Administrative Staff | CIRES

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder

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Director's Office

Waleed Abdalati
Director

Margaret A. Tolbert
Associate Director of CIRES

Lornay Hansen
Executive Assistant to the Director

Christine Wiedinmyer
Associate Director for Science

Communications

Katy Human
Director of Communications

Kathy Bogan
Graphic Designer

Brigitta Rongstad
Science writer and social media manager

CIRES IT

Nate Campbell
Director of Information Technology

David Zakavec
Support Specialist

Matthew Price
Web Developer

Taylor Devlin
DevOps Manager

William Diment
Server Administration

Meg Tilton
Applications Developer

Anthony Pirolli
Application Developer

Rachael Fritchie
Application/Web Visualization Developer

Lindsey Brown
Web/Application Developer

Diversity and Inclusion

Susan Sullivan
Director of Diversity and Inclusion

Mistia Zuckerman
Professional Research Asst

Education and Outreach

Anne Gold
Director, Education & Outreach

Bec Batchelor
Education & Outreach Associate

Katie Boyd
CLEAN Program Manager | Evaluation & Educational Research

Alicia Christensen
RECCS Program Manager

Mariama Dryak
Director for the Polar Science Early Career Community Office

Gina Fiorile
CLEAN Program and Communication Coordinator

Jon Griffith
Curriculum Developer

Erin Leckey
Scientist

Megan Littrell
Educational Researcher

Casey Marsh
Education & Outreach Associate

Ami Nacu-Schmidt
Marketing Communications Specialist

Lianna Nixon
Photojournalist | Documentary Filmmaker

Naomi Ochwat
Education & Outreach Assistant

Christine Okochi
Program Evaluator

Daniela Pennycook
Communication Coordinator and Program Integrator

Brigitta Rongstad
Program manager for We are Water (E&O) | science writer/social media (Comms team)

Katya Schloesser
Curriculum Developer

Alyse Thurber
QGreenland Curriculum Developer

Ryan Vachon
Education & Outreach Associate

Emily Ward
Curriculum Developer | Evaluator and Educational Researcher

Beth Russell
Organization Manager for NOAA's Science on the Sphere

Shilpi Gupta
Senior Software Engineer for NOAA's Science On a Sphere

Alex Kirst
Software Developer & Customer Support Specialist for NOAA’s Science On a Sphere

Hilary Peddicord
Science Educator and User Liaison for NOAA's Science On a Sphere

Events

Linda Pendergrass
Event Coordinator

CIRES Finance

Annie Fudale
CIRES Finance Director

Andy Wang
Post Award Team Lead

Jennie Bell
Post-Award Team

Laura Burfield
Post-Award Team

Marc Cloninger
Post-Award Team

Peggy Delaney
Travel Support

Meghan Henderson
Post-Award Team

Cayla Jones
Travel Specialist

Nikki Joy
Post-Award Team

Nan Regnier
Travel Support

Gabby Rushing
Travel Support

Rebecca Stossmeister
Post-Award Team

Dawn Williams
Post-Award Team

Lin Yang
Purchasing, Property and Travel Support

Human Resources, Personnel and Payroll

Angela Knight
Human Resources Director

Lucia Harrop
OFFICE MANAGER AND CIRES LIAISON WITH NOAA, DEDICATED ADMIN SUPPORT FOR NOAA EMBEDDED EMPLOYEES, ANNUAL SUMMARY, TRAINING

Christen Cousins
HR Coordinator, Campus recruiting, onboarding and support

Janet Garcia
Visa Coordinator

LuAnn Line
HUMAN RESOURCES ANALYST, PAYROLL, LEAVE, FTE CHANGES

Jimena Ugaz
Talent Acquisition and Training Manager

Jasmine Moore
HR GENERALIST, STUDENT HIRING, TEMPORARY HIRING, RECRUITING FOR CAMPUS UNITS, CIRES CAREER TRACK SPECIALIST

Emily Hinga
HR GENERALIST, STUDENT HIRING, TEMPORARY HIRING, CIRES VISITING FELLOWS SPECIALIST

Integrated Instrument Development Facility

Donald David
Director

Ken Smith
Machine Shop Foreman

Jim Kastengren
Machinist

Yehor Novikov
SCIENTIFIC GLASS BLOWING

Daniel Warren
Machinist

Lee Pappas
Apprentice Machinist

Main Campus Message Center

Wendy Elder
Message Center Office Manger

Dan Keane
Facilities & Operations Support Manager

CIRES Proposals

Ted De Maria
CIRES Proposal Director

April Laliberte
Senior Proposal Analyst

Paige Cozort
Proposal Analyst

Grant Krick
Proposal Analyst

Aly Nahum
Proposal Analyst

Lisa Tedesco
Proposal Analyst

Diana Vidal
Proposal Information Coordinator

Cameron Walker
Proposal Analyst