Erin Robinson

Erin Robinson
Executive Director

In November, 2014, Erin began working for the Foundation for Earth Science as the Executive Director. Prior to that she worked for FES as the Information and Virtual Community Director. She leverages her knowledge of environmental informatics, in particular collaborative web technologies to support the diverse communities of practice that make up the Federation for Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP).

Jon Chorover

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University of Arizona

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Annie Burgess

Annie Burgess
Lab Director

Dr. Annie Burgess' career has bridged Earth Science and informatics. During her graduate work at the University of Utah, Annie managed, analyzed, and distributed an immense amount of data related to her research in snow hydrology. The primary data product created during her Ph.D. work is currently distributed through NASA/JPL. As a post-doc at the University of Southern California, she developed software for the unique needs of the Polar science community. Annie knows the power of connecting Earth scientists with technical and collaborative infrastructure.

Susan Shingledecker

Susan Shingledecker
Incoming Executive Director

Susan brings to ESIP over a decade of nonprofit management experience with both national and regional organizations and a diverse 20 year career in the environmental field spanning international consulting, federal and state public policy, state government, outdoor recreation and conservation experience. Susan currently serves as Vice President and Director of Programs for Chesapeake Conservancy a regional conservation organization based in Annapolis, MD dedicated to restoring the health of the nation’s largest estuary and connecting people to the Bay.

Christopher Guiterman

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University of Arizona

Chris Guiterman is a forest and fire ecologist, with a Masters in Forestry from the University of Maine and a doctorate in Natural Resource Studies from the University of Arizona. His research interests include fire history, dendroecology, human-environmental interactions, and the vulnerabilities of forests to climate change and altered disturbance regimes. His current research is collaboration with Navajo Nation foresters to reconstruct recruitment and disturbance dynamics in old-growth ponderosa pine forests.