Water Alliance Staff
Leadership Team
![Joan Rose](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Joan%2BRose.jpg)
Joan Rose
MSU Water Alliance Director, Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
![Erin Dreelin](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Dreelin%20%281%29.jpg)
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