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Anne Gold

Anne Gold

PI , she/her
Alice Hill

Alice Hill

co-PI , she/her
Allison Mattheis

Allison Mattheis

co-PI , she/her
Alyse Thurber

Alyse Thurber

Curriculum Development , she/her
Blair Schneider

Blair Schneider

co-PI , she/her
Emily Ward

Emily Geraghty Ward

co-PI , she/her
Erika Marín-Spiotta

Erika Marín-Spiotta

co-PI , she/her
Kristy Tiampo

Kristy Tiampo

Senior Strategic Advisor
Mariama (woman with pale skin and brown hair, wearing a hat and bundled up in a jacket) stands on a glacier in the North Cascades

Mariama Dryák-Vallies

co-PI , she/her
Meredith Hastings

Meredith Hastings

co-PI
Mylène Jacquemart

Mylène Jacquemart

co-PI
Ryan Cassotto

Ryan Cassotto

co-PI , he/him

Advisory Board

Anita Marshall

Anita Marshall

Member

Anne Kelly

Member
Christine Wiedinmyer

Christine Wiedinmyer

Member
Fiamma Straneo - Landscape

Fiamma Straneo

Member
Gifford Wong

Gifford Wong

Member
Gillian Bowser

Gillian Bowser

Member

Content Experts

Alexandra Padilla

Alexandra Padilla

Member , she/her/ella
Matt Downen

Matt Downen

Member
Sona Dimidjian

Sona Dimidjian

Member
Willy Oppenheim

Willy Oppenheim

Member

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ADVANCEing FieldSafety. Building Welcoming and Safe Field Teams

ADVANCEing FieldSafety is a three-year grant funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Research, Innovation, Synergies, and Education (RISE) within NSF’s Directorate for Geosciences (GEO), award numbers: 2307410, 2307411, 2307412, and 2307413. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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