Previous Board Members

Honoring Our Foundation: We are deeply grateful for the dedicated service of our previous board of directors, whose vision and commitment helped lay the groundwork for our mission and growth. Their leadership and passion have guided us through key milestones, and their legacy continues to inspire our work today. We thank them for their invaluable contributions and unwavering support.

Dr. Roosevelt is the Development Associate of Bedford 2030, a nonprofit working to slow climate change by empowering people to take steps to reduce their carbon footprint, individually and as a community. With a background as a classical violinist, she founded Repast Ensemble Inc., a nonprofit supporting chamber music concerts in New York City. Dr. Roosevelt toured extensively as a violinist and was based in Germany for several years. She holds degrees from Swarthmore College, the Manhattan School of Music, the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, and Stony Brook University. She is excited to serve on The Climate Consensus board of directors to help promote dialogue about global warming. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Dr. Bush is the Executive Director of the Mount Washington Observatory. He previously served as Assistant Director at the Old Stone House Museum & Historic Village and 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. 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.

Janna Stieg

Treasurer

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. 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.