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LNO Staff

Management and Planning

Bob Waide Robert Waide, Executive Director (Read Bob's Bio)
  • Facilitates development of cross-site and synthesis activities
  • Develops interactions with non-LTER sites and programs
  • Oversees operations of LNO and administers Cooperative Agreement

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James W. Brunt James W. Brunt, Chief Information Officer (Read James' Bio)
  • Coordinates LNO information management activities with NISAC, Information Management Committee, other ecoinformatics efforts
  • Coordinates and supervises computing and communication systems, databases, and web page administration in the LNO
  • Promotes the adoption and use of information management standards

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William K. Michener William K. Michener, Director for Development and Outreach
  • Coordinates LTER activities with other large, developing networks
  • Facilitates cyberinfrastructure development for LTER and ILTER
  • Develops mutually beneficial activities with federal agencies, international research programs and other networks.

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John Vande Castle John Vande Castle, Director for Synthesis Support (Read John's Bio)
  • Coordinates synthesis activites of the LTER Science Council, LTER working groups, and LTER All Scientists Meetings
  •  Coordinates technology planning and implementation for the LTER Network
  • Coordinates LTER technology with the development of the LTER Network Information System
  • Member of the LTER Network Information System Advisory Committee

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Marjorie Hudson Marjorie McConnell, Senior Program Manager (Read Marjorie's Bio)
  • Coordinates management of major LNO projects
  • Oversees accounting of LNO grants and contracts
  • Coordinates report and proposal preparation

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Meeting Planning and Facilitation

George Garcia, Office Manager
  • Meeting Coordination
  • Management of day to day operation of LNO

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Celina Gomez, Administrative Assistant
  • Meeting Coordination
  • Reimbursements

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  Reyes Sais, Accounting Technician
  • Reconciles all expenditures related to the LNO
  • Aids in projecting and balancing budgets for synthesis working groups and supplements to the LNO
  • Maintains accounting system for LNO for cross-reference of expenditures

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  David Danzilio, Student Employee
  • Meeting Coordination
  • Reimbursements

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Communications and Outreach

McOwiti O. Thomas McOwiti O. Thomas, Public Information Officer (Read McOwiti's Bio)
  • Develops strategies, plans, and activities for public information
  • Develops public information products and tools
  • Handles internal and external public and media relations

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Patricia Bonito Patricia Bonito, Special Projects (Read Patty's Bio)
  • Produces LTER Site Brochures
  • Manages Web Site content
  • Writes Newsletter articles
  • Assists with production of Oxford University Press Synthesis Series

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IT Infrastructure

Marshall White Marshall White, Application Support Analyst
  • Webmaster for the LNO
  • Develops, designs, and maintains websites hosted by the LNO
  • Provides web development assistance to the LTER Network

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Florence 'Dez' Wyman, Systems Administrator
  • Administers computer, network, and associated security systems and the LNO
  • Provides technical support to LNO staff and to LTER sites on a limited basis
  • Maintains email, web, ftp, database, file, computer, and backup servers at LNO

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James L. Williams, Systems Analyst
  • Administers Desktop computers, peripherals, and video teleconferencing technology
  • Provides technical support to LNO staff and to LTER sites on a limited basis
  • Maintains Informatics Training and Usability Testing Laboratory

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Network Information System

Mark Servilla Mark Servilla, NIS Developer (Read Mark's Bio)
  • Designs and implements LTER Network Information System
  • Coordinates integration of LTER partner sites computing and data infrastructure
  • Enables cross-site synthesis through cyberinfrastructure technology

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Duane Costa Duane Costa, NIS Programmer/Analyst (Read Duane's Bio)
  • Develops NIS software and technologies
  • Develops EML tools and harvesting software
  • Administers LNO Metacat metadata repository

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Inigo San Gil Inigo San Gil, Senior Application Support Analyst (Read Inigo's Bio)
  • Provides assistance on EML standard data compliance
  • Provides EML support to LTER sites
  • Works on metadata compliance with the NBII Biological Data Profile

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CI-TEAM and SEEK

Deanna Pennington Deana Pennington, Research Assistant Professor (Read Deana's Bio)
  • Develops cyberinfrastructure for ecology
  • Conducts integrated analysis of field, GIS, sensor, and image data
  • Environmental- and ecoinformatics

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David Michael Sledge, Analyst/Programmer Specialist

 

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