BOARD of DIRECTORS

 The Founding Director of the Environmental Sciences Initiative at the  CUNY Advanced Science Research Center. Dr. Vörösmarty’s research focuses  on the development of computer models and geospatial data sets used in  synthesis studies of interactions linking the water cycle, climate,  biogeochemistry and anthropogenic activities. He has modeled local,  regional, and continental to global-scale dynamics of water balance,  discharge, and constituent fluxes in river systems, including  assessments of the impact of large scale water engineering on the  terrestrial water cycle. His work on human-water interactions includes  analysis of databases depicting reservoir construction worldwide and how  they generate downstream coastal zone risks, global threats to human  water security and aquatic biodiversity, and the use of natural capital  and engineering to realize global water security. His recent work  focuses on the capacity of traditional engineering (gray) and  nature-based (green) infrastructure to contribute to the performance of  Food-Energy-Water Systems (FEWS) as well as global water security more  generally. In 2018, he helped lead a U.S.-Hungarian graduate student  research project on sustainable regional re-development in western  Hungary, where he continues to advise the government and academic  partners on best combinations of nature-based, engineered, and human  institutional infrastructures. 

Professor and chair of the Department of Earth and       Environmental Sciences at Brooklyn College, CUNY (The City University of New York). Before coming to       Brooklyn College, she worked for GLOBE, first as a NOAA Knauss Fellow and then as an international project scientist and partner liaison. She collaborated with teams of scientists and  educators to develop classroom materials, conduct workshops, and       facilitate international collaborations. After joining Brooklyn College in 2007, she continued to work with GLOBE on the Science Working Group and GISN, as an IVSS judge, and on other funded       GLOBE-related education and science projects. 

 CEO, President and Founder  of the Global STEM Education Center. Larisa is a teaching faculty at the  United National Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Global  Diplomacy Initiative Fellowship Program. She is also a UNITAR Fellow on  Global Diplomacy, and was previously a Fellow on Education Policy at the  Rennie Center for Educational Research and Policy & Institute for  Education Leadership (IEL), and a Fellow and Board member of  Massachusetts Academy of Science 

 Guljemal “Gulya” Toshieva is a Director and a member of BoD at Next Generation GLOBAL Collaboratory, Inc., a nonprofit corporation. She brings extensive experience in project management and science education engagement, having previously worked as Project Manager for the Science, Training, Education, and Public Engagement (STEPE) team at the GLOBE Implementation Office. In that role, she coordinated communication across teams and leadership, while managing reporting, timelines, and budgets. Gulya holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. She is based in New York City.