Our team | CSU Spur

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Christy Articola

Part-time education facilitator
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Lauren Bína

Campus Activation Manager
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Zoe Bliss

Part-time Education Facilitator
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Cheryl Bruns

Administrative Associate
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Ben Burnham

Director of Spur Facilities Management
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Izzie Butler

Event Manager
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Kerri Conway

Special Advisor to the Chancellor & Director of International Agriculture
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Jeremy Davis

Senior Director of Events
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Amanda Dian

School Programs Coordinator
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Molly Dunn

Virtual Engagement Coordinator

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Brian Elizardi

Director of Community Impact and Innovation, College of Business, CSU Fort Collins

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Linds Evens

Senior Manager of Events

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Jessica Fangman

Education Programs Administrator

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Michael Gabel

Director of the Food Innovation Center

Kat Godsil-Freeman

Part-time Education Facilitator

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James Holschen

Administrative Associate
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Stefan Karg

Water Education Coordinator
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Aurora Koren

Part-time Education Facilitator
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John Langston

Building Maintenance Manager
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Veronica Legette

Part-time Education Facilitator
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Karyn Light-Gibson

Part-time Education Facilitator
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Champ Lindahl

Education Support Specialist and Laboratory Technician
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Candace Lothian

Assistant Manager of Facilities
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Tami McDonald

Senior Manager of Administration
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Thomas Meiers

Events Assistant
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Sydney Mitchell

Administrative Associate
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Rebeca Moreno

Lead Education Facilitator
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Meredith Platten

Exhibit Support Assistant
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Eva Rodriguez

Manager of Events
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Aliza Saper

Lead Education Facilitator
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Adrienne Sedlak

Senior Education Manager
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Tina Srdic

Administrative Associate
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Michelle Stanley

Associate Vice Provost of Academic Programs
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Nicholas Trujillo

Food Innovation Center Operations Manager
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Mary Uhl

Office Manager
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Evelyn Velazquez Mendiola

Administrative Associate
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Kathryn Venzor

Senior Director of Education & Visitor Engagement
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Toni-Lee Viney

Project Manager, CSU Spur Start
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Mo Walsh

Manager of Staff and Program Development
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KATHLEEN GALVIN

University Distinguished Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University

Dr. Kathleen Galvin is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Geography and former Director of the Africa Center at Colorado State University. She is also an Advising Faculty member for the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, where she founded the Human-Environment Interactions specialization for graduate students interested in a robust academic background in social-ecological systems.

She has conducted interdisciplinary social-ecological systems research in the drylands of East Africa and East Asia. Galvin has worked with local communities on land-use change, biodiversity conservation, food security, and climate change impacts and adaptation. She uses social-ecological systems frameworks, simulation modeling, and geospatial tools to understand human-environment issues and interactions. Her current research examines local perceptions of climate change and environmental issues, and explores actions to achieve viable solutions in Kenya. Another project focuses on understanding the trade-offs of community-based conservation for people and the environment throughout Africa. She has just completed a NASA grant to understand household decisions, ecosystem change, and atmospheric water recycling in Kenya through modeling for water futures.

She has taken on transdisciplinary science, linking science with society to ensure that her work’s impact goes well beyond the academy. As a lead author of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES, 2019), she was instrumental in linking the science of biodiversity and ecosystem services with diverse governance and knowledge systems worldwide.

She is a Fellow in the Society of Applied Anthropology, a past Fellow in the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, and a contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. In 2012, she received the National Sustainability Science award from the Ecological Society of America for her team’s efforts to use their scholarship to collaborate with pastoral communities and policymakers in eastern Africa. In 2017, the College of Liberal Arts awarded her the John N. Stern Distinguished Professor Award, recognizing a career of outstanding research, teaching, and service achievement.