Lisa Busch

Workshop director; Executive Director of the Sitka Sound Science Center, former science journalist for Science and U.S.News and World Report and producer of Encounters Radio experiences of the North public radio series. www.encountersnorth.org

Elizabeth Arnold

University of Alaska Assistant Professor of Journalism, National Public Radio Senior Correspondent Elizabeth covers the Arctic and produced Arctic Profiles. http://www.arcticprofiles.com/about-1/

Richard Nelson

Cultural Anthropologist, author of the Hunters of the Northern Ice and Make Prayers for Raven and host to the award winning public radio series Encounters: Radio experiences of the North www.encountersnorth.org  and has recently produced a number of videos on salmon: http://seabank.org/articles/seabank-natures-dividend

Angela Gonzalez 

Communications Coordinator for Rural Alaska Community Action Program based in Anchorage. An Alaska Native, Angela has extensive experience living and travelling to rural Alaska communities and understanding communication routes and culture. 

Lee Cooper

Research Professor at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Lee has extensive polar shipboard research experience on all three current U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers, including service as chief scientist coordinating several multidisciplinary research programs, and serving as the chair of the Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee.. http://www.umces.edu/lee-cooper

Jacqueline Grebmeir

Workshop Science Advisor. Dr. Grebmeier is a Research Professor and a biological oceanographer at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.  She has played a leadership role in coordinating and promoting national and international Arctic research and was the recipient of the 2015 International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Medal for Contributions to Arctic Science.