Thomas E. Lovejoy has been President of The Heinz Center since May 2002. Before coming to The Heinz Center, he was the World Bank’s Chief Biodiversity Advisor and Lead Specialist for Environment for Latin America and the Caribbean and Senior Advisor to the President of the United Nations Foundation. Dr. Lovejoy has been Assistant Secretary and Counselor to the Secretary at the Smithsonian Institution, Science Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior, and Executive Vice President of the World Wildlife Fund–U.S. He conceived the idea for the Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems project (a joint project between the Smithsonian and Brazil's INPA), originated the concept of debt-for-nature swaps, and is the founder of the public television series Nature. In 2001 he was awarded the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. Dr. Lovejoy served on science and environmental councils or committees under the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. (biology) degrees from Yale University.

Anthony C. Janetos has been Vice President of The Heinz Center since March 2003; he joined the Center as a Senior Fellow in June 2002. Dr. Janetos also directs the Center’s Global Change program. Before coming to The Heinz Center, he served as Vice President for Science and Research at the World Resources Institute and Senior Scientist for the Land-Cover and Land-Use Change Program in NASA’s Office of Earth Science. He was also Program Scientist for NASA’s Landsat 7 mission. He was a co-chair of the U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change and an author of the IPCC Special Report on Land-Use Change and Forestry and the Global Biodiversity Assessment. Dr. Janetos has written and spoken widely to policy, business, and scientific audiences on the need for scientific input and scientific assessment in the policymaking process and about the need to understand the scientific, environmental, economic, and policy linkages among the major global environmental issues, and the importance of keeping basic human needs in the forefront of the thinking of the environmental community. Dr. Janetos graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with a bachelor’s degree in biology and earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in biology from Princeton University.

Ariane de Bremond is a research associate for the Global Change Program.   She is a Switzer Foundation Fellow, joining a series of Switzer Fellows who have worked at the Heinz Center.   Ariane is finishing her Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Cruz while beginning to work on the thresholds project in the Global Change Program.

Ian Carroll Research Assistant, works in the Center's Environmental Reporting and Global Change Programs. In prior incarnations, Ian has worked as a field assistant studying amphibians in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges of the western U.S. and the avifauna of southern Costa Rica. Between field seasons, he has tutored high school math and science, volunteered with Bikes for the World and once spent a few months on the blue highways cycling from Seattle, WA to Jacksonville, FL. As an undergraduate, he studied Ecology with a particular interest in the maintenance of biological diversity, worked in the microbial ecology lab of Dr. Jennifer Hughes and participated in an REU program at the Marine Biological Labs in Woods Hole. Ian holds an A.B. in Biology from Brown University, which he received in May of 2003.

Kent Cavender-Bares Senior Research Associate is a staff scientist for the Environmental Reporting program. At the Center, he has worked on many aspects of The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems project. Before joining the Center in 2000, he received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for which he studied the ecology of marine phytoplankton. He holds degrees from Stanford and Cornell and has had work experiences ranging from agricultural waste management to manufacturing engineering.

Caroline Cremer is a research assistant for the Environmental Reporting program. Before joining the Center in June 2004, Caroline was a project administrator for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, where she managed grant programs ranging from native plant conservation to conservation education.  Caroline volunteered with numerous organizations, most recently the Brookside Botanical Gardens in Wheaton, MD; she also has given presentations about bats to elementary school students in the Washington, D.C. Metro area. Caroline holds a B.A. degree in biology from West Virginia University.

As Finance Assistant, Clayretha "Clay" Gatewood  works with all aspects of the Center's finance and administration.  She joined the staff in March 2006, bringing with her more than 15 years accounting experience.  Most recently she was the Director of Management and Finance for Residential Youth Services.  Prior to that she served as comptroller for Gospel Rescue Ministries and was a Finance Manager with Coates & Lane in Washington D.C.  Clay has a degree in Business Information Systems and Accounting and is currently working on her masters in Public Policy.   She has two beautiful daughters.  We are very pleased to welcome her to The Heinz Center. 

Anne E. Hummer is the Heinz Center’s Communications and Development Director. Before joining the Center in 2003, Ms. Hummer served as communications and fundraising consultant for several nonprofit organizations in Washington D.C., and Maryland. Ms. Hummer has previously worked as Development Director for WAMU Radio, the Reproduction Research Institute, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest. At World Wildlife Fund, Ms. Hummer served as Special Assistant to the President, Membership Director and Editor of FOCUS, a quarterly membership publication. Ms. Hummer received her B.A. in journalism from The Ohio State University. She is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and serves on the development advisory boards of several organizations.

Holly Alyssa MacCormick is a research assistant for the Environmental Reporting Program. Prior to joining the Heinz Center in February 2005, Holly has been actively involved in several research projects at the University of Minnesota. As a research and field assistant for the Lion Research Center, she worked on a wide range of behavioral ecology studies. Additional research includes work on datasets from wolf-prey interactions in Yellowstone National Park and the Gombe Baboon Project. Holly received her B.S. in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior from the University of Minnesota, and graduated magna cum laude for her studies of aggression in olive baboons.

Anne S. Marsh Research Associate, is a staff scientist for the Environmental Reporting Group. Dr. Marsh comes to The Heinz Center with a leadership grant from the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. Before joing the Center, Anne was a visiting scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. She worked as a consultant to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and served as a research associate and editor of the National Wetlands Newsletter at the Environmental Law Institute. Anne received her B.A. from Williams College (Environmental Studies), and her M.F.S (Forest Science) and Ph.D (Ecosystems Ecology/Plant Physiology) from Yale.

Robin O'Malley Project Director, directs the Heinz Center’s Environmental Reporting program, which recently released The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems: Measuring the Lands, Waters, and Living Resources of the United States. Mr. O’Malley came to The Heinz Center in November 1997 from the Department of the Interior, where he led U.S. Government efforts to establish a biodiversity information network throughout the Americas. From 1993 to 1996, he was Chief of Staff for the National Biological Survey, where he was responsible for numerous program development, budgeting, implementation, and outreach activities. Mr. O'Malley has also served as a Special Assistant to Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt; Deputy Science Advisor within the Interior Department; Associate Director for Natural Resources at the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); and senior environmental advisor to Governor Thomas H. Kean of New Jersey; he has also held a variety of environmental positions within New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection involving financing of environmental infrastructure, hazardous site remediation, and solid waste management. He holds a master’s degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York.

Christine Negra Research Associate, is a staff scientist for the Environmental Reporting program. Before joining the Center, Dr. Negra worked on state-level environmental science policy as a Public Policy Fellow with the Snelling Center for Government. Her doctoral research on the behavior of trace metals in soil systems was conducted at the University of Vermont and the National Synchrotron Light Source. From 1994 to 1998, she worked with farmers, local and state officials, and environmental advocates on sustainable agriculture, water quality, and urban forestry projects. She received her M.S. (Natural Resource Planning) from the University of Vermont and her B.A. (Government Studies) from Wesleyan University.

Sharon H. Phenneger has been Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of The Heinz Center since March 2003. Before joining The Heinz Center, she was Chief Financial Officer for Holton-Arms School, Director of Finance for American Farmland Trust, and Director of Finance for the Ocean Conservancy. Prior to her work in environmental issues, she worked for a variety of corporations and the Department of the Navy. Ms. Phenneger received her CPA in 1992, completed a concentration in accounting at Shepherd College, and received a B.S. in physics from the College of William and Mary.

Carmen R. Thorndike is the Executive Assistant to the President of the Heinz Center.  Ms. Thorndike has been with Dr. Lovejoy since 1987, when he was Vice President for Science at the World Wildlife Fund. Since that time, she has served with him at the Smithsonian Institution, the World Bank, and the United Nations Foundation. Before joining the World Wildlife Fund, Ms. Thorndike had been a Project Associate for the Latin American Manufacturers Association (LAMA). She received a business administration degree from Cenecape Andrés Bello, Peru.

Stacia VanDyne assists the Heinz Center in communications and development.  Prior to joining the Center, Stacia served as production coordinator and publicity and publisher's assistant at Hearst Books in New York.  Additionally, she worked as an intern and assistant in the Chief of Staff's Office during the Clinton Administration, and later coordinated efforts for the U.S. Department of Commerce in their regional Miami, Florida Export Assistance Center.  Stacia has worked as a research assistant and events assistant for various non-profits, including a group of academics researching alternative energy.  Most recently she worked at a gallery dedicated to preserving the art of American fine craft.  She graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in International Studies from Southern Methodist University.

Brooks Yeager joined The Heinz Center as a visiting fellow in May 2005. Previously, he served the World Wildlife Fund for four years as Vice President for the Global Threats Program. In addition, Mr. Yeager held several senior positions in the Clinton Administration. Prior to government service, he spent 12 years working on national environmental policy issues with the National Audubon Society and the Sierra Club.