People
Members of the Climate Central staff and board are among the most respected leaders in climate science. Staff members are authorities in communicating climate and weather links, sea level rise, climate modeling, engineering assessments, graphic representations of climate data, and other climate science areas. Our journalists have extensive experience in mainstream print, television, digital and social media.
Board
Dr. Pacala is Frederick D. Petrie Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and Director of the Princeton Environmental Institute. He also co-directs...
Decker Anstrom recently retired as President of Landmark Communications and Chairman of The Weather Channel Companies (Cable TV Network, Weather.com, and WSI). He now serves on...
Frances Beinecke is the former president of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a leading nonprofit environmental organization that works to curb global warming, protect...
Dr. Benson was appointed to the position of Director of Stanford University’s Global Climate and Energy Project in January 2009 after holding the Executive Director post since...
Carl Ferenbach is Chairman & co-founder of High Meadows Foundation and High Meadows Fund. He is Chairman of the Board of Environmental Defense Fund, an international...
Mr. Hack is a 1969 summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University. He received his MBA from Harvard University in 1972 and began a career in commercial real estate development,...
Bob Litterman is the Chairman of Risk Committee and Advisory Panel. Prior to joining Kepos Capital in 2010, Bob enjoyed a 23-year career at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he served...
Michael Oppenheimer is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and the Department of Geosciences at Princeton...
Wendy Schmidt is President of The Schmidt Family Foundation working to advance clean energy development and supporting the wiser use of natural resources. She established the...
Kathryn Murdoch is an advocate for aligning economic and environmental health. She champions organizations that are solutions- based, economically and scientifically literate,...
Jim Bildner is the Managing Partner and CEO of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation where he focuses on investing in nonprofits and social enterprises that are working to...
Founding Board
Dr. Lubchenco serves as Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Prior to her Senate confirmation in early 2009, she resigned from the Board of...
Dr. Pacala is Frederick D. Petrie Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and Director of the Princeton Environmental Institute. He also co-directs...
Wendy Schmidt is President of The Schmidt Family Foundation working to advance clean energy development and supporting the wiser use of natural resources. She established the...
Staff
Leadership
Dr. Benjamin Strauss was elected President and CEO of Climate Central in April 2018 and also serves as Chief Scientist. He is author of numerous scientific papers and reports on...
Steve Rush is the Vice President of Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Climate Central, Rush worked for many years in the banking industry,...
Karen Florini is Vice President for Programs at Climate Central, where her roles include developing and implementing communications strategies that reach and move large U.S. and...
Marcia Shackelford is Vice President for Development, the strategic leader of Climate Central’s fundraising initiatives. Before joining Climate Central in 2017, she was principal...
Development
Barbara Charbonnet, Senior Director for Development, is responsible for Climate Central’s giving programs with professional and family foundations as well as with individuals....
Anne Hayes is Director of Development, Western Region, where she focuses on increasing support from individual donors.
Prior to joining Climate Central, Anne was Director of...
Mike Nuno serves as the Director of Development, Eastern Region, focusing on major gifts, online giving and direct marketing.
Prior to joining Climate Central, Nuno served as a...
Regie Roth is the Development Operations Manager at Climate Central. She is responsible for managing the internal operations for the development team. Her role includes managing...
Editorial
John Upton is an editor and reporter at Climate Central. He works in partnership with news outlets and with Climate Central researchers to produce compelling feature stories that...
Abbey Dufoe is a Web Producer at Climate Central. Before arriving in Princeton, Dufoe earned her B.A. in Media Studies from Penn State in 2013 and her M.A. in Environmental...
Simon Engler is a researcher and writer at Climate Central. Engler was previously a senior research specialist at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and...
Multimedia
Megan Martin is a Multimedia Designer and Meteorologist at Climate Central. She has a B.S. in Meteorology and a B.A. in Visual Arts, both of which are from Rutgers University....
Science
Dr. Tebaldi collaborates with Climate Central's Climate Science and Impacts group and provides scientific oversight for the Climate Matters program. She is a climate statistician...
Bernadette Woods Placky is an Emmy Award winning meteorologist and director of Climate Central's Climate Matters program. In her role, Bernadette works with fellow meteorologists...
Sean Sublette is an award-winning meteorologist working on Climate Central’s Climate Matters program, bringing 19 years of experience as a broadcast meteorologist.
Before joining...
Dr. Larson leads energy research at Climate Central. He is a senior research faculty member with the Energy Systems Analysis Group at Princeton University's Andlinger Center for...
Dr. Maya Buchanan serves as Climate Central’s Sea-Level Rise Scientist, where she focuses on assessing physical, social, and economic impacts of sea level rise. She also serves as...
Jennifer Brady is the Manager of Analysis and Production. In her role she uses data to identify significant trends, patterns and notable climate events, while managing a team of...
Dan Rizza serves as Manager for External Relations and Business Development for Climate Central, Program on Sea Level Rise. Previously, he worked at the Climate Policy Center of...
Dr. Scott Kulp serves as Senior Computational Scientist and Senior Developer for Climate Central's Program on Sea Level Rise, where his research interests include the impacts of...
Dr. Leila Hadj-Chikh serves as Developer for Climate Central’s Program on Sea Level Rise. Previously, she worked as Software Engineering Lead at Dunbar Security Solutions, where...
Kaitlyn Weber is a data analyst for Climate Central's Climate Matters program. She has a B.A. in Physical Geography from California State University, Sacramento and a M.S. in...
Dyonishia (Nishia) Nieves is the Program on Sea Level Rise Fellow at Climate Central. She holds a B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University.
Her senior...
Jeremy Zullow is a Data Science Fellow at Climate Central, producing digital content, research, and data insights to support programs across the organization. He obtained his B.A....
William (Will) Atkinson is a Research and Communications Fellow at Climate Central, working mainly with the Climate Matters program. He holds a B.A. in Geosciences and a...
Operations
David Hudasko is a Senior Accountant at Climate Central and holds a Bachelors of Science degree from Rutgers University.
3 years prior to joining Climate Central, he was the...
Ms. Weinberg has had a wide and varied career in business and public service on two continents. After receiving her bachelor's degree from the Ostrava Business Academy in her...
Radoslaw (Rad) Slabinski is Systems Administrator for Climate Central, and is responsible for maintaining and monitoring a wide range of systems from local networks to complex...
