Coordinating Lead Authors

1. Summary for Decision Makers

Jonathan Overpeck

Co-Director, Institute of the Environment; Professor, Department of Geosciences | University of Arizona
jto@email.arizona.edu
http://www.environment.arizona.edu/jonathan-overpeck

2. Overview

Gregg Garfin

Deputy Director for Science Translation & Outreach, Institute of the Environment; Assistant Specialist and Assistant Professor in Climate, Natural Resources and Policy, School of Natural Resources and the Environment | University of Arizona
gmgarfin@email.arizona.edu
http://www.environment.arizona.edu/gregg-garfin

3. The Changing Southwest

David M. Theobald

Senior Scientist | Conservation Science Partners
DaveT@csp-inc.org
http://www.csp-inc.org/about-us/core-science-staff/

4. Present Weather and Climate: Average Conditions

W. James Steenburgh

Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences | University of Utah
jim.steenburgh@utah.edu
http://www.inscc.utah.edu/~steenburgh/home/

5. Present Weather and Climate: Evolving Conditions

Martin P. Hoerling

Research Meteorologist | NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory
martin.hoerling@noaa.gov
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/martin.hoerling/

6. Future Climate: Projected Average

Dan Cayan

Researcher | Scripps Institution of Oceanography and U.S. Geological Survey
dcayan@ucsd.edu
http://meteora.ucsd.edu/~cayan/

7. Future Climate: Projected Extremes

Alexander Gershunov

Associate Research Scientist | Scripps Institution of Oceanography
agershunov@ucsd.edu
http://sio.ucsd.edu/Profile/agershunov

8. Natural Ecosystems

Erica Fleishman

Researcher | University of California, Davis
efleishman@ucdavis.edu
http://johnmuir.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/772/erica-fleishman

9. Coastal Issues

Margaret R. Caldwell

Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program; Executive Director, Center for Ocean Solutions, Woods Institute for the Environment | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford Law School
megc@law.stanford.edu
http://www.law.stanford.edu/profile/margaret-meg-caldwell

Eric H. Hartge

Research Analyst, Center for Ocean Solutions | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
ehartge@stanford.edu
http://www.centerforoceansolutions.org/people/staff/eric-hartge

10. Water: Impacts Risks and Adaptation

Bradley Udall

Director, Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment | University of Colorado
bradley.udall@colorado.edu
http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/about_us/meet_us/brad_udall/

11. Agriculture and Ranching

George B. Frisvold

Professor and Extension Specialist | University of Arizona
frisvold@ag.arizona.edu
http://ag.arizona.edu/arec/people/profiles/frisvold.html

12. Energy: Supply Demand and Impacts

Vincent C. Tidwell

Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff | Sandia National Laboratories
vctidwe@sandia.gov
http://energy.sandia.gov/?page_id=10450

13. Urban Areas

Stephanie Pincetl

Director, California Center for Sustainable Communities | Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles
spincetl@ioes.ucla.edu
http://www.environment.ucla.edu/ucpe/pincetl.asp

14. Transportation

Deb A. Niemeier

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, UC Davis-Caltrans Air Quality Project | University of California, Davis
dniemeier@ucdavis.edu
http://dn.engr.ucdavis.edu/index.php?title=Main_Page

15. Human Health

Heidi E. Brown

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division, College of Public Health | University of Arizona
heidibrown@email.arizona.edu
http://publichealth.arizona.edu/directory/Heidi-Brown

Andrew C. Comrie

Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost; Professor, School of Geography & Development | University of Arizona
comrie@arizona.edu
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~comrie/

Deborah M. Drechsler

Air Pollution Specialist | California Air Resources Board
ddrechsl@arb.ca.gov
http://www.calepa.ca.gov/StaffDirectory/detail.asp?UID=3896&BDO=1&VW=DET&SL=D

16. Climate Change and U.S.-Mexico Border Communities

Margaret Wilder

Associate Professor, Center for Latin American Studies; Associate Professor, School of Geography and Development; Associate Research Professor, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy | University of Arizona
mwilder@u.arizona.edu
http://udallcenter.arizona.edu/personnel/mwilder.php

17. Unique Challenges Facing Southwestern Tribes

Margaret Hiza Redsteer

Research Scientist | U.S. Geological Survey
mhiza@usgs.gov
http://www.haskell.edu/climate/mhiza.html

18. Climate Choices for a Sustainable Southwest

Diana Liverman

Co-Director, Institute of the Environment; Regents Professor, Department of Geography and Development | University of Arizona
liverman@email.arizona.edu
http://www.environment.arizona.edu/diana-liverman

Susanne C. Moser

Director and Principal Researcher; Social Science Research Fellow | Susanne Moser Research and Consulting; Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University
promundi@susannemoser.com
http://www.susannemoser.com/about.php

19. Moving Forward with Imperfect Information

Kristen Averyt

Director of Western Water Assessment; Associate Director for Science at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) | University of Colorado Boulder
kristen.averyt@colorado.edu
http://wwa.colorado.edu/about/averyt/

20. Research Strategies for Addressing Uncertainties

David E. Busch

Science Program Officer | U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Region
dave_busch@usgs.gov
http://www.doi.gov/csc/southwest/news/index.cfm