Pacific Islands CASC Heather Kerkering hkerkering@usgs.gov 808-956-2872
Biologist, National CASC Elda Varela Minder evarelaminder@usgs.gov 202-550-8914
Biologist, National CASC Kristen E. Donahue kdonahue@usgs.gov 703-648-4087
Biologist, National CASC Jackson B. Valler jvaller@usgs.gov
Biologist, National CASC Bonnie Myers, Ph.D. bmyers@usgs.gov
Biologist, National CASC Katherine C. Malpeli kmalpeli@usgs.gov 919-896-5029
Biologist, National CASC Sarah Weiskopf, Ph.D. sweiskopf@usgs.gov 202-826-4672
Biologist, NC CASC Tony Ciocco aciocco@usgs.gov
Biologist, North Central CASC Meagan Oldfather, Ph.D. moldfather@usgs.gov 720-365-8136
Budget Analyst, National CASC Ashley Bell ashleybell@usgs.gov
Climate Justice Lead Alessandra Jerolleman, Ph.D., JD, MPA, CFM ajerolleman@usgs.gov 504-402-1745
Data Scientist, National CASC Michiko Squires Beauchamp mbeauchamp@usgs.gov
Data Scientist, National CASC Ellen Brown ellenbrown@usgs.gov
Data Scientist, National CASC Sarah Burton sburton@usgs.gov
Deputy Director Exercising the Authority of the Director of the Southwest CASC Carolyn Enquist, Ph.D. cenquist@usgs.gov 520-260-7761
Deputy Senior Administrator, National CASC Emily M. Fort efort@usgs.gov 703-648-4082
Ecologist, Midwest CASC Marta Lyons, Ph.D. mlyons@usgs.gov 612-437-9769
National Science Lead, National CASC Madeleine Rubenstein mrubenstein@usgs.gov 703-648-4072
Office Automation Assistant, National CASC Lauren E Dubrow ldubrow@usgs.gov 703-648-4089
Outreach Biologist, Pacific Islands CASC Emily Sesno esesno@usgs.gov 808-469-5195
Partnerships Ecologist Lindsey Thurman, Ph.D. lthurman@usgs.gov 406-994-7833
Program & Management Analyst, National CASC Holly Chandler hchandler@usgs.gov 406-207-9500
Program Analyst, National CASC Nadine J. Hartke nhartke@usgs.gov 703-648-4607
Regional Administrator, Alaska CASC Stephen Gray, Ph.D. sgray@usgs.gov 907-301-7830
Regional Administrator, Midwest CASC Olivia LeDee, Ph.D. oledee@usgs.gov 651-649-5033
Regional Administrator, North Central CASC Molly Cross, Ph.D. mcross@usgs.gov 406-596-2948
Regional Administrator, Northeast CASC Carrie Brown-Lima cbrown-lima@usgs.gov 607-220-8631
Regional Administrator, Northwest CASC Nicole M. DeCrappeo, Ph.D. ndecrappeo@usgs.gov 541-750-1021
Regional Administrator, Pacific Islands CASC Mari-Vaughn Johnson, Ph.D. mvjohnson@usgs.gov 808-208-3142
Regional Administrator, Southeast CASC Katherine Smith, Ph.D. katherinesmith@usgs.gov 828-200-4885
Research Coordinator and Acting Assistant Regional Administrator, South Central CASC Marina Tomer (née Cucuzza), M.S. mcucuzza@usgs.gov
Research Coordinator, Midwest CASC Desiree Robertson-Thompson, Ph.D. drobertson-thompson@usgs.gov 219-248-8472
Research Coordinator, North Central CASC Stefan Tangen stangen@usgs.gov 720-471-9985
Research Coordinator, Northwest CASC Elizabeth Glenn, Ph.D. eglenn@usgs.gov 541-750-1022
Research Coordinator, Southwest CASC Sarah LeRoy sleroy@usgs.gov 520-651-9386
Research Ecologist, Alaska CASC Jeremy Littell, Ph.D. jlittell@usgs.gov 907-360-9416
Research Ecologist, National CASC Laura Thompson, Ph.D. lthompson@usgs.gov 703-648-4083
Research Ecologist, North Central CASC Brian W Miller, Ph.D. bwmiller@usgs.gov 970-889-1272
Research Ecologist, Northeast CASC Toni Lyn Morelli, Ph.D. tmorelli@usgs.gov 413-545-2515
Research Ecologist, Northwest CASC John B Bradford, Ph.D. jbradford@usgs.gov 928-380-4671
Research Ecologist, Southeast CASC Mitchell J Eaton, Ph.D. meaton@usgs.gov 919-515-8640
Research Ecologist, Southeast CASC Adam Terando, Ph.D. aterando@usgs.gov 919-515-4448
Research Fish Biologist Holly Embke, Ph.D. hembke@usgs.gov 703-648-5953
Research Fish Biologist, National CASC Abigail J. Lynch, Ph.D. ajlynch@usgs.gov 703-648-4097
Research Social Scientist, Southwest CASC Nicole M Herman-Mercer nhmercer@usgs.gov 303-236-5031
Science Applications Coordinator, Alaska CASC Ryan Toohey, Ph.D. rtoohey@usgs.gov 907-865-7802
Science Coordinator, Southeast CASC Jennifer M Cartwright, Ph.D. jmcart@usgs.gov 615-837-4752
Senior Administrator, National CASC T. Douglas Beard, Jr., Ph.D. dbeard@usgs.gov 571-265-4623
Senior Aide to the Chief, National CASC Isabella Caltabiano icaltabiano@usgs.gov
Senior Liaison for Insular Relations, National CASC David Helweg, Ph.D. dhelweg@usgs.gov 808-342-7606
Senior Physical Scientist Zhiliang Zhu, Ph.D. zzhu@usgs.gov 703-648-4243
Senior Scientist, CASC Climate Adaptation Technical Support Ryan Boyles, Ph.D. rboyles@usgs.gov 919-622-0026
Senior Scientist, National CASC Shawn L Carter, Ph.D. scarter@usgs.gov 703-648-4085
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