Summit Committees
The Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Project and Summit Steering Committee included key stakeholders who contributed to recommendations regarding UC and CSU commitments in the ECCLPS Report and summit at UCLA in 2019.
Summit Steering Committee Co-chairs
Marquita Grenot-Scheyer
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Educator Preparation and Public Schools Programs, CSU Chancellor's Office
Ram Ramanathan
Distinguished Professor of Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Marcelo Suárez-Orozco
Wasserman Dean & Distinguished Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA
Fred Uy
Director, Educator Preparation and Public School Programs and Co-Director, Center for the Advancement of Instruction in Quantitative Reasoning, CSU Chancellor's Office
Summit Subcommittee Co-chairs
Pre-service Subcommittee Co-chairs
Richard Arum
Dean and Professor, School of Education, UCI
Cheryl Ney
Dean, Charter College of Education, Cal State LA
In-service Subcommittee Co-chairs
Jill Grace
Regional Director for K-12 Alliance, WestEd
Emily M. Schell
Executive Director, California Global Education Project
Curriculum Subcommittee Co-chairs
Karen Cowe
Chief Executive Officer, Ten Strands
Barbara Murchison
Director of the Educator Excellence and Equity Division, California Department of Education
Summit Steering Committee Members
Richard Arum, Dean and Professor, School of Education, UCI
Susan Belgrad, Professor, Elementary Education and Faculty Fellow, Institute for Sustainability, CSUN
Kahri Boykin, Green Technology and Energy Conservation Teacher, Yosemite High School, Merced Union High School District
Karen Cowe, Chief Executive Officer, Ten Strands
Amy Frame, K–12 Program Manager, Ten Strands
Cyane Dandridge, Executive Director, SEI
Jose Flores, Civic and Environmental Advisor, Comite Civico del Valle
Jill Grace, Regional Director, K–12 Alliance, WestEd and Past President, California Science Teachers Association
Julie Henderson, Deputy Secretary for Health and Public Policy, CalEPA
Peter Kareiva, Director, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA
Barbara Murchison, Educator Excellence and Equity Division Director, California Department of Education
Cheryl Ney, Dean, Charter College of Education, Cal State LA
Thomas Philip, Associate Professor and Director, Teacher Education, UC Berkeley
Leslie Ponciano, Director, Research Opportunities, CSU Chancellor's Office
Christy Porter, Senior Environmental Scientist, Office of Education and the Environment, CalRecycle
Jody Priselac, Associate Dean, Community Programs, UCLA
Nan Renner, Senior Director of Learning Design and Innovation, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Emily Schell, Executive Director, California Global Education Project, San Diego State University
Samuel Shen, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University
Maria Simani, Executive Director, California Science Project, UC Riverside
Ilene Straus, Vice President, California State Board of Education
Leslie Tamminen, Director, Ocean Program, Seventh Generation Advisors
Kimberly Waite, Teacher Leader, California Global Education Project
Jeffrey White, Professor, Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University
Additional Key Summit Members
Leigh Leveen
Director Communications, UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies and Editor, UCLA ED&IS Magazine
Claudia Martinez
Executive Director, Educator Programs, Office of Diversity and Engagement, UCOP
Jody Priselac
Associate Dean, Community Programs, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA
Matt St.Clair
Director of Sustainability, UCOP