Advisory groups

MAISRC receives guidance from two groups:

The Center Advisory Board, which is made up of representatives from key governmental and nongovernmental organizations and provides strategic insight and guidance for MAISRC initiatives; and

The MAISRC Technical Committee, which is made up of scientists from academic and governmental agencies that advises MAISRC on scientific and technical activities, including MAISRC’s species and research needs prioritization.

Advisory Board Members
Tom Watson, former chair, Whitefish Area Property Owners Association
Jon Amberg, USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Ingrid Bey, Kabekona Lake Association Board, Lake Management Committee, and Hubbard County COLA AIS Team
Rob Blair, UMN Dept of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
Alex Frie, Minnesota Sea Grant
Bill Grantges, Itasca County AIS Program
Kate Hagsten, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Division of Resource Management
James Johnson, Freshwater Scientific Services
Jess Richards, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Milena Saqui-Salces, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences (CFANS)
Ron Schara, Ron Schara Productions; MN-FISH
Kelsey Taylor, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Technical Committee Members
Donn Branstrator, MAISRC
Dan Cibulka, Sherburne Soil and Water Conservation District
Wendy Crowell, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Solomon David, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, UMN 
Don Eaton, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Amy Kinsley, MAISRC
Grace Loppnow, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Ray Newman, MAISRC
Matt Santo, 1854 Treaty Authority
Isaiah Tolo, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources