Our Team
We are climate resilience practitioners, facilitators, and process innovators who believe that addressing the global climate crisis requires us to focus on our strengths and work collaboratively to meet the scale of the problem.
The Geos Institute team consists of the Board of Directors, Core Staff as well as a network of Collaborators & Partners. Our Core Staff are responsible for maintaining the legal, financial, operational, and programmatic work of the organization. Our Collaborators & Partners provide additional expertise and capacity when needed and help advance the work of the Geos Institute.
Core Staff
Collaborators & Partners
We have selected five states or statewide organizations to pilot Climate Innovation Centers and are developing a single, nationwide Support Team to assist those pilots. This first pilot phase will show proof of concept and provide the learning necessary to determine how states with different circumstances can be served by the same system. We are testing five viable pathways to building a Climate Innovation Center, based on five different hosting bodies:
- State government
- Academic entity
- Cooperative extension
- Statewide nonprofit
- Operational structure involving a nonprofit partnering with regional planning commissions
These pathways will show us how Climate Innovation Centers can be built and operated under widely varying state circumstances.
Climate Ready America Network
National Strategy Team
The National Strategy Team works closely with the Geos Institute staff to guides and support the ongoing evolution of the Climate Ready America system.
Advisors
These individuals advise the Climate Ready America system on a variety of topics from structure and governance to system design, programmatic content, partnership opportunities, etc.