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ASL Framework Workshop Co-chairs:

• Roberta Johnson (Chair and PI), Director of UCAR’s Office of Education and Outreach and Executive Director of the National Earth Science Teacher Association (NESTA)
• John Snow (Co-chair and Co-PI), Dean of the University of Oklahoma’s College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, Director of Oklahoma Weather Center Programs, and Professor of Meteorology.
  

The Co-chairs provide expertise and well-established connections that bridge the Nation’s leading research, education, and professional societies.

ALS Framework Workshop Organizing Committee:

• Wendy Abshire, Chair, AMS Board on Outreach and Pre-college Education, UOP/UCAR’s COMET Program
• Susan Buhr, Director, Education and Outreach Program, CIRES, University of Colorado
  
• Heidi Cullen, Climate Scientist, The Weather Channel
• Scott Denning, Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University
  
• Marika Holland, Climate Scientist, Climate and Global Change Division, NCAR
  
• Cathy Manduca, AGU Chair of the Committee on Education and Human Resources, Executive Director of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, and Professor of Geoscience, Carleton College
  
• Parker Pennington, President, National Earth Science Teachers Association
  
• Sarah Schoedinger, Senior Education Policy Analyst, Office of Education, NOAA
  
• Peter Schultz, Director, Climate Change Program Office, Seattle
  
• J. Marshall Shepherd, Associate Professor, Physical meteorologist/Climatologist, University of Georgia

The Organizing Committee supports the Chairs by helping to plan, implement, and promote the workshop and its product to meet the overall objective, while also seeking support for this effort from leadership of other agencies and organizations. Members will disseminate and utilize workshop outcomes and its connections within the science, education, and public policy communities to suggest next steps to be taken toward attaining a goal of atmospheric science and climate literacy for the nation.

Staff support:

• Susan Foster, Deputy Director, UCAR Office of Education and Outreach
  
• Mark McCaffrey, Science Communicator, Education and Outreach Office, CIRES, University of Colorado
  
• Frank Niepold, Climate Education Coordinator, NOAA Climate Program Office/UCAR