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
- Maya Tolstoy, Maggie Walker dean
- Becky Alexander, director, Program on Climate Change
- Chris Anderson, director, Center for Quantitative Sciences
- Ginger Armbrust, associate dean of research
- David Carpenter, associate dean for advancement
- Megan Dethier, director, Friday Harbor Laboratories
- Nives Dolšak, director, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs
- Tim Essington, director, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
- Corey Garza, associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion
- Stephanie Harrington, associate dean of administration
- John Horne, director, Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystem Studies
- Susan Hautala, interim director, School of Oceanography
- Terrie Klinger, interim director, Washington Sea Grant
- John Meyer, senior director for marketing and communications
- L. Monika Moskal, director, Program on the Environment
- Kerry Naish, director, Marine Biology
- Ben Packard, executive director, EarthLab
- Julia Parrish, associate dean of academic affairs
- Clare Ryan, acting director, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
- David Schmidt, chair, Department of Earth and Space Sciences
- Joel Thornton, chair, Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science
