AIR Leadership
Liz Petterson
Associate Director, Arizona Institute for Resilience
Anna Seiferle-Valencia
Program Administrator, Arizona Institute for Resilience
AIR Directory
Jonathan Bean
Director, Institute for Energy Solutions, AIR
Assistant Professor of Architecture, Sustainable Built Environments and Marketing
Jeff Bliznick
Engineer, AIR Water & Energy Sustainable Technology (WEST) Center
Dave Breshears
Founder, AIR Bridging Biodiversity and Conservation Science
Regents Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Patrick Bunn
Senior Research Scientist, Power Forecasting Group, Institute for Energy Solutions, AIR
Principal Investigator, UA WRF
Karletta Chief
Director, Indigenous Resilience Center
Professor & Extension Specialist, Department of Environmental Science
Brian Enquist
Co-Principal Investigator, Bridging Biodiversity and Conservation Science
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Kacey Ernst
Co-Principal Investigator, Bridging Biodiversity and Conservation Science
Professor & Program Director, Epidemiology
Dan Ferguson
Lead Investigator and Director, Climate Assessment for the Southwest
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science
Associate Professor, Arizona Institutes for Resilience
Rachel E. Gallery
Director, Lovejoy Center for Bridging Biodiversity, Conservation Science, and Policy
Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences
Pronouns:
she/her/hers
Jennifer Garcia
Program Coordinator, Institute for Energy Solutions, AIR
Program Coordinator, SPECS Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona
Pronouns:
she, her, hers
Gregg Garfin
Professor Emeritus, School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Advisory Team Member, Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions
Deborah Goldberg, PhD
Research Designated Campus Colleague Adjunct Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Anita Govert
Assistant Director, Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
Zack Guido
Director, AIR International Resilience Lab
Associate Research Scientist, AIR
Neha Gupta
Assistant Research Professor, Arizona Institute for Resilience
Marlana Hinkley
Engagement Lead GRA, Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions
Kirsten Howe
Program Management Assistant, Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions
Pronouns:
she/her
Katharine Jacobs
Director, Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions
Professor, Environmental Science
Ladd Keith
Director, Heat Resilience Initiative, Arizona Institute for Resilience
Associate Professor of Planning, College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture
Faculty Research Associate, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
Amanda Leinberger
Adaptation Program Manager, Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions
Aaron Lien
SW CASC Host Institution Director
Assistant Professor, Rangeland Ecology and Adaptive Management
Shelley Littin
Communications Lead, Arizona Institute for Resilience
Toni Massaro
Director, Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice
Regents Professor, Milton O. Riepe Chair in Constitutional Law, and Dean Emerita, James E. Rogers College of Law
Gigi Owen
Assistant Research Scientist, Climate Assessment for the Southwest
Ian Pepper
Director, Water & Energy Sustainable Technology (WEST) Center
Professor, Department of Environmental Science
Nancy Petersen
Assistant Director, Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice
Liz Petterson
Associate Director, Arizona Institute for Resilience
Sarah Prasek
Program Coordinator, Water & Energy Sustainable Technology (WEST) Center
Katarina "Nina" Sajovec Altshul
Program Coordinator, Agnese Nelms Haury Program, Arizona Institute for Resilience
Maia Schneider
Environmental Education Program Coordinator
Anna Seiferle-Valencia
Program Administrator, Arizona Institute for Resilience
Daniel Sestiaga Jr.
Program Manager, Indigenous Resilience Center
Maria Sohn Hasman
Resilience Internship Program Coordinator, Arizona Institute for Resilience
Erin Tanaka
Program Coordinator, Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill
Thomas Weiss
R&D Systems Engineer II, Arizona Institute for Resilience
