ESWN Workshop Facilitator and Panelist Bios

Chris Olex
Chris Olex is a Corporate Trainer and Facilitator specializing in team and personal development. Relying on experience gained from all levels of the training process -- from customer management to delivery and evaluation -- she works in partnership with a wide range of clients to design, develop, and deliver professional programs serving 10 to 500 participants. Chris's primary goal in her work is to help groups and individuals learn more about themselves and how they function in a team environment to ultimately better the individual, the team, the department, and the organization.

Timothy L. Killeen
Prior to his recent appointment to NSF Assistant Director for the Geosciences, Dr. Timothy Killeen served as director of NCAR since 2000. Before that, he was professor of atmospheric, oceanic, and space sciences, associate vice president for research, and director of the Space Physics Research Laboratory at the University of Michigan. He holds a Ph.D. in atomic and molecular physics and a B.S. with first-class honors from University College London. He has held leadership roles in the geosciences for many years, including chairing numerous national committees and advisory panels, and serving as President of the American Geophysical Union. Dr. Killeen is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), a former AMS Councilor, a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He has also served as President of the Space Physics Section of the American Geophysical Union, and on numerous NASA, NSF, AGU and university committees. He is a past Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. In his research, Dr. Killeen applies a combination of theoretical and experimental techniques to investigate the dynamics, chemistry and composition of the upper atmospheres of the Earth and other planets.

Pamela Matson
Dr. Pamela Matson was appointed Chester Naramore Dean of the School of Earth Sciences of Stanford University in December 2002. She is also the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor of Environmental Studies and a member of the Center for Environmental Science and Policy. Dr. Matson joined the Stanford faculty in 1997, following positions as professor at UC Berkeley and research scientist at NASA. She earned her B.S. in biology at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, M.S. in environmental science at Indiana University, and Ph.D. in forest ecology at Oregon State University. She currently chairs the National Academies Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability, and is the past President of the Ecological Society of America. She serves on the board of trustees of several institutions, including the Institute of Ecosystem Studies and the National Parks Conservation Association, and participates in other national and international committees. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992 and to the National Academy of Sciences in 1994. In 1995, Dr. Matson was selected as a MacArthur Fellow, and in 1997 was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2002 she was named the Burton and Deedee McMurtry University Fellow in Undergraduate Education at Stanford. Her research focuses on biogeochemical cycling and biosphere-atmosphere interactions in tropical forests and agricultural systems. Together with hydrologists, atmospheric scientists, economists and agronomists, Dr. Matson analyzes the economic drivers and environmental consequences of land use and resource use decisions in developing world agricultural and natural ecosystems, with the objective of identifying practices that are economically and environmentally sustainable.

Margaret Leinen
Before becoming Chief Science Officer at Climos where she leads scientific efforts to explore technologies for naturally removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, Dr. Leinen served as Assistant Director for Geosciences at the National Science Foundation (NSF). In addition to her responsibilities as the Assistant Director, Dr. Leinen coordinated environmental science, engineering and education programs within the NSF, and environmental cooperation and collaborations between NSF and other Federal agencies. She also served as the Co-Chair of the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology, as Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Global Change/Climate Change Science Program, and was involved in a wide range of international activities. Dr. Leinen holds a B.S. degree in geology from the University of Illinois; M.S. in geological oceanography from Oregon State University; and Ph.D. in geological oceanography from the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Leinen is past president of The Oceanography Society, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Geological Society of America. Prior to NSF, Dr. Leinen was Dean of the Graduate School of Oceanography and Vice Provost for Marine and Environmental Programs at the University of Rhode Island and Acting Dean of the College of the Environment and Life Sciences. Dr. Leinen spent her academic career at the University of Rhode Island where she spearheaded the University's efforts to build a cohesive interdisciplinary marine and environmental focus. Her research interests include the history of biogenic sedimentation in the oceans and its relationship to global biogeochemical cycles, and the history of eolian sedimentation in the oceans and its relationship to climate.

Sandra L. Shullman
Dr. Shullman is a nationally known organizational consultant, who has written and presented extensively on the topics of performance appraisal, performance management, strategic succession planning, career development, management of self-esteem and motivation, team building, diversity management, sexual harassment, AIDS, and the management of individual, organizational and systems change strategies. She is well-known for her work related to executive assessment and development and co-authored the book Performance Appraisal on the Line. She is currently working on a book on executive coaching. Dr. Shullman currently serves on the graduate faculty for the Diversity Management Program in the Psychology Department at Cleveland State University and is part of the Global Learning Resource Network for Duke Corporate Education.

Susan Solomon
Dr. Solomon is a senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL). The nation and the world have recognized Dr. Solomon for her scientific achievements, with awards including the National Medal of Science, the Montreal Protocol Tenth Anniversary Award from the United Nations Environment Programme, the prestigious Blue Planet Prize, and her share in the Nobel Peace Prize as a co-chair of the Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and most recently, the Grand Medal awarded by the French Academy of Sciences. She holds a B.S. in chemistry from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Ph.D in chemistry from University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Solomon is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the European Academy of Sciences, and the Academy of Sciences of France. She has geographic features named in her honor, recognizing her pioneering role in the international scientific community’s efforts to discover the cause of depleted atmospheric ozone in the Antarctic. In addition to her service to science on the national and international level, Dr. Solomon is dedicated to fostering the interests of students and the general public in science. Her research interests include photochemistry and transport processes in the stratosphere and troposphere; remote sensing of the atmosphere by spectroscopic methods and their interpretation; interpretation of ozone depletion at mid-latitudes and in polar regions; coupling between trace gases and the Earth's climate system.

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