Dr. Rosanne W. Fortner, COSEE Great Lakes Director, is Professor Emeritus at The Ohio State University and Ohio Sea Grant Education Coordinator. She is a Past President of the National Marine Educators Association, and her experience includes middle school science teaching, teacher education and science education research. She is the author of 12 books of curriculum for Great Lakes and Earth Systems Education . Rosanne currently teaches on-line and Stone Laboratory courses in Great Lakes topics. Earth Systems and biology background; EdD science education.

Helen Domske is the Coastal Education Specialist for New York Sea Grant and Associate Director of the Great Lakes Program, SUNY at Buffalo. She has expertise in alien species, avian botulism, and coral reef ecology. Her experience extends over 25 years of marine/aquatic teacher education and curriculum development, and includes aquarium education for 15 years. Helen teaches undergraduate courses in Great Lakes Ecology and Aquarium Science, and a graduate course for teachers on Tropical Marine Ecology. MS Education.

Marti Martz is a Coastal Outreach Specialist for Pennsylvania Sea Grant . Her areas of specialization are shoreline erosion and invasive species, especially plants. She joined the COSEE Great Lakes crew in 2006 and is responsible for Lake Erie events and informal education efforts. BS Environmental Studies.

Steve Stewart is District Extension Sea Grant Educator for the Michigan Sea Grant College Program at Michigan State University. He developed/directs the Great Lakes Education Program, a schoolship/classroom program involving ~200 classes and 25 school districts/year, and Michigan Sea Grant’s Summer Discovery Cruise series. He also helped develop and works with the annual Great Lakes/Natural Resources camp on Lake Huron, conducts exotic species teacher training, and works with the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. Steve is the education representative on the GLOS Steering Committee. MS, Marine Resources Mgmt.

Robin Goettel is the Associate Director for Education for Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant . She has coordinated four award-winning collaborative national and regional curriculum projects on aquatic invasive species. She is involved in a regional collaboration for fish consumption education and outreach and oversees the development of a nationally-focused education Web site featuring classroom activities on aquatic invaders. A strong focus is teacher professional development, encompassing school-university-community partnerships that engage students in service-learning activities. EdM Curriculum & Instruction.

Terri Hallesy is the Education Specialist for Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant . She co-teaches educator workshops on aquatic invasive species and fish consumption and facilitates the development of community stewardship projects. A primary role has been working with teachers to update curriculum activities on Nab the Aquatic Invader site. BS Elementary Education.

Dr. Jim Lubner is the Education Coordinator for the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute , working from an office at Milwaukee’s Great Lakes WATER Institute . With adjunct appointments in UW-Milwaukee’s Geosciences Department and Department of Curriculum and Instruction, he teaches a Marine Science at Sea course for undergraduates and an Environmental Education course for pre-service teachers. He also works with Wisconsin teachers and students through the National Ocean Sciences Bowl and Project JASON. Jim is a former middle school teacher and has been involved in informal and teacher education since 1978. PhD Biological Sciences.

Dr. Bruce Munson is Department Head, Education, at the University of Minnesota Duluth . He was principal investigator and coordinates the NSF projects for Water on the Web (WOW) and Training Water Science Technicians. Bruce teaches pre-service science teacher education, graduate courses in science education and environmental education, and has conducted a Pathfinder workshop. PhD Science education.

Dr. Donald Scavia is Professor and Associate Dean, School of Natural Resources & Environment at the University of Michigan , and Director of Michigan Sea Grant and CILER . As Principal Investigator he brings to the project a diverse research and publication background in Great Lakes and coastal ocean nutrient cycles, food web dynamics, and modeling, as well as extensive experience in research management at NOAA. PhD Environmental engineering.

Dr. Rochelle Sturtevant is the Extension Educator for the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network at NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. She has Great Lakes expertise in invasive species, fisheries, the microbial food web and policy. Her experience includes 5 years with the U.S. Great Lakes Congressional Task Force and 5 years as liaison between NOAA-GLERL and the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network. PhD Systems Ecology.

Dr. Howard Walters, Project Evaluator, is an Associate Professor in the new PhD program at Ashland's Schar College of Education, where he teaches research design and statistics. With degrees in marine science education, curriculum and instruction, and elementary education, he fills COSEE Great Lakes' need to bring research rigor and professional publication opportunities into our evaluation efforts. Dr. Walters is well known for his research with the National Ocean Sciences Bowl, the College of Exploration, and informal science education facilities.

Cindy Hagley is the Environmental Quality Extension Educator for Minnesota Sea Grant . She has expertise in lake, stream, and wetland ecology, coastal land use impacts on water quality, and web-based educational materials design. She has nearly 25 years of research, outreach, and teacher education experience related to aquatic ecology and water quality and has been focusing her work on the Great Lakes for the last 14 years. MS Aquatic Ecology/Limnology.

Chris Benson is the Communication Designer for Minnesota Sea Grant . He has 10 years of experience designing and developing websites and web applications. Nature photographer. BA Management Information Systems.