Christine Manninen
Communications Director
manninen@glc.org

Christine Manninen is the Communications and Web Programming Director at the Great Lakes Commission, which includes managing the Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) and leveraging new web technologies to integrate and interpret Great Lakes data. Over the last decade, Christine has been a consultant to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on building a Water Resources Web Portal for the Americas and participated in UNESCO-led trips to Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil and France. In 2003, she was a Principal Investigator on establishment of the Great Lakes Observing System, one of 11 regional associations of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System. Christine is also a Smithsonian guest lecturer. She presented a suite of educational programs on the cruise ship Clelia II in summer 2010.

Christine is a member of the Board of Directors for the Michigan League of Conservation Voters, and past president of the Isle Royale and Keweenaw Parks Association. She is also active in the International Water Resources Association, American Water Resources Association, International Water Web Consortium, International Association for Great Lakes Research, and the Society of Environmental Journalists. Prior to joining the Commission, she worked in corporate communications at Consumers Energy, one of the nation's largest combination utilities.

Christine has a bachelor's degree in biological sciences from Michigan Technological University and a master's degree in environmental journalism from Michigan State University. She is a 2011 inductee to the Michigan Technological University Presidential Council of Alumnae.