Design Committee and Subcommittees

Design Committee

The Design Committee provides strategic guidance and decision making for the State of the Nation’s Ecosystems project. This role includes active decision making and monitoring, as well as oversight of project activities to assess their conformity with the project’s strategic directions.

William C. Clark, Chair, Harvard University
Ann M. Bartuska, USDA Forest Service
Rosina Bierbaum, University of Michigan
Bradley Campbell, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Norman L. Christensen, Duke University
Craig Cox, Soil and Water Conservation Society
Steve Daugherty, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
John H. Dunnigan, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Paul Gilman, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Larry F. Greene, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District
Charles G. Groat, University of Texas at Austin
Theodore Heintz, White House Council on Environmental Quality
Michael Hirshfield, Oceana
Sara Schreiner Kendall, Weyerhaeuser Corporation
John L. Knott, The Noisette Company
John Kostyack, National Wildlife Federation
P. Patrick Leahy, American Geological Institute (formerly U.S. Geological Survey)
Rebecca Lent, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Al Lucier, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc.
Suzanne Iudicello Martley, Independent Marine Conservation Writer
Steven Murawski, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mark D. Myers, U.S. Geological Survey
Gordon Orians, University of Washington
Don Parrish, American Farm Bureau Federation
Duncan Patten, Montana State University
Peter W. Preuss, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Randolph S. Price, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
Lynn Scarlett, U.S. Department of the Interior
Bruce Stein, NatureServe
Mark Stoler, General Electric
Greg Wandrey, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Bud Ward, Morris A. Ward, Inc.
Douglas P. Wheeler, Hogan and Hartson, LLP
John A. Wiens, PRBO Conservation Science (formerly The Nature Conservancy)
Terry Young, Environmental Defense Fund
Agency Liasions
Rich Guldin, USDA Forest Service
Laura Nielsen, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Denice Shaw, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Indicator Refinement Subcommittee

Gordon Orians, Chair, University of Washington
Suzanne Iudicello Martley, Vice Chair, Independent Marine Conservation Writer
G. Thomas Bancroft, National Audubon Society (formerly The Wilderness Society)
Ann M. Bartuska, USDA Forest Service
Scott Dyer, Procter Gamble
Richard Guldin, USDA Forest Service
James A. LaGro, Jr., University of Wisconsin
Rebecca Lent, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Craig Loehle, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc.
Gail Mallard, U.S. Geological Survey
Thomas C. Malone, Ocean.US and University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Duncan Patten, Montana State University
Terry Young, Environmental Defense Fund

Strategic Marketing Subcommittee

John L. Knott, Chair, The Noisette Company
Craig Cox, Soil and Water Conservation Society
Daniel S. Fogel, Wake Forest University
Suzanne Iudicello Martley, Independent Marine Conservation Writer
Laura Nielsen, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Randolph S. Price, Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
Bud Ward, Morris A. Ward, Inc.