Advisory Boards – Cascadia CoPes Hub

The Cascadia CoPes Hub is supported by 2 external advisory boards- an External Advisory Committee (EAC) and a Community Advisory Council (CAC). The EAC provides project oversight and advice to help ensure that long-range Hub goals and objectives are met. The CAC provides community guidance and expert advice on project implementation from a range of local and regional perspectives.

External Advisory Committee

Diego Melgar

Ann and Lew Williams Chair and Associate Professor, University of Oregon

Emma Norman

Chair of the Science Department and Native Environmental Science Program at Northwest Indian College

Greg Guannel

Director of the Green Caribbean Center (CGTC), University of the Virgin Islands

Ian Boxhill

Deputy Principal and Professor, University of West Indies, Mona

Jan Newton

Executive Director, NANOOS; Co-Director; Affiliate Professor, University of Washington

Kelin Wang

Senior Research Scientist, Geological Survey of Canada, Pacific Geoscience Centre

Chair: Onora Lien

Executive Director, Northwest Healthcare Response Network

Co-Chair: Rebecca Bendick

UNAVCO President and Professor, University of Montana

Thomas Moore

Oceanographer, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC)

Community Advisory Council

Pat Corcoran (Chair) – Astoria Planning Commission

Jonathan Allen – Coastal Geomorphologist at DOGAMI (Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries)

Rhiannon Bezore – DLCD, Coastal shores specialist at DLDC (Department of Land Conservation and Development)

Tiffany Brown – Emergency Manager, Clatsop County OR

Adam Canter – Director of the Wiyot Natural Resource Department, Wiyot Tribe

Roxanne Carini– Senior research oceanographer at NANOOS (Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems)

Maximilian Dixon – Earthquake Hazards Manager, WA Emergency Management Division

Clancy De Smet – Climate Change Adaptation Branch Chief, CA Transportation Planning Agency

Gus Gates – Washington Policy Manager, Surfrider Foundation

Eliza Ghitis – Climate change scientist, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission

Kevin Goodrich – Public Works Director, City of Westport, WA.

Jennifer Kalt – Director of Humboldt Baykeeper, CA.

Meade Krosby – Senior Scientist, UW Climate Impacts Group; University Deputy Director, NW Climate Adaptation Science Center

David Lewis – Assistant Professor, OSU/Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde

Larissa Pfleeger – Natural Resources Director, Shoalwater Bay Tribe

Charlie Plybon – Oregon Policy Manager, Surfrider

Meg Reed – Oregon Coastal Shores Specialist, OR Coastal Management Program, Dep. of Land Conservation and Development