The College of the Environment Executive Committee provides a forum for information sharing, consultation and discussion of academic, administrative, and research policies and issues.
The Executive Committee is made up of the directors and chairs of each major department of the College along with the senior leadership of the Dean’s office. Major departments include degree-granting units as well as independent research and outreach units as determined by the Dean.
Committee Membership
- Lisa J. Graumlich, dean
- Becky Alexander, director, Program on Climate Change
- Cecilia Bitz, chair, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
- Dan Brown, director, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
- Russell Callender, director, Washington Sea Grant
- Megan Dethier, director, Friday Harbor Laboratories
- Nives Dolšak, director, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs
- Tim Essington, director, Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management
- Gary Handwerk, director, Program on the Environment
- Stephanie Harrington, associate dean of administration
- John Horne, director, Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystem Studies
- Rick Keil, director, School of Oceanography
- Molly M. McCarthy, managing director of marketing and communications
- Kerry Naish, director, Marine Biology
- Ben Packard, executive director, EarthLab
- Julia Parrish, associate dean of academic affairs
- André Punt, director, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
- Terryl Ross, assistant dean of diversity, equity and inclusion
- Melinda Seevers, associate dean for advancement
- Eric Steig, chair, Department of Earth and Space Sciences
- Bruce Nelson, associate dean for research
