Our Team

CIRES Education & Outreach promotes and strengthens scientific and environmental literacy by engaging communities in our project work, and inspires and prepares the next generation of STEM researchers in careers towards building a sustainable future.

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Our Team

Director

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Anne U. Gold

  • Director Education & Outreach
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Daniela Pennycook

  • Communication Coordinator and Program Integrator

Team

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Bec Batchelor

  • Education & Outreach Associate
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Katie Boyd

  • Education & Outreach Associate
  • CLEAN Program Manager
  • Evaluation & Educational Research
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Patrick Chandler

  • Education & Outreach Associate
  • CLEAN Team Education Specialist
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Alicia Christensen

  • Education & Outreach Associate
  • RECCS Program Manager
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Mariama Dryák-Vallies

  • Director for the Polar Science Early Career Community Office
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Gina Fiorile-Desranleau

  • CLEAN Program and Communication Coordinator
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Alison Gregory

  • NNA-CO Database Lead
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Jonathan Griffith

  • Education & Outreach Associate
  • Curriculum Developer
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Erin Leckey

  • Education & Outreach Associate
  • Scientist
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Megan Littrell

  • Education & Outreach Associate
  • Educational Researcher
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Casey Marsh

  • Education and Outreach Associate
  • Professional Research Assistant
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Ami Nacu-Schmidt

  • Marketing Communications Specialist
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Lianna Nixon

  • Photojournalist
  • Documentary Filmmaker
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Naomi Ochwat

  • Education & Outreach Assistant
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Christine Okochi

  • Education & Outreach Associate
  • Program Evaluator
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Alexandra Padilla

  • Research Associate
  • FieldSafe Program Manager
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Lori Powell

  • Education and Outreach Coordinator
  • PSECCO Coordinator
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Brigitta Rongstad Strong

  • Education & Outreach Associate
  • Program Manager for We are Water
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Annamarie Schaecher

  • Education and Outreach Associate
  • We are Water Community Outreach Coordinator
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Katya Schloesser

  • Education & Outreach Associate
  • Curriculum Developer
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Alyse Thurber

  • Education & Outreach Associate
  • QGreenland Curriculum Developer
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Ryan Vachon

  • Education & Outreach Associate
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Emily Ward

  • Education & Outreach Associate
  • Curriculum Developer
  • Evaluator and Educational Researcher
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Chelsea Zaniboni

  • Girls on Rock Program Coordinator
  • Education & Outreach Associate

Science On a Sphere

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Beth Russell

  • Senior Program Coordinator for NOAA's Science On a Sphere
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Adrian Chase

  • Software and 3D Visualization Developer for NOAA's Science On a Sphere
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Shilpi Gupta

  • Technical Lead & Senior Software Engineer for NOAA's Science On a Sphere
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Alex Kirst

  • Software Developer and Customer Support Specialist for NOAA’s Science On a Sphere
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Hilary Peddicord

  • Education Lead for NOAA's Science On a Sphere and SOS Explorer

Students

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Karla Pineda Velez

  • Undergraduate Student Assistant
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Irfan Alam

  • Graduate Research Assistant
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Kevin Olivas Ordonez

  • Undergraduate Student Assistant
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Dana Stamo

  • RECCS Student Support
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Natalie Tigerino

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Mikaela Williams

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Elizabeth Woolner

  • Graduate Student Assistant

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