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Our Team

Leadership

Sarah Trainor. Sarah Trainor Director
Nathan Kettle. Nathan Kettle Deputy Director

Core Team

Adelheid Hermann. Adelheid Herrmann Co-Investigator
Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness (ACCAP) logo with half sun and half snowflake above with banner below saying "a NOAA RISA team". Brie Darr Program Manager
Caroline Erickson. Caroline Erickson Research Assistant
Crystal Frank-Welker. Crystal Frank-Welker Engagement Specialist
Ed Plumb. Ed Plumb Weather and Flood Specialist
Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness (ACCAP) logo with half sun and half snowflake above with banner below saying "a NOAA RISA team". Position Open Science Communicator
Rick Thoman. Rick Thoman Alaska Climate Specialist
Zav Grabinski. Zav Grabinski Geospatial Analyst & Data Visualization Specialist

Affiliates

Alison York. Alison York Alaska Fire Science Consortium Coordinator
Anjali Shah. Anjali Shah Alaska Fellow
Davin Holen. Davin Holen Sea Grant Coastal Resilience Specialist
Eleanor Greenbaum. Eleanor Greenbaum Alaska Fellow
Elizabeth Figus holding fish. Elizabeth Figus Consultant
Greta Goto. Greta Goto Research Associate
John Walsh. John Walsh Climate Scientist
LaVerne Xilegg Demientieff. LaVerne Xilegg Demientieff UAF Department of Social Work Chair
Malinda Chase. Malinda Chase Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center Tribal Liaison

Students

Eva Dawn Burke. Eva Dawn Burk Graduate Student
Sherri Wall. Sherri Wall Graduate Student
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ACCAP is part of the International Arctic Research Center on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha' Campus.

ACCAP is one of several RISA teams within the NOAA Climate Program Office.

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