Water Alliance Staff
Leadership Team
Joan Rose
MSU Water Alliance Director, Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Erin Dreelin
MSU Water Alliance Coordinator, Associate Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
- Melissa Downs, Administrative Assistant, downsmel@msu.edu
- Bethany Mauger, Communications Manager, maugerbe@msu.edu
- Jan Urban-Lurain, Consultant, Spectra Data and Research
Internal Advisory Committee
- Josh Gunn, Associate Director, MSU Extension
- Eric Hegg, Associate Dean, College of Natural Sciences
- Lifeng Luo, Director, Environmental Science Policy Program, Professor, Dept, of Geography, Earth and Spatial Sciences
- Phanikumar Mantha, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Brad Marks, Chair, Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering
- Kelly Millenbah, Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Amber Pearson, Associate Professor, CS Mott Department of Public Health
- Yadu Pokhrel, Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
External Advisory Committee
- Jennifer Boehme, CEO, Great Lakes, Observing Systems (GLOS)
- Laura Campbell, Conservation & Regulatory Specialist, Michigan Farm Bureau
- Douglas Craven, Director, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Natural Resource Department
- Eric Homberger, VP, Strategic Business Partnerships, True Elements
- Jay Lund, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California Davis
- Tammy Newcomb, Senior Water Policy Advisor, Michigan DNR
- John Norton, Director, Energy, Research, and Innovation, Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA)
- Jerrod Sanders, Assistant Director, EGLE Water Resources Division
- Bridget Scanlon, Research Professor, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin
- Al Steinman, Professor, Grand Valley State University Annis Water Resources Institute