Board of directors

Dr. Hanrahan is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Atmospheric Sciences Department at Northern Vermont University-Lyndon. She earned her B.A. in mathematics from Alverno College, and a M.S. and PhD in mathematics with a focus in atmospheric sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Before moving to Vermont, she spent a year at the University of Alberta where she did climate modeling as a postdoctoral researcher. Her current research involves the use of dynamical and statistical modeling to understand how human-caused climate change influences extreme weather. She teaches several classes at NVU, including thermodynamics, atmospheric dynamics, and various introductory and advanced climatology courses. With the assistance of two students, Dr. Hanrahan founded The Climate Consensus in 2014 and she is now excited about the opportunity to secure funds that will be used to build capacity for this work at other universities.

Ms. Stieg has three decades of experience in nonprofit management and fundraising. She is passionate about the climate crisis, and spent five years as the Executive Director of New York Interfaith Power and Light, a faith-based organization focusing on climate change. She previously served as Executive Director of HealthSET where she negotiated contracts, managed the budget, and developed a brand identity campaign. Ms. Stieg currently works for the American Indian College Fund as a Major Gifts Officer. She holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Northern Colorado and an M.A. from the University of Colorado at Denver.

Dr. Roosevelt is a founding member and Executive Director of Repast Baroque Ensemble, a non-profit corporation promoting chamber music concerts in New York City. As a touring violinist, Dr. Roosevelt has traveled extensively and was based in Germany for several years. She holds graduate degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, and a doctoral degree in violin performance from Stony Brook University. Her childhood summers on the Maine coast led to a strong commitment to environmental protection. She is excited to join The Climate Consensus board of directors to help raise awareness about global warming. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her son and pet turtle.

Dr. Atkins is the Provost and Chief Academic Officer for Northern Vermont University. He received his B.S. in physics from the University of Minnesota and M.S. and Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from UCLA. He spent two years at the National Center for Atmospheric Research as a postdoctoral researcher in the Advanced Study Program. Before transitioning to administration, Dr. Atkins was a professor of atmospheric sciences for 18 years. During this time, his research centered on mesoscale meteorology and severe local storms for which he participated in numerous field programs including the Convection and Precipitation/Electrification Experiment (CaPE), the Bow Echo and MCV Experiment (BAMEX), and both Verification on the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX I and II). Students were always at the center of this work as interns, presenting at conferences, and coauthoring peer-review publications.

Dr. Bush is the Assistant Director at the Old Stone House Museum & Historic Village and previously served as Director of Programs at the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium. He conducts research in McGill University’s Department of Geography and has collaborated with the Climate Consensus at Northern Vermont University-Lyndon for several years. His research examines how geospatial data and technology can be coupled with hands-on inquiry and citizen science to educate young students and the public about Earth and environmental science. Dr. Bush has conducted research at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, NY, taught for Cornell University/University of New Hampshire’s Shoals Marine Laboratory on Appledore Island, Maine, and helped introduce environmental science to New York University’s Prison Education Program at the Wallkill Correctional Facility in Wallkill, NY.

Dr. Shukla is a Distinguished University Professor at George Mason University. He was the Founding Chairman of the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences (AOES), and the Founding Director of the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA). He received his Ph.D. from Banaras Hindu University in India, and Sc.D. from MIT. Dr. Shukla has received the Walker Gold Medal of the India Meteorological Society, the Rossby Medal of the American Meteorological Society, and the International Meteorological Prize of the World Meteorological Organization. He has helped establish weather and climate research institutions in the US, India, Italy, and Korea, and was a Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Vice President Gore. Dr. Shukla remains deeply connected with the village of his birth in India where he has established Gandhi College for improving the educational status and general well-being of young women in that rural area.