OUR TEAM
Fellows and Staff Cristine Russell is
Fran Ulmer is a
interaction and links them to the scope
an Adjunct Lecturer
Non-Resident Senior
of environmental policy, strategic
in Public Policy and
Fellow at the Arctic
response, and mitigation of marine
Senior Fellow at the
Initiative. She is the
pollution. Besides her passion for
Environment and
former chair of the
fieldwork, a background in journalism
Natural Resources Program. She is an
U.S. Arctic Research Commission, where
and environmental education has fed Dr.
award-winning freelance journalist
she served since being appointed by
Dewey’s interest in science education,
who has covered science, environment,
President Obama in March 2011. In June
outreach, and the connection between
public health and STEM issues for
2010, President Obama appointed
geophysical research and policy.
more than three decades. Russell, a
her to the National Commission on
former national science reporter for The
the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Sarah Mackie is
Washington Post, has also written for
and Offshore Drilling. From 2007 to
a postdoctoral
news media outlets such as Scientific
2011, Ms. Ulmer was chancellor of
research fellow at
American, Columbia Journalism Review,
Alaska's largest public university, the
the Belfer Center’s
and The Atlantic. Russell is an Advisory
University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA).
Arctic Initiative. She
Board member and former Fellow at
Before that, she was a Distinguished
holds a law degree
HKS’ Shorenstein Center on Media,
Visiting Professor of Public Policy and
from the University of Cambridge and
Politics & Public Policy.
Director of the Institute of Social and
an LLM in environmental law from
Economic Research at UAA. She is a
Newcastle University. A qualified lawyer
Joel Clement is a
member of the Global Board of the
in England and Wales, she has worked
Senior Fellow at
Nature Conservancy and on the Board
as a Judicial Assistant for the Lord
the Arctic Initiative.
of the National Parks Conservation
Chief Justice of England and Wales.
Clement is a science
Association. Ms. Ulmer served as an
Dr. Mackie recently completed a PhD
and policy consultant with a background
elected official for 18 years as the mayor
on comparative environmental law in
in resilience and climate adaptation,
of Juneau, a state representative, and as
the Arctic, with a particular focus on
landscape-scale conservation and
Lieutenant Governor of Alaska.
endangered species protection across
management, and Arctic social-
Arctic jurisdictions. This research was
ecological systems. As Director of the
Sarah Dewey is a
conducted at a number of Arctic and
Department of Interior’s Policy Office,
postdoctoral research
other institutions including Newcastle
he led a team of policy analysts and
fellow with the
University, Harvard Law School,
economists, provided advice and
Belfer Center’s Arctic
Ilisimatusarfik (Greenland), the Arctic
analysis to White House leadership and
Initiative. She holds
Centre (University of Lapland, Finland)
two Secretaries of Interior, developed
a PhD and MS in Oceanography from
and the KG Jebsen Centre for the Law of
innovative policies to address landscape
the University of Washington and a
the Sea (University of Tromso, Norway).
conservation needs, and was the Interior
BS in Geology & Geophysics from Yale
Department’s appointed principal to the
University, and her field experience
U.S. Global Change Research Program.
centers on the use of aerial platforms
He also co-chaired the Arctic Council’s
to observe the western Arctic Ocean.
groundbreaking 2016 Arctic Resilience
Dr. Dewey’s current research quantifies
Report.
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