Keynote Speaker
Cameron Davis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Facilitators
Jerry Adelmann, Openlands
Josh Ellis, Metropolitan Planning Council
Panelists
Ann Alexander, Natural Resources Defense Council
Joel Brammeier, Alliance for the Great Lakes
Claus Dunkelberg, Milwaukee Water Council
Martin Felsen, Archeworks, UrbanLab
Margaret Frisbie, Friends of the Chicago River
Todd Main, Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Suzanne Malec-McKenna, City of Chicago, Department of Environment
Lynn McClure, National Parks Conservation Association
David Naftzger, Council of Great Lakes Governors
Sabina Shaikh, University of Chicago, RCF Economic & Financial Consulting
Jonah Smith, Alliance for the Great Lakes
John Swanson, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission
Russell Van Herik, Great Lakes Protection Fund
Douglas Voigt, SOM, Urban Design and Planning |
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Russell Van Herik
Executive Director, Great Lakes Protection Fund
Russell Van Herik is Executive Director of the Great Lakes Protection Fund. Based in Evanston, the Fund is a permanent, endowed private corporation whose members are the Governors of the Great Lakes States. The Fund helps to build and support collaborative and multidisciplinary teams that test new approaches and solutions to improve the health of the Great Lakes Ecosystem. Before joining the Fund, Van Herik held a variety of management positions for The Nature Conservancy in D.C., California, Minnesota and Wisconsin. His law degree is from the University of Wisconsin. |
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