Charley Driscoll | Chair
Syracuse University
Charley is a Distinguished and University Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Syracuse University. He received his PhD from Cornell University. Charley's research addresses the effects of disturbance on forest, freshwater, and marine ecosystems, including air pollution (acid and mercury deposition), land-use, and climate change. He has been a principal investigator and researcher at Hubbard Brook for the past 45 years. He has testified at US Congressional and state legislative committee hearings, and served on many local, national, and international committees. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He lives with his wife, Kim, in Skaneateles, NY.
Dorothy Heinrichs | Vice Chair
Dartmouth Health
Dorothy graduated with a degree in botany from Miami University. She has held programmatic and development positions with conservation organizations in Washington, DC, including The Conservation Foundation, American Forestry Association, The Nature Conservancy, and the American Farmland Trust. After moving with her family to New England, she became Vice President of Institutional Advancement at the Vermont Law School. She now serves as Director of Patient and Family Giving at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. As the elected chair of the town Selectboard for Orange, NH, she led the town through a 1,000-year flood and a global pandemic. An avid hiker, she has climbed Cardigan Mountain 995 times as of this writing.
John Smitka | Secretary
John is a practicing attorney and a partner at Signal Ridge Capital Partners, Natick, MA. John received his MBA from the Boston College Carroll School of Management in finance and securities analysis. He began his investment career as a portfolio manager for a large Rhode Island bank that is now part of Bank of America. He returned to Boston College to earn a law degree and enjoyed a successful career as an attorney with the Department of the Navy, as senior counsel for Boston Edison (now Eversource), corporate general counsel for Eastern Utilities Associates (now National Grid), and as a partner with McDermott, Will & Emery, Boston. John attended Colgate University where he was a dual major in history and international relations. After Colgate, John served as a destroyer officer in the Navy with a rank of lieutenant. John lives in Wellesley, MA with his wife, Amy Bormann (daughter of Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study co-founder Herb Bormann). Daughter Abigail graduated Trinity College and works as a development officer for the Harvard Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Son Andrew resides in a group home in Salisbury, NH. John enjoys rowing, sailing, and squash.
Michael Shoob | Treasurer
Michael was the Executive Director of The Hitchcock Foundation at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He retired in 2012 after leading the Foundation for 26 years, and prior to that taught elementary school. He graduated from the San Francisco State University with a BA in geology and received an MA in curriculum development from the University of Wyoming. He is a cofounder of the Good Neighbor Health Clinic, a free medical and dental clinic in White River Junction, VT, and has served on the boards of a number of health-related non-profits. He lives with his wife, Judy Yocom, in Thetford, VT.
John Campbell | Advisor
John is a Research Ecologist for the USDA Forest Service and the Project Leader for the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural Resources, in 1989 and 1995, respectively, and his PhD from the State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry in 2006. John’s research focuses on understanding ecosystem response to both natural and human disturbances, and how environmental change impacts hydrological, biological and chemical processes in forest watersheds. His areas of expertise are in air pollution, forest harvesting, ice storms, soil freezing, and drought. John has published more than 100 peer-reviewed research papers, and is a member of the American Geophysical Union, Ecological Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America.
Deecie Denison
Deecie has a BS from Cornell University and an MS in resource management and administration from Antioch New England. She serves on numerous nonprofit boards and has been a member of Rotary International for 30 years. Her eclectic career began with managing a mountaineering equipment store and leading Wilderness Travel School and Sierra Club trips. As a Project Manager researching the effects of high-voltage current transmission for the State of Vermont, she was the principal person in front of an often-combative public. While managing a public issues program for the Montshire Museum of Science, she designed and presented programs to inform local businesses and leaders about environmental issues. When the Community College of Vermont was on the verge of shutting down its Upper Valley Office, Deecie was hired to bring the program up to par with the rest of the statewide offices and within two years moved it from near to closing to being ranked six out of twelve. Deecie lives in Thetford, VT with Norton, her corgi, and Bentley, her horse.
Tyler Edwards
Duke University
Tyler is an aspiring ecologist and science communicator who envisions a future where community informed research drives systematic changes in policy to better protect our planet. Her past involvements with Hubbard Brook and the Research Foundation include helping to establish an ongoing record of aquatic insect emergence at the forest, creating a podcast about the research process at Hubbard Brook, growing through the Young Voices of Science Program, and participating in the 2021 Youth Climate Town Hall. As a member of the Board of Trustees, she hopes to build networks of support for young scientists and encourage Hubbard Brook researchers to connect with their communities.
Peter Groffman
CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, Brooklyn College, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Peter is a Professor at the City University of New York Advanced Science Research Center at the Graduate Center and Brooklyn College and a Senior Research Fellow at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. He has research interests in ecosystem, soil, landscape, and microbial ecology, with a focus on carbon and nitrogen dynamics. He is co-principal investigator of the US National Science Foundation-funded Hubbard Brook Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project and was chair of the Executive Board of the LTER network Science Council from 2015–2019. Specific recent research efforts focus on studies of nitrogen dynamics in forest and urban watersheds, soils, lawns, and riparian zones. Peter currently serves on the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and as Deputy Director of the North America regional chapter of the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI). Peter was a Convening Lead Author for the 2013 US National Climate Assessment Chapter on Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and a lead author for the Second (Wetlands) and Third (North America) Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Program on Climate Change (IPCC). He lives with his wife, Katherine Bishop, in Millbrook, NY.
Ali Jackson
Sciencenter
Ali works for the Sciencenter in Ithaca, NY, where she directs the museum's local education efforts, both onsite and in collaboration with community-based organizations. She also leads the Sciencenter's participation in national projects, including for the National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Net), and leads a multi-organizational education development team, contributes to project leadership and STEM education professional development, and serves as the Northeast Regional Hub for NISE Net. Ali lives in northern Vermont, with her two young children and husband. They've spent the past year and half exploring the Cold Hollow Mountains and the Eastern Greens—hiking, biking, swimming, skiing, and just generally playing in the dirt and snow.
Roger Larochelle
Squam Lakes Conservation Society
Roger is Executive Director of the Squam Lakes Conservation Society (since 2003). Roger joined the HBRF Board in 2019, serving on the Nominating Committee. He grew up in Manchester, NH, but was always drawn to the Lakes Region and White Mountains. He is a graduate of UNH with a BA in anthropology with a concentration in archeology and geomorphology. Roger previously served as Executive Director of the Mayhew Program for at-risk boys and as a land surveyor and cartographer. He serves as the Moderator and on countless committees in Hebron, NH, living in an old farmhouse with his wife Jennifer and, occasionally, their children Grace, Alex, and Chloe.
Gene E. Likens
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Gene is Founding Director, President Emeritus, and Distinguished Senior Ecologist Emeritus at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, and Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Connecticut. He is best known for his discovery of acid rain in North America with colleagues, for co-founding the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study, and for founding the Institute of Ecosystem Studies. He is an educator and advisor at state, national, and international levels. He has been an advisor to two governors in New York State and one in New Hampshire, as well as one US President. He currently holds faculty positions at Cornell, Rutgers, SUNY Albany, the University of Connecticut, and Yale, and recently was awarded a Chair as Albert Einstein Professor from the Chinese Academy of Science and also named Honorary Professor at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. Gene has been awarded eleven Honorary Doctoral Degrees. In addition to being elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, he has been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Austrian Academy of Sciences, and an Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society. He was awarded the 2001 National Medal of Science, presented at The White House; and in 2003 was awarded the Blue Planet Prize (with FH Bormann) from the Asahi Glass Foundation, considered to be the Nobel Prize of Ecology. He is the author, co-author, or editor of 26 books and more than 600 scientific papers. Gene divides his time between Clinton Corners, NY, Storrs, CT, and Campton, NH.
Dr. Suzanne Pierre
Critical Ecology Lab
Suzanne Pierre is a microbial ecologist and biogeochemist working in soil. Her technical expertise includes nutrient and carbon cycling in plant and microbial systems experiencing climate change. She is also the founder and lead investigator of the Critical Ecology Lab – a nonprofit organization researching the intersection of global ecological change, social justice, and liberation of oppressed peoples. Through her research, Pierre strives to explain the phenomena of global ecological change as
responses to systems of global colonialism and capitalism. Pierre received a Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University and an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies from New York University. As an undergraduate, she was a research assistant in Dr. Peter Groffman's Lab, working at Hubbard Brook. As a Ph.D. student, she conducted parts of her dissertation research in Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest and Bartlett Experimental Forest. She also completed a University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC Berkeley Suzanne Pierre is a 2022 National Geographic Wayfinder Award recipient and a National Geographic Explorer.
April Salas
Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability & Innovation at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College
April Salas is founding executive director of the Revers Center for Energy, Sustainability and Innovation at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business. Additionally, April is the Town of Hanover, NH's inaugural Chief Sustainability Officer and founding chair of Community Power Coalition ofNH (CPCNH). CPCNH is a joint power agency (CCA) akin to Silicon Valley Clean Energy and Marin Clean Energy and became the state’s 2nd largest utility upon incorporation in October 2021. April brings nearly 20 years of public and private sector experience in global and domestic energy markets, rooted in energy systems analysis. Her broad industry knowledge covers a range of energy domains, including electric power, liquid fuels, natural gas, energy finance, distributed energy resources, technology integration, resilience, cyber security, energy equity, natural capital, ESG and sustainability.
Nicholas Rodenhouse
Wellesley College
Nick is a retired professor from Wellesley College. At Hubbard Brook he was a part of the avian ecology research group for 20 years and became very proficient at finding the nests of black-throated blue warblers. He continues to work with his Hubbard Brook colleagues publishing research about birds, insects and the forests that sustain them. He has a particular interest in the effects of climate change on birds. When not doing research he enjoys woodworking, repairing almost anything, and restoring old classic stereo gear and speakers—so he can sit with a good book and listen to jazz. His wife Marianne usually tells him to turn the volume down.
Anant Sundaram
Dartmouth College
Anant is a finance professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business. His expertise is in business valuation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and assessing the impact of the emerging climate economy on companies (and vice versa). He has published widely in law, finance, and management journals, as well as in the popular press. Anant pioneered numerous MBA and executive education courses, including the first course on business and climate change in a US business school. He is a founding member of the Foundation for Advancement of Research in Finance, was Faculty Director of the Tuck Environmental Sustainability Forum, was on the advisory board of The Energy and Resources Institute, and a member of a National Academy of Sciences steering committee on climate education. He is co-editor of the Handbook of Business and Climate Change (Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming December 2021). He is a faculty affiliate at Tuck's Revers Center for Energy, its Center for Business, Government and Society, and Dartmouth's Irving Institute of Energy and Society. He created "Fossil Fuel Beta" (FFß), a metric to measure the stock price impact of a company's exposure to fossil fuel price changes and emissions risks. Anant lives in Hanover, NH, with Faith Beasley.
Pamela Templer
Boston University
Pam is a Professor in the Department of Biology at Boston University. She is Director of the PhD Program in Biogeoscience, Director of the BU URBAN Program, and Co-Director of the Stable Isotope Laboratory at Boston University. She was an undergraduate at the University of California Santa Cruz where she double majored in biology and environmental studies. She earned her PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University and the Cary Institute. She conducted her postdoctoral work at the University of California Berkeley. She is a biogeochemist who has published on the effects of air pollution, climate change, and urbanization on forest ecosystems, water, and air quality. She and members of her lab currently work in temperate forests of the northeastern United States and Japan and tropical forests of Mexico and Puerto Rico. She is married to Michael Garon, has two children, and lives in Boston, MA.
Harriet Van Vleck
Harriet is a New Hampshire native and interned with the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation while in college. She graduated from Bowdoin College with a BA in geology and environmental studies. In part triggered by her experience with HBRF, she pursued graduate research focusing on land management effects on nutrient cycling, primarily in agricultural systems. She received her PhD in ecology from the University of Minnesota and then continued to work with colleagues there and at The Nature Conservancy on the implementation of a statewide prairie conservation plan. Her work focused on the ecological and economic impacts of transitions in land use and land cover. Harriet has maintained an interest in science education and effective communication of science through her teaching and research and on the HBRF board. She currently works with the Merrymeeting Food Council, a project of multiple nonprofits in MidCoast Maine, where she lives with her husband and their son.
Stan Williams
Stan is CFO of ValleyNet, the non-profit operating partner of the East Central VT Telecommunications District (ECFiber) and LymeFiber. ECFiber is a VT Telecommunications District comprising 31 towns with a mission to provide high speed Internet to every location in its member towns in a financially sustainable manner. Stan's for-profit career was spent financing, developing, and operating wireless and wired telecommunications networks in the US, Italy, and the UK. Stan, his wife Jenny, and their family live in Norwich, VT. He is a member of the ValleyNet and Upper Valley Land Trust boards, and a former trustee of the VT Nature Conservancy. He prefers to be outdoors on his backcountry skis, bike, or tractor, in his gardens, or in his kitchen.