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National Climate Assessment Staff (USGCRP National Coordination Office)

  • Kathy Jacobs, Director of the National Climate Assessment 
  • Glynis Lough, Chief of Staff for the National Climate Assessment
  • Emily Therese Cloyd, Engagement Coordinator for the National Climate Assessment 
  • Bryce Golden-Chen, Program Specialist for the National Climate Assessment
  • Melissa Kenney, Assistant Research Scientist
  • Dr. Fred Lipschultz, Regional Coordinator for the National Climate Assessment
  • Susan Aragon-Long, NCA Detailee
  • Julie Maldonado, Coordination Office

Interagency National Climate Assessment (INCA) Working Group

Members

  • Katharine Jacobs (Chair) - NCA Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
  • Anne Waple (Vice Chair) - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Susan Aragon-Long - U.S. Geological Survey
  • John Balbus - National Institutes of Health
  • Rachel Beer - Central Intelligence Agency
  • Rona Birnbaum - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Virginia Burkett - U.S. Geological Survey
  • Timothy Gallaudet - Department of Defense
  • William Goran - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Anne Grambsch - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • John Hall - Department of Defense
  • Len Hirsch -Smithsonian Institution
  • Kurt Johnson - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Allison Leidner - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Heather McLeod - Department of Homeland Security
  • Carolyn Olson - Department of Agriculture
  • Adam Parris - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Toral Patel-Weynand - U.S. Forest Service
  • Marc Perry - U.S. Census Bureau
  • Jeff Peterson - White House Council on Environmental Quality
  • David Reidmiller - Department of State
  • Arthur Rypinski - Department of Transportation
  • James Smoot - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Rita Teutonico - National Science Foundation
  • Louie Tupas - Department of Agriculture
  • Robert Vallario - Department of Energy
  • Margaret Walsh - Department of Agriculture
  • Roy Whitehurst - Central Intelligence Agency

NCA Staff Support

  • Emily Cloyd - USGCRP National Coordination Office
  • Bryce Golden-Chen - USGCRP National Coordination Office
  • Alison Delgado - NCA Detailee
  • Melissa Kenney - USGCRP National Coordination Office
  • Glynis Lough - NCA Chief of Staff
  • Fred Lipschultz - USGCRP National Coordination Office
  • Brooke Stewart - NOAA Technical Support Unit

National Climate Assessment Author Teams

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Convening Lead Authors:

  • Jerry Melillo, Marine Biological Laboratory, MA
  • T.C. Richmond, Van Ness Feldman GordonDerr, WA
  • Gary Yohe, Wesleyan University, CT

Convening Lead Authors:

  • John Walsh, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK
  • Don Wuebbles, University of Illinois, IL

Lead Authors:

  • Katharine Hayhoe, Texas Tech University, TX
  • Richard Somerville, University of California San Diego, CA
  • Graeme Stephens, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CA
  • Peter Thorne, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina State University, NC
  • Russ Vose, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – National Climatic Data Center, NC
  • Mike Wehner, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA
  • Josh Willis, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CA

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Paul Fleming, Seattle Public Utilities, WA
  • Aris Georgakakos, Georgia Institute of Technology, GA

Lead Authors:

  • Michael Dettinger, U.S. Geological Survey, CA
  • Christa Peters-Lidard, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, MD
  • Ken Reckhow, Duke University, NC
  • T.C. Richmond, Van Ness Feldman GordonDerr, WA
  • Kate White, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, VA
  • David Yates, National Center for Atmospheric Research, CO

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Jan Dell, CH2MHill, CA
  • Susan Tierney, Analysis Group Consultants, MA

Lead Authors:

  • Guido Franco, California Energy Commission, CA
  • Richard G. Newell, Duke University, NC
  • Rich Richels, Electric Power Research Institute, DC
  • John Weyant, Stanford University, CA
  • Thomas J. Wilbanks, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Michael Meyer, Georgia Institute of Technology, GA
  • H. Gerry Schwartz, Jr., HGS Consultants, LLC, MO

Lead Authors:

  • Cindy Burbank, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc., VA
  • Michael Kuby, Arizona State University, AZ
  • Clinton Oster, Indiana University, IN
  • John Posey, East-West Gateway Council of Governments, MO
  • Edmond Russo, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, MS
  • Arthur Rypinski, U.S. Department of Transportation, MD

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Jerry Hatfield, U.S. Department of Agriculture, IA
  • Gene Takle, Iowa State University, IA

Lead Authors:

  • Richard Grotjahn, University of California Davis, CA
  • David Gustafson, Monsanto, MO
  • Patrick Holden, Waterborne Environmental, IL
  • R. Cesar Izaurralde, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, MD
  • Terry Mader, University of Nebraska, NE
  • Elizabeth Marshall, U.S. Department of Agriculture, DC

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Linda Joyce, U.S. Forest Service, CO
  • Steve Running, University of Montana, MT

Lead Authors:

  • David D. Breshears, University of Arizona, AZ
  • Virginia Dale, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN
  • Bob Malmsheimer, State University of New York, NY
  • Neil Sampson, The Sampson Group, Inc., VA
  • Brent Sohngen, Ohio State University, OH
  • Chris Woodall, U.S. Forest Service, MN

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Peter Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, NY
  • Peter Kareiva, The Nature Conservancy, WA/CA

Lead Authors:

  • Shawn L. Carter, U.S. Geological Survey, VA
  • Nancy B. Grimm, National Science Foundation, VA/AZ
  • Joshua Lawler, University of Washington, WA
  • Michelle Mack, University of Florida, FL
  • Virginia Matzek, Santa Clara University, CA
  • Heather Tallis, Stanford University, CA

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Kim Knowlton, Natural Resources Defense Council and Columbia University, NY
  • George Luber, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, GA

Lead Authors:

  • John Balbus, National Institutes of Health, MD
  • Howard Frumkin, University of Washington, WA
  • Mary Hayden, National Center for Atmospheric Research, CO
  • Jeremy Hess, Emory University, GA
  • Michael McGeehin, RTI International, GA
  • Nicky Sheats, Thomas Edison State College and New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance, NJ

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Kathy Hibbard, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, WA
  • Tom Wilson, Electric Power Research Institute, DC

Lead Authors:

  • Kristen Averyt, University of Colorado, CO
  • Robert Harriss, Houston Advanced Research Center, TX
  • Robin L. Newmark, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, CO
  • Steven K. Rose, Electric Power Research Institute, DC
  • Elena Shevliakova, Princeton University, NJ
  • Vincent C. Tidwell, Sandia National Laboratories, NM

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Susan Cutter, University of South Carolina, SC
  • William Solecki, Hunter College of City University of New York, NY

Lead Authors:

  • Nancy Bragado, City of San Diego, CA
  • Joanne Carmin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA
  • Joyce E. Coffee, Edelman, IL
  • Michail Fragkias, Arizona State University, AZ
  • Matthias Ruth, University of Maryland – College Park, MD
  • Thomas J. Wilbanks, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Bull Bennett, Kiksapa Consulting, LLC, ND
  • Nancy Maynard, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, MD

Lead Authors:

  • Patricia Cochran, Alaska Native Science Commission, AK
  • Bob Gough, NativeEnergy, SD
  • Kathy Lynn, University of Oregon, OR
  • Garrit Voggesser, National Wildlife Federation, CO
  • Sue Wotkyns, Northern Arizona University, AZ

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Daniel G. Brown, University of Michigan, MI
  • Colin Polsky, Clark University, MA

Lead Authors:

  • Paul Bolstad, University of Minnesota, MN
  • Samuel D. Brody, Texas A&M University at Galveston, TX
  • David Hulse, University of Oregon, OR
  • Roger Kroh, Mid-America Regional Council, MO
  • Thomas R. Loveland, U.S. Geological Survey, SD
  • Allison Thomson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, MD

Convening Lead Authors:

  • David Hales, College of the Atlantic, ME
  • Bill Hohenstein, U.S. Department of Agriculture, VA

Lead Authors:

  • Marcie D. Bidwell, Mountain Studies Institute, CO
  • Craig Landry, East Carolina University, NC
  • David McGranahan, U.S. Department of Agriculture – Economic Research Service, DC
  • Joseph Molnar, Auburn University, AL
  • Lois W. Morton, Iowa State University, IA
  • Marcela Vasquez, University of Arizona, AZ

Convening Lead Authors:

  • James N. Galloway, University of Virginia, VA
  • William Schlesinger, Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies, NY

Lead Authors:

  • Christopher M. Clark, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, DC
  • Nancy B. Grimm, National Science Foundation, DC/AZ
  • Robert Jackson, Duke University, NC
  • Beverly Law, Oregon State University, OR
  • Peter Thornton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN<
  • Alan Townsend, University of Colorado, CO

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Radley Horton, Columbia University, NY
  • Gary Yohe, Wesleyan University, CT

Lead Authors:

  • William E. Easterling, Pennsylvania State University, PA
  • Robert Kates, Independent Scholar, ME
  • Matthias Ruth, University of Maryland – College Park, MD
  • Edna Sussman, SussmanADR LLC, NY
  • Adam Whelchel, The Nature Conservancy, CT
  • David Wolfe, Cornell University, NY

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Lynne Carter, Louisiana State University, LA
  • James W. Jones, University of Florida, FL

Lead Authors:

  • Leonard Berry, Florida Atlantic University, FL
  • Virginia Burkett, U.S. Geological Survey, LA
  • James F. Murley, South Florida Regional Planning Council, FL
  • Jayantha Obeysekera, South Florida Water Management District, FL
  • Paul J. Schramm, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, GA
  • David Wear, U.S. Forest Service, NC

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Sara Pryor, Indiana University, IN
  • Donald Scavia, University of Michigan, MI

Lead Authors:

  • Charles Downer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, MS
  • Marc Gaden, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, MI
  • Louis Iverson, U.S. Forest Service, OH
  • Rolf Nordstrom, Great Plains Institute, MN
  • Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin, WI
  • G. Philip Robertson, Michigan State University, MI

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Dennis Ojima, Colorado State University, CO
  • Mark Shafer, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, OK

Lead Authors:

  • John M. Antle, Oregon State University, OR
  • Doug Kluck, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, MO
  • Renee A. McPherson, University of Oklahoma, OK
  • Sascha Petersen, Adaptation International, TX
  • Bridget Scanlon, University of Texas, TX
  • Kathleen Sherman, Colorado State University, CO

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Guido Franco, California Energy Commission, CA<
  • Gregg Garfin, University of Arizona, AZ

Lead Authors:

  • Hilda Blanco, University of Southern California, CA
  • Andrew Comrie, University of Arizona, AZ
  • Patrick Gonzalez, National Park Service, DC
  • Thomas Piechota, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, NV
  • Rebecca Smyth, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, CA
  • Reagan Waskom, Colorado State University, CO

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Philip Mote, Oregon State University, OR
  • Amy Snover, University of Washington, WA

Lead Authors:

  • Susan M. Capalbo, Oregon State University, OR
  • Sanford D. Eigenbrode, University of Idaho, ID
  • Patricia Glick, National Wildlife Federation, WA
  • Jeremy Littell, University of Washington, WA
  • Richard Raymondi, Idaho Department of Water Resources, ID
  • Spencer Reeder, Cascadia Consulting Group, WA

Convening Lead Authors:

  • F. Stuart Chapin III, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK
  • Sarah F. Trainor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK

Lead Authors:

  • Patricia Cochran, Alaska Native Science Commission, AK
  • Henry Huntington, Huntington Consulting, AK
  • Carl Markon, U.S. Geological Survey, AK
  • Molly McCammon, Alaska Ocean Observing System, AK
  • A. David McGuire, U.S. Geological Survey and University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK
  • Mark Serreze, University of Colorado, CO

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Jo-Ann Leong, University of Hawaii, HI
  • John J. Marra, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, HI

Lead Authors:

  • Melissa Finucane, East-West Center, HI
  • Thomas Giambelluca, University of Hawaii, HI
  • Mark Merrifield, University of Hawaii, HI
  • Stephen E. Miller, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, HI
  • Jeffrey Polovina, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, HI
  • Eileen Shea, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – National Climatic Data Center, NC

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Scott Doney, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA
  • Andrew A. Rosenberg, Conservation International and University of New Hampshire, NH

Lead Authors:

  • Michael Alexander, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Earth System Research Laboratory, CO
  • Francisco Chavez, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, CA
  • Catherine Drew Harvell, Cornell University, NY
  • Gretchen Hofmann, University of California Santa Barbara, CA
  • Michael Orbach, Duke University, NC
  • Mary Ruckelshaus, Natural Capital Project, CA

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Margaret Davidson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Services Center, SC
  • Susanne Moser, Susanne Moser Research & Consulting and Stanford University, CA

Lead Authors:

  • Paul Kirshen, University of New Hampshire, NH
  • Peter Mulvaney, Greenleaf Advisors, LLC, IL
  • James F. Murley, South Florida Regional Planning Council, FL
  • James E. Neumann, Industrial Economics, MA
  • Laura Petes, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, MD
  • Denise J. Reed, University of New Orleans, LA

Convening Lead Author:

  • P. Lynn Scarlett, Resources for the Future, DC
  • Richard H. Moss, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, MD

Lead Authors:

  • Melissa A. Kenney, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Johns Hopkins University, MD
  • Howard Kunreuther, University of Pennsylvania, PA
  • Robert Lempert, RAND Corporation, CA
  • Jay Manning, Cascadia Law Group, WA
  • B. Ken Williams, U.S. Geological Survey, VA

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Henry D. Jacoby, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA
  • Anthony C. Janetos, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, MD

Lead Authors:

  • Richard Birdsey, U.S. Forest Service, PA
  • James L. Buizer, University of Arizona, AZ
  • Katherine Calvin, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, MD
  • Francisco de la Chesnaye, Electric Power Research Institute, DC
  • Dave Schimel, National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc., CO
  • Ian Sue Wing, Boston University, MA

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Rosina Bierbaum, University of Michigan, MI
  • Arthur Lee, Chevron Corporation, CA
  • Joel Smith, Stratus Consulting, CO

Lead Authors:

  • Maria Blair, American Cancer Society, NY
  • Lynne Carter, Louisiana State University, LA
  • F. Stuart Chapin, III, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK
  • Paul Fleming, Seattle Public Utilities, WA
  • Susan Ruffo, The Nature Conservancy, DC

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Robert Corell, Center for Energy and Climate Solutions, VA
  • Diana Liverman, University of Arizona, AZ

Lead Authors:

  • Kirstin Dow, University of South Carolina, SC
  • Kristie Ebi, Stanford University, CA
  • Timothy L. Killeen, National Science Foundation, VA
  • Kenneth Kunkel, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – National Climatic Data Center, NC
  • Linda O. Mearns, National Center for Atmospheric Research, CO
  • Jerry Melillo, Marine Biological Laboratory, MA

Convening Lead Authors:

  • Maria Blair, American Cancer Society, GA
  • John Hall, U.S. Department of Defense, VA

Lead Authors:

  • James L. Buizer, University of Arizona, AZ
  • David Gustafson, Monsanto, MO
  • Brian Holland, ICLEI, CA
  • Susanne Moser, Susanne Moser Research & Consulting and Stanford University, CA
  • Bob Vallario, U.S. Department of Energy, MD
  • Anne Waple, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – National Climatic Data Center, NC

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