GCC Advisory Board Transition Summer 2022 – Thank You & Welcome!
May 20, 2022

Several Global Change Center faculty members will complete terms on the GCC Advisory Committee this summer. Each member has shown great leadership and resilience during the past two years of unprecedented global adversities through their research, teaching, and guidance of the GCC. Please join us in thanking Sally Entrekin, David Haak, and Leah Johnson, who have provided extraordinary service over the past two years!
Welcome Hosein Foroutan, Julie Shortridge, and Ryan Stewart who will serve through 2024!
Incoming Board Members (Joining August 2022)
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General ItemDr. Hosein Foroutan
Associate Professor | Civil and Environmental Engineering
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General ItemDr. Julie Shortridge
Assistant Professor | Biological Systems Engineering
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General ItemDr. Ryan Stewart
Associate Professor | School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Current Board Members
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General ItemDr. William Hopkins
Professor | Fish and Wildlife Conservation
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General ItemDr. Leandro Castello
Associate Professor | Fish and Wildlife Conservation
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General ItemDr. Chloé Lahondère
Assistant Professor | Biochemistry
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General ItemDr. Kevin McGuire
Professor | FREC/VWRRC
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General ItemDr. Ignacio Moore
Professor | Biological Sciences
A special thank you to these outgoing Advisory Committee members!
We deeply appreciate your time, energy, and balanced guidance in this leadership role.
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General ItemDr. Sally Entrekin
Associate Professor | Entomology
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General ItemDr. David Haak
Associate Professor | School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
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General ItemDr. Leah Johnson
Assistant Professor | Statistics
The Global Change Center Advisory Committee is composed of GCC affiliated Virginia Tech faculty representing the broadly defined thematic areas of the center (habitat loss, pollution, invasive species, disease, climate change), plus others in relevant fields (e.g., sociology, economics, policy, history). Committee members are appointed by the GCC Director Bill Hopkins for two-year terms, and represent a balance of perspectives and interests from around campus. The mission of the committee is to develop policies, goals, and directives of the center, as well as assisting in conducting the center’s business.
