• College leadership
• Ecosystem and community resilience
• Science communication

Lisa is the inaugural Dean of the UW College of the Environment and Mary Laird Wood Professor at the University of Washington. As a scholar, she pioneered the use of tree-ring data to understand long-term trends in climate. Lisa is always looking for better ways to bring the tremendous scientific capacity of the College to bear on critical environmental issues. Lisa loves to travel to remote destinations, especially with her adventurous teenage daughter.

• Executive Support
• Scheduling
• Governance support

Andrea provides executive support to Dean Lisa J. Graumlich. She is the central resource for information pertaining to the dean’s priorities and strategic initiatives, manages her calendar, and analyzes and prepares materials for committees, programs and projects. Andrea is also the staff lead for internal and external committees chaired by the dean. Outside of work she enjoys knitting, reading and exploring the globe one country at the time.

• Office management
• Event planning
• Meeting support

When you enter the dean's office, Sierra is likely the first person you will see. She provides administrative support, is a resource for office events and the go-to for meeting scheduling, catering, room reservations and equipment set up. She enjoys chai tea and listening to Solange.

• Expanding academic programming

Julia is responsible for academic policy, supporting and facilitating unit-based and interdisciplinary academic programming and expanding experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students throughout the College.

• Executive support
• Scheduling
• Events

Megan provides executive and administrative support to the associate dean for academic affairs, as well as Academic Affairs and Diversity and Access staffs and their associated standing committees. She assists with scheduling, event planning and organization, and budget tracking. Megan serves on the College Diversity Committee. She is the rare combination of musical theater nerd and sports fan, and she really likes tacos.

• Student services administration
• Academic policy
• Curriculum administration

Michelle directs the Academic Affairs student services team and coordinates recruitment, retention and advising efforts of the student services staff across the College. She is the point person for academic policies and manages the College Curriculum Committee and the review process for new courses and academic programs. She also manages career services initiatives, including the Career Opportunities page and the Environmental Career Fair.

• Interdisciplinary majors and minors
• Academic advising
• Data analysis

Joe provides academic advising and program coordination for multiple interdisciplinary undergraduate programs in the College. This includes advising for minors in marine biology and quantitative science, and promoting undergraduate course and student research opportunities at Friday Harbor Labs. Joe also supports data analysis related to undergraduate student recruitment and retention, and statistics of course offering and evaluation.

• Prospective student advising
• Pre-major advising
• Undergraduate student services

As the pre-major academic adviser for the College, Barbara helps prospective and current undergraduates who are exploring environmental majors find the best fit. She serves as the College's liaison to central campus student services units including Admissions, First Year Programs, Minority Affairs and Diversity, Undergraduate Academic Advising and the Career Center. She enjoys kayaking on the Salish Sea, snooping around beaches during low tide and relaxing on her deck with her husband.

• Graduate student services
• Postdoc affairs
• Scholarships

Anthony works on recruitment, retention and professional development programming for graduate students and posdoctoral fellows at the College. He manages prospective graduate student events and graduate student orientation and coordinates the Graduate Recruitment, Retention and Diversity group and the Scholarship Committee. He's also point person for the Meet, Greet, Teach event series. Anthony is an historian and baseball writer, homebrewer and advocate for diversity in STEM fields.

• Donor relations
• Transformational giving
• Engagement

Marilyn leads the College's Advancement team, is point person for private support strategies and a resource for connecting donors, volunteers, and alumni with academic leaders, faculty and students. Outside of work, Marilyn keeps up with her historic preservation interests and can found be traveling the back roads and trails of North America with her family and six-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback.

• Fundraising for EarthLab
• Donor relations
• Partnerships

Lauren connects individual, corporate and foundation donors to the College's key initiative, EarthLab. She builds partnerships that advance the research, student opportunities and applied science in EarthLab's focus areas of ocean health, climate resilience, preparing for natural hazards and healthy ecosystems. A perpetual joiner, Lauren is a member of two book clubs, a soup group and a seasonal crafternoon.

• Executive support
• Advancement administration
• Logistics

Deanna provides executive assistance to the associate dean for advancement as well as manages key team functions across the Advancement team. She is the logistical point of contact for the College's Advisory Board and Campaign Committee. Outside of the office, Deanna enjoys finding new recipes to make use of her CSA, reading fiction and walking to her destination whenever possible.

• Donor relations
• Events

Rachel is based on San Juan Island and works closely with Friday Harbor Labs' Advancement board. She also coordinates annual Friday Harbor Labs donor events. Rachel dabbles in artistic ventures, but mostly enjoys going to art museums, concerts and dance performances.

• Donor relations

Kristin partners with individuals who make research and education possible by supporting programs within the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, Department of Earth and Space Sciences and UW Botanic Gardens. A Husky alumna herself, Kristin has been working with the College since 2013. When she's not in the office, she can be found kayaking Puget Sound, enjoying the mountains or working in her garden.

• College priorities
• Annual giving
• Dean's Club

Jerry is the advancement liaison for the Department of Atmospheric Sciences. He also works to raise private support for College-wide priorities and oversees the College's annual giving outreach efforts.

• Donor relations
• Corporate relations
• Foundation engagement

Liz develops comprehensive strategies to raise corporate and foundation gifts and private grants in support of departmental and College-wide priorities. She is the point person for corporate and foundation engagement and outreach. Outside of work, she enjoys playing her trombone and spending time with family and friends.

• Events
• Alumni and donor engagement
• Constituent relations

Andrea is responsible for strategic creation, management and implementation of various external events and communications that lead to enhanced public awareness of and increased private support for the College. She is the College's Alumni and Constituent Relations officer. She enjoys coaching youth sports and managing the PTA after school programs for her neighborhood school.

• Donor relations

Kyle builds philanthropic connections for the College through engaging various individuals, corporations and private foundations and is the advancement liaison for the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs and the Program on the Environment. He acts as a concierge in connecting various stakeholders who have interest in environmental research and policy. Outside of work, Kyle enjoys working on bonsai trees and spending time with his family.

• Donor relations
• Endowments
• Stewardship reports

Zanne's work focuses on donor acknowledgments, recognition and accountability, compliance and fiduciary responsibility, impact reporting, and engagement and loyalty. When not at work, you can find her singing with the Seattle Symphony Chorale at Beneroya Hall.

• Donor Relations
• Fundraising
• Stewardship

Kathleen connects internal and external stakeholders with EarthLab, one of the College's newest initiatives, to build stronger relationships between UW Environment and the community. She oversees support from individuals and private foundations making transformative gifts that impact EarthLab’s focus areas of ocean health, climate resilience, natural hazards and healthy ecosystems. Outside of work, you can find her exploring local hiking trails or experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen.

• Major gift fundraising
• Strategic leadership
• Volunteer management

Sandra leads a team of fundraisers responsible for raising private support for the College’s students, faculty and programs. She provides strategic leadership to all academic unit heads, faculty, and administrators in designing and implementing approaches to sustain and increase major giving and alumni support. If she isn't rocking out at concerts, Sandra is on skis or in a kayak exploring the Pacific Northwest with her family.

• Advancement Support
• Office Coordination

Shannon provides administrative, event and professional support to the Senior Director for Advancement and Frontline Fundraisers for the College of the Environment. She enjoys coffee, watching “based on a true story” movies and traveling.

• Donor relations

As a member of the College's Advancement team, Daniel supports donor relations efforts for the School of Oceanography and the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. He can be a resource for alumni and friends interested in connecting to the College. Outside of work, Daniel serves on the board for the PNW Association of Fundraising Professionals and is earning an MBA at the UW Foster School of Business.

• Executive support
• Scheduling
• Events

Megan provides executive and administrative support to the associate dean for academic affairs, as well as Academic Affairs and Diversity and Access staffs and their associated standing committees. She assists with scheduling, event planning and organization, and budget tracking. Megan serves on the College Diversity Committee. She is the rare combination of musical theater nerd and sports fan, and she really likes tacos.

• Funding and budgeting
• Human resources
• Strategic planning

Kathryn leads the College's Finance and Administration team. She is the point person for the College's funding, budgets, academic and staff human resources, as well as being a strategic partner in the continued growth and development of the College. When Kathryn has free time, you can find her either working outside at home or on her old wooden trawler (preferably with grandkids and dogs).

• Financial support
• Payroll
• Staff human resources

Wendy provides financial and HR support to the dean’s office and units. She reconciles budgets, processes expense and travel reimbursements and assists the team with compiling and updating budget data for monthly reports. She serves as payroll coordinator and assists the HR director. Outside of work, Wendy spends time training to assist with volunteer operational support for Snohomish County Search and Rescue.

• Faculty affairs
• Financial administration
• Appointments and promotions

Staci is the point of the contact for faculty affairs actions, including new appointments, promotions, visas and outside work. She is responsible for Procard management and assists with budget reconciliation. Staci enjoys discovering new-to-her music, scratching her dog's tummy and solving five clues in the Sunday crossword.

• Daily operations
• Fiscal resources
• Financial management

Caroline is responsible for the daily fiscal administration of dean’s office budgets and general office operations. Caroline works closely with the director of finance and units’ administrators to ensure the strategic and successful management of College and dean’s office fiscal resources. Outside of work, Caroline enjoys movies, traveling and spending quality time with her family.

• Human resources

Megan manages both academic and staff HR across the College. She provides advice and guidance on compensation, recruitment and hiring, classification, promotions and tenure, performance management, layoffs/dismissals, leaves, and merit, and is involved in many special projects and initiatives for the College that involve HR. She stays busy with her kids, drinks vast amounts of coffee and enjoys the antics of her dog, Roscoe.

• Marketing and communications strategy
• Brand leadership
• Storytelling

Molly leads the College's Marketing and Communications team as its Managing Director. She is the point person for the College's brand and marketing strategy and is a resource for units and groups that are looking to better tell their stories to key audiences. Outside of work, Molly can be found in a kayak in whitewater, on the ice at Granite Curling Club, and at meetings of the board of directors for the Hearing, Speech and Deaf Center.

• Web development
• Development operations
• Unit websites

Cole builds and supports the College's website along with 10+ other sites within the College's web framework. He is also responsible for management of the College's web server and the development of digital marketing materials such as the College's Headlines newsletter. After hours, you'll likely find Cole on the driving range, or cheering on his favorite hockey team, the Anaheim Ducks.

• Web development
• User experience design
• Web tools

Drew builds and supports the College’s website along with the 10+ other sites within the College’s web framework. Drew is the point person for technical support with Trumba event calendars, Convio emails and WordPress training. He enjoys the whizzing of bike spokes, a fully trimmed sail and exploring the man-made and natural splendor of the Pacific Northwest.

• Content strategy
• Online communications
• Social media

Joe leads online communications and content strategy for the College, manages website projects, oversees social media and works with units across UW Environment to engage online audiences and promote the work of students and faculty. After hours, Joe watches a lot of movies, reads non-stop, plays with his spoiled but adorable dog, and thinks far too much about Star Wars.

• Storytelling
• Copywriting and editing
• Social media

Kelly writes stories and plans editorial content for the College website, social media and Headlines newsletter. She's also a resource for content proofing and editing for print and online materials and unit Convio newsletter planning and distribution. Kelly is on a never-ending quest to find the best chips and salsa in Seattle.

• Media relations
• Strategic planning
• Crisis communications

Meg develops strategic communications plans that support College and university priorities in her dual-report role with the College and UW Marketing and Communications. She is the College's primary media contact and also partners with campus communicators to elevate the UW's race and equity work. A rescuer of all things furry and feathered and a board member of Special Bunny Rescue, Meg always has pet hair on her work clothes.

• Science communication
• Communication strategy
• Writing and editing

John oversees the science communication program at the College, where he helps scientists become powerful spokespeople for their work beyond the walls of academia. He also assists various groups within the College communicate about who they are, whether through marketing or storytelling channels. When not in the office, he is out exploring shorelines and mountains on foot or building something in his basement workshop.

• Design
• Branding
• Creative strategy

Jack creates branded visual elements, both online and in print, on behalf of the College. He works closely with unit directors, advisors and other stakeholders to create and improve the visual communication of the College’s units, programs and initiatives. Jack enjoys wearing puffy vests and appreciates the music of early-2000s pop divas.

• IT support

Harry is responsible for IT coordination across the College's units and providing recommendations and support for IT to the Dean's office. Outside of work, Harry is the treasurer of the church he attends, brews his own beer and enjoys spending time with his granddaughters.

• Research Administration
• Administrative Support

Fiona is a central resource for information about research programs and opportunities within the College and supports special projects as needed. She also serves as the primary liaison for the Dean’s Office to the College’s Health and Safety Committee. Fiona enjoys being outdoors, drinking coffee and finding dogs to play with.

Ivan is responsible for fostering multidisciplinary collaborations, promoting and supporting the range of basic and applied research programs across the College and University, and helping faculty identify opportunities to partner and collaborate with universities and research organizations both in the U.S. and around the world. Ivan served in the U.S. Army, the U.S. Peace Corps in Liberia and was a Fulbright Scholar in Ghana.

Amy Snover serves as both Assistant Dean of Applied Research and Director of the Climate Impacts Group in the College of the Environment. In both roles, she connects science and decision making to tackle today’s pressing environmental challenges.

• Executive support
• Scheduling
• Events

Tori provides executive support to the assistant dean of applied research by arranging her schedule, prepping for meetings and events and tracking the progress of ongoing projects. She has a background in marine and aquatic ecology and is interested in science communication.

• Research Administration
• Administrative Support

Fiona is a central resource for information about research programs and opportunities within the College and supports special projects as needed. She also serves as the primary liaison for the Dean’s Office to the College’s Health and Safety Committee. Fiona enjoys being outdoors, drinking coffee and finding dogs to play with.