Observers

Last updated: 10.19.2011

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Natural Resource Conservation Service

Terry Cosby
State Conservationist
200 North High Street, Room 52
Columbus, OH 43215
Ph: (614)255-2472
Terry.Cosby@oh.usda.gov

Alternates

Gary Lee
State Conservationist
3001 Coolidge Road, Ste. 250
East Lansing, MI. 48823-6350
Ph: (517) 324-5277
Fax : (517) 324-5171
Garry.Lee@mi.usda.gov

Vicki Anderson
Great Lakes Coordinator
3001 Coolidge Road, Suite 250
East Lansing, MI 48823
Ph: (517) 324-5158
Fax: (517) 324-5171
Vicki.Anderson@mi.usda.gov

William J. Gradle
State Conservationist
2118 W. Park Court
Champaign, IL 61821
Ph: (217) 353-6601
W.Gradle@il.usda.gov

U.S. Department of Commerce

NOAA/GLERL: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration: Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

Marie C. Colton
Director
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
4840 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-9719
Ph: (734) 741-2393
Fax: (734) 741-2003
marie.colton@noaa.gov

NOAA/OCRM: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration: Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management

David Kennedy
Director
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
1305 East-West Hwy.
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Ph: (301) 713-3155 x158
Fax: (301) 713-4012
david.kennedy@noaa.gov

Sea Grant

Jeff Gunderson
Director
Great Lakes Sea Grant Network
Minnesota Sea Grant
University of Minnesota
149 Chester Park
31 West College Street
Duluth, MN 55812
Ph: (218) 726-8715
Fax: (218) 726-6556
jgunder1@umn.edu

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers

Jan Miller
Environmental Engineer
Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
111 N. Canal Street
Chicago, Il 60606-7205
Ph: (312) 353-6354
Fax: (312) 353-5439
jan.a.miller@usace.army.mil

U.S. Department of Energy

John R. Gasper
Environmental Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory
955 L’Enfant Plaza S.W., Suite 6000
Washington, D.C. 20024
Ph: (202) 488-2420
jgasper@anl.gov

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Coast Guard

RDML Michael N. Parks
Commander
Ninth Coast Guard District
1240 East Ninth St., Room 2081
Cleveland, OH 44199-2060
Ph: (216) 902-6001
Fax: (216) 902-6059
Michael.N.Parks@uscg.mil

Alternate

Lorne W. Thomas
Government Affairs Officer
Prevention Division
Ninth Coast Guard District
1240 East Ninth Street
Cleveland, OH 44199-2060
Ph: (216) 902-6022
Fax: (216) 902-6027
lorne.w.thomas@uscg.mil

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Craig Czarnecki
Supervisor
Ecological Services Field Office
2651 Coolidge Rd.
East Lansing, MI 48823
(517) 351-8470
(517) 351-1443
craig_zarnecki@fws.gov

U.S. Geological Survey

Russell M. Strach
Center Director
Great Lakes Science Center
1451 Green Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Ph: (734) 214-7200
Fax: (734) 214-7238
rstrach@usgs.gov

Alternate

Norman G. Granneman
Coordinator
Great Lakes Program
U.S. Geological Survey
6520 Mercantile Way, Suite 5
Lansing, MI 48911
Ph: (517) 887-8936
Fax: (517) 887-8937
nggranne@usgs.gov
nggranne@usgs.gov

National Park Service

Gary Vequist
Associate Regional Director
Natural Resource Stewardship & Science
Midwest Region
601 Riverfront Dr.
Omaha, NE 68102
Ph: (402) 661-1860
Fax: (402) 221-3480
gary_vequist@nps.gov

U.S. Department of Transportation

St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp

Collister (Terry) Johnson Jr.
Administrator
400 Seventh St., S.W., Room 5424
Washington, DC 20423
Ph: (202) 366-0091
Fax: (202) 366-7147
Terry.Johnson@sls.dot.gov

Maritime Administration

Floyd Miras
Director
Great Lakes Gateway
500 West Madison Street, Suite 1110
Chicago, IL 60661
Ph: (312) 353-1032
Fax: (312) 353-1036
Floyd.Miras@dot.gov

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Gary Gulezian
Director
Great Lakes National Program Office
77 W. Jackson Blvd.- G17J
Chicago, IL 60604
Ph: (312) 353-2117
Fax: (312) 353-2018
gulezian.gary@epamail.epa.gov

Canadian Government (Federal)

Christina Jutzi
Program Officer, Environment and Energy
Canadian Embassy
501 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Ph: 202-448-6313
Fax. 202-682-7792
christina.jutzi@international.gc.ca

Great Lakes Fishery Commission

Christopher I. Goddard, PhD.
Executive Secretary
2100 Commonwealth Blvd., Suite 209
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-1563
Ph: (734) 662-3209
Fax: (734) 741-2010
cgoddard@glfc.org

International Joint Commission

Saad Y. Jasim
Director
Great Lakes Regional Office
P.O. Box 32869
Detroit, MI 48232
Ph: (313) 226-2170 or (519) 257-6715
Fax: (519) 257-6740
jasims@windsor.ijc.org

Council of Great Lakes Governors

David Naftzger
Executive Director
35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1850
Chicago, IL 60601
Ph: (312) 407-0177
Fax: (312) 407-0038
dnaftzger@cglg.org

Coastal States Organization

Kristen Fletcher
Executive Director
Hall of the States, Suite 322
444 North Capitol St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Ph: (202) 508-3860
Fax: (202) 508-3843
kfletcher@coastalstates.org

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Joel Brammeier
President and CEO
17 N. State Street
Suite 1390
Chicago, Il 60602
Ph: (312) 939-0838
Fax: (312) 939-2708
jbrammeier@greatlakes.org

Council of Great Lakes Industries

George Kuper
President
3600 Green Court, Suite 700
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Ph: (734) 663-1944
ghk@cgli.org

Ducks Unlimited

Gildo M. Tori
Director of Public Policy
Great Lakes/Atlantic Regional Office
1220 Eisenhower Place
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Ph: (734) 623-2000
Fax: (734) 623-2035
gtori@ducks.org

Great Lakes Environmental Law Center

Nick Schroeck
Attorney
440 Burroughs Street, Suite 120
Box 70
Detroit, MI 48202
Ph (313) 820-7797
nschroeck@wayne.edu

Great Lakes Observing System

Jennifer Read
Executive Director
229 Nickels Arcade
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Ph: (734) 332-6101
Fax: (734) 332-6120
jread@glos.us

Great Lakes United

Jennifer Nalbone
Director, Navigation and Invasive Species
c/o Daemen College
4380 Main Street
Amherst, New York 14226
Ph: (716) 213-0408
jen@glu.org

John G. Shedd Aquarium

Jim Robinett
Vice President of Conservation
Shedd Aquarium
1200 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
Ph: (312) 692-3235
Fax: (312) 939-4312
jrobinett@sheddaquarium.org

Alternate

Ilze K. Berzins, PhD, DVM
Executive Vice President
Animal Health, Conservation, Research, Education
Louis Family Conservation Chair
John G. Shedd Aquarium
1200 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
Office: (312) 692-2746
iberzins@sheddaquarium.org

National Association Of Conservation Districts

Donald Lloyd
Chair
Great Lakes Committee
100 N. Atkinson Rd., Ste. 201-A
Grayslake, IL 60030
Ph: (847) 223-1056
Fax: (847) 223-1127
donlloyd@sbcglobal.net

Chippewa/Ottawa Resource Authority

Mike Ripley
Environmental Coordinator
Albert LeBlanc Bldg.
179 W. Three Mile Rd.
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
Ph: (906) 632-0072
Fax: (906) 632-1141
mripley@sault.com

Helsinki Commission

Anne Christine Brusendorff
Executive Secretary
Katajanokanlaituri 6 B
FIN-00160 Helsinki, Finland
Ph: +358 207 412 649
Fax: +358 207 412 639
Anne.Brusendorff@helcom.fi

The Nature Conservancy

Richard Bowman
Director of Government Relations
Policy Lead, Great Lakes Project
101 E. Grand River Avenue
Lansing, MI 48906
Ph: (517) 316-2267
Fax: (517) 316-9886
rich_bowman@TNC.org