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Our Founding Members

Founding IECA Members

We are eternally grateful for the support and commitment of our Founding Members. Each made a generous financial contribution toward the goal of launching an international association for environmental communication professionals. During our inaugural year, more than 300 individuals and organizations from 32 different countries helped build this Association and community.

Founding Members are entitled to a special discounted membership rate. Click the appropriate link below to rejoin the IECA or renew your current Founding Membership.                                                                             

                 

   

  • Lee Ahern, Pennsylvania State University (US)
  • Karen Akerlof, George Mason University (US)
  • Celia Alario, People & the Planet (US)
  • Alison Anderson, University of Plymouth (UK)
  • Bernie Ankney, Samford University (US)
  • Liisa Antilla (US)
  • Midori Aoyagi, National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan)
  • I. Arul Aram Anna, University-Chennai (India)
  • Stephanie Ariganello,  Michigan Sea Grant (US)
  • Justine Asohmbom, Antioch University (US)
  • David Astley (Philippines)
  • Martin Atkin, World Wildlife Fund International (Switzerland)
  • James Atkins, Vertis Environmental Finance (UK) 
  • Katherine Balpataky (Canada)
  • Marlia Banning, University of Colorado (US) 
  • Roy Bender, Simon Fraser University (Canada)
  • Peter Berglez, Örebro University (Sweden)
  • Yoseph Berhane, Ethiopian Environmental Journalists Association (Ethiopia) 
  • Leigh Bernacchi, Texas A&M University (US) 
  • Richard Besel, California Polytechnic State University (US)
  • Jeffrey Bile, Spaulding University (US) 
  • Biodiversity Project (US)
  • John Blewitt, Aston University (UK)
  • Joanna Boehnert, Ecolabs/University of Brighton (UK)
  • Christopher Bond, Missouri Western State University (US) 
  • Maxwell Boykoff, University of Colorado-Boulder (US)
  • Thais S. Brianezi, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil) 
  • Garrett Broad, University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism (US)
  • Richard Brown, BI Norwegian Business School (Norway)
  • Robert Brulle, Drexel University (US)
  • Peter Bsumek, James Madison University (US)
  • Angi Buettner, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)
  • Connie Bullis, University of Utah (US)
  • Richard Buttny, Syracuse University (US)
  • Deborah Cox Callister, University of Utah (US)
  • Catherine Candano (Philippines)

  • James Cantrill, Northern Michigan University (US) 
  • Donal Carbaugh, University of Massachusetts (US) 
  • Beth Carruthers (Canada) 
  • Anabela Carvalho, University of Minho (Portugal)
  • Andrea S. Cassin, University of New Castle (Australia)
  • Andrea Catellani, Universita Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
  • Center for Environmental Communication, Loyola University- New Orleans (US)
  • Center for Western Cross Timbers Studies (US)
  • Amy Chadwick, Ohio University (US)
  • Terrence Check, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University (US)
  • Caron Chess, Rutgers University (US)
  • Anthony Chiaviello, University of Houston-Downtown (US)

  • Joseph Clark, Florida State University (US)
  • Tracy L. Clarke, California State University Channel Islands (US)
  • Sara Cleaves, University of New Hampshire (US)
  • Nicole M. Colston, Oklahoma State University-Environmental Science (US)
  • Rebeccah Cope, Wake County Parks, Recreation and Open Space (US)
  • Jeremiah Couey, University of Delaware (US)
  • Robert Cox, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (US)
  • Brian Cozen, University of Utah (US)
  • Geoffrey Craig, University of Otago (New Zealand)
  • Janet Cramer, University of New Mexico (US)
  • Ines Crespo, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Italy (Portugal)
  • Deserai Anderson Crow, University of Colorado Boulder (US)
  • Katherine Cruger, Chatham University (US)
  • Conny Davidsen, University of Calgary (Canada)
  • Brian Day (US)
  • Miguel de Alba Gonzalez, Journalist (Mexico)
  • Mary Debrett, La Trobe University (Australia)
  • Mark DeLaurier, Washington State University (US)
  • Myrian Del Vecchio de Lima, Universidade Federal do Parana (Brazil)
  • Marilyn DeLaure, University of San Francisco (US)
  • Kevin DeLuca, University of Utah (US)
  • Jean-Francois Denault (Canada)
  • Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine (US)
  • Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies, College of Visual & Performing Arts, Syracuse University (US)
  • Steve Depoe, University of Cincinnati (US)
  • Elizabeth Dickinson, Salem College (US)
  • Cara DiEnno, Colorado State University (US)
  • Richard Doherty, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (US)
  • Julie Doyle, University of Brighton (UK)
  • Sharon Dunwoody, University of Wisconsin-Madison (US)
  • Kristen Dwyer, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (US)
  • Danielle Endres, University of Utah (US)
  • Environmental Communication Unit Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences-Uppsala (Sweden)
  • Mikkel Fugl Eskjaer, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
  • Sara Espinoza, National Environmental Education Foundation (US)
  • Carmen Farrugia, Victoria University (Australia)
  • Darlene Farris-LaBar (US)
  • Andrea Feldpausch-Parker, State University of New York-College of Environmental Science & Forestry (US)
  • Jaime Manuel Flores, Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines)
  • Crystal Fonseca (US)
  • Deanna Ford (Canada)
  • Judy Ford, University of Amsterdam (US)
  • Carrie Freeman, Georgia State University (US)
  • Ian Fry, Australian National University (Australia)
  • Neil Gavin, University of Liverpool (UK)
  • Christos Giannoulis, University of the Aegean (Greece)
  • Rodney Giblett, Edith Cowan University (Australia)
  • Jennifer Good, Brock University (Canada)
  • Joye Gordon, Kansas State University (US)
  • Oliver Graf (Switzerland)
  • Susan Grantham, University of Hartford (US)
  • Jonathan Gray, Southern Illinois University (US)
  • Dustin Greenwalt, The University of Georgia (US)
  • Amanda Gunn, Denison University (US)
  • Shane Gunster, Simon Fraser University (Canada)
  • Gabriele Hadl, Kwansei Gakuin University (Japan)
  • Lars Hallgren, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden)
  • Jennifer Hamilton, Marian University (US)
  • Anders Hansen, University of Leicester (UK)
  • Fadia Hasan, University of Massachusetts (US)
  • Jim Hasenauer, California State University-Northridge (US)
  • Cassandra Hemphill, University of Montana (US)
  • Alison Henderson, University of Waikato (New Zealand)
  • Judith Hendry, University of New Mexico (US)
  • Brandon Hollingshead, Florida Gulf Coast University (US)
  • Diane Hope, Rochester Institute of Technology (US)
  • Jill Hopke, University of Wisconsin-Madison (US)
  • Ana Horta, Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
  • Kathleen Hunt, University of Utah (US)
  • Oyvind Ihlen, University of Oslo (Norway)
  • Adrian Ivakhiv, University of Vermont (US)
  • Ann Jabro, Robert Morris University (US)
  • Jocelyn Jackson, California Inst. of Integral Studies (US)
  • Mathieu Jahnich Sircome (France)
 Marine Johnson, University of Montana (US)
  • Delight Justice (US)
  • Esa Pietari Kaapa, University of Nottingham-Gingbo China (Finland)
  • Florian Kaefer, University of Waikato (New Zealand)
  • Leeann Kahlor, University of Texas (US)
  • Brenda Kahn (US)
  • Jennifer Kane, USDA Forest Service (US)
  • Oumar Kane, Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
  • Bill Karis, Clarkson University (US)
  • Merav Katz-Kimchi, University of California-Berkeley (US)
  • Patricia Kennedy, East Stroudsburg University (US)
  • Omneya Noureddin, Khalifa University of Modern Science and Arts (Egypt)
  • Nelya Koteyko, University of Leicester (UK)
  • Alicia Kowsky (US)
  • Roy Gunnar Krøvel, Oslo University College (Norway)
  • Elizabeth Kryder, University of California at Santa Barbara (US)
  • Nicolle Kuna, ConverseConserve (Australia)
  • Karen Langbehn, University of South Florida (US)
  • Leah LeFebvre (US)
  • Robert Leo, California State University San Bernadino (US)
  • Lisa Leombruni, Cal State University-Santa Barbara (US)
  • Libby Lester, University of Tasmania (Australia)
  • Roberto Lestinge, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)
  • Alain Letourneau, Université de Sherbrooke (Canada)
  • Pat Letizia Alberta, Ecotrust Foundation (Canada)
  • Lois Levitan, Cornell University (US)
  • Li Ji, Wuhan University (China)
  • Xinghua Li, Babson College (US)
  • Laura Lindenfeld, University of Maine (US)
  • Magnus Ljung, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden)
  • Sonia Aguiar Lopes, Universidade Federal de Sergipe (Brazil)
  • Soenke Lorenzen, Greenpeace International (Netherlands)
  • Jari Lyytimäki, Finnish Environment Institute (Finland)
  • Emma MacKenzie, Montana Tech University (US)
  • Pieter Maeseele, University of Antwerp (Belgium)
  • Edward Maibach, George Mason University (US)
  • Marie-Eve Maille, Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
  • Tracy Marafiote, State University of New York-Fredonia (US)
  • Jenifer Martin, University of Colorado-Boulder (US)
  • Sheree Martin, Samford University (US)
  • Camille Martinez, University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
  • Marie Mater, Houston Baptist University (US)
  • Katherine McComas, Cornell University (US)
  • Kerri McDermid, Green Mountain College (US)
  • Heather McGovern, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (US)
  • James McGuffey, Indiana University (US)
  • Brenda McNally, Dublin City University (Ireland)
  • Christina Medved, Stroud Water Research Center (US)
  • Molly Mehling, Chatham College (US)
  • Mark Meisner, International Environmental Communication Association (US)
  • Lisa Mighton (Canada)
  • Anuschka Miller, Scottish Association for Marine Science (UK)
  • Marianne Milligan, Macalester College (US)
  • Tema Milstein, University of New Mexico (US)
  • Ramli Mohamed, Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia)
  • Salma Monani, Gettysburg College (US)
  • Sharon Moran, SUNY-ESF (US)
  • Susanne Moser, Moser Research & Consulting, and Stanford University (US)
  • Bernardo Motta, Bridgewater College (US)
  • CSHN Murthy Tezpur University (India)
  • Saudia Muwwakkil (US)
  • Madalyn Myers, The College of Wooster (US)
  • Juan Pablo Mojica Navarro, Corporacion Universitaria Minuto de Dios (Colombia)
  • Ana Claudia Nepote (Mexico)
  • Gisele Neuls (Brazil)
  • Sonia Nila (UK)
  • Amanda Niode, Climate Project Indonesia (Indonesia)
  • Sebastian Nisi, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Germany)
  • Todd Norton, Washington State University (US)
  • Mary Nucci, Rutgers University (US)
  • Peter Oehlkers, Salem State University (US)
  • Ulrika Olausson, Oreboro University (Sweden)
  • Andrew Opel, Florida State University (US)
  • Sushi Oswal, University of Washington (US)
  • Brian Ourien, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (South Africa)
  • Nicholas Paliewicz, University of Utah (US)
  • Isabelle Pare, Université Laval (Canada)
  • Mark Pedelty, University of Minnesota (US)
  • Jennifer Peeples, Utah State University (US)
  • M. Nils Peterson, North Carolina State University (US)
  • Tarla Rai Peterson, Texas A&M University (US)
  • Phaedra Pezzullo, Indiana University (US)
  • Daniel Philippon, University of Minnesota (US)
  • Aaron Phillips, University of Utah (US)
  • Joy Piazza, St. Mary's College (US)
  • Mairi Pileggi, Dominican University of California (US)
  • Juliet Pinto, Florida International University (US)
  • Jessica Plassman, University of Cincinnati (US)
  • Emily Plec, Western Oregon University (US)
  • Annie Porter, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (US)
  • Helen Price-Bowie, University of Queensland (Australia)
  • Chara Ragland, Texas A&M University (US)
  • Charles Raphael, Santa Clara University (US)
  • Wendy Reed, Common Good Communications (US)
  • Mathieu Régnier, Université de Montréal (Canada)
  • Grace Reid, University of Alberta (Canada)
  • Raul Reis, California State University-Long Beach (US)
  • Ann Reisner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (US)
  • Daniel Riffe, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (US)
  • Jennifer Robinson, Indiana University (US)
  • Richard Rogers, Northern Arizona University (US)
  • Juliet Roper, University of Waikato (New Zealand)
  • Connie Roser-Renouf, George Mason University (US)
  • Edgar Rudberg, University of Minnesota (US)
  • Chris Russill, Carleton University (Canada)
  • Miriah Russo (US)
  • Jamieson Saab, York University (Canada)
  • Johanne Saint-Charles, Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
  • Radoslaw Sajna, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz (Poland)
  • Mario Salomone, Universita de Bergamo (Italy)
  • Michael Salvador, Washington State University (US)
  • Rebecca Sappenfield (US)
  • Michael Schanne (Switzerland)
  • School of Communication and Culture Royal Roads University (Canada)
  • School of Communication Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia)
  • Jen Schneider, Colorado School of Mines (US)
  • Elizabeth Schwarz, University of California, Riverside (US)
  • Steve Schwarze, University of Montana (US)
  • Samantha Senda-Cook, Creighton University (US)
  • Sangita Shrestha, University of Surrey (UK)
  • Natalie E. Shubert, Ohio University (US)
  • Rick Sikorski, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (Canada)
  • Norie Singer, Southern Illinois University (US)
  • Annika Egan Sjölander, Umeå University  (Sweden)
  • Hollie Smith, University of Maine (US)
  • Liz Smith (US)
  • Vivian Paes B. Smith, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)
  • Maria Torres Soler, Universidad Externato de Colombia (Colombia)
  • Susan Soltero-Carpenter, Univsion Puerto Rico (US)
  • Stacey Sowards, University of Texas at El Paso (US)
  • Philippa Spoel, Laurentian University (Canada)
  • Leah Sprain Colorado State University (US)
  • Nadarajah Sriskandarajah, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden)
  • Thomas S. Stanton National Regulatory Research Institute (US)
  • Kurt Stavenhagen, Syracuse University (US)
  • Molly Steinwald, Phipps Conservatory (US)
  • David Sumares, Aveiro University (Portugal)
  • Michael Svoboda, George Washington University (US)
  • Husnul Azan Tajarudin, Universiti Sains Malaysia (UK)
  • Geo Takach, University of Calgary (Canada)
  • Bruno Takahashi, SUNY-ESF (US)
  • Chui-Ling Tam, University of Calgary (Canada)
  • Joo Seng Tan, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
  • Anna Maria Jönsson, Tapper Södertörn University (Sweden)
  • Carlos Tarin, University of Utah (US)
  • Valerie Thatcher, University of Texas (US)
  • Robert Thomas, Loyola University-New Orleans (US)
  • Kimiharu To, Aomori University (Japan)
  • Anne Marie Todd, San Jose State University (US)
  • Alexandra Toland, Technische Universität Berlin (Germany)
  • Rebecca Townsend, Manchester Community College (US)
  • Janey Trowbridge, George Mason University (US)
  • Elizabeth Typhina, Washington State University (US)
  • Ben Tyson, Central Connecticut State University (US)
  • Matthew Van Dyke, Virginia Tech University (US)
  • Kitty Van Vuuren, University of Queensland (Australia)
  • Laura Vernon, Utah State University (US)
  • Miguel Vicente-Mariño, Universidad de Valladolid (Spain)
  • Micheal Vickery, Alma College (US)
  • Lisa Volkening, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (US)
  • Ian Vorster, Green Mountain College (US)
  • Travis Wagner, University of Southern Maine (US)
  • Gregg Walker, Oregon State University (US)
  • Mark Wamsley, The Trustees of Reservations (US)  

  • Heather Ward (US)
  • Susan Ward, Southern Cross University (Australia)
  • Brendan Watson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (US)
  • Eleonore Wesserle, Line Break Media (US)
  • Lauren Wheeler, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (US)
  • Barbara Willard, DePaul University (US)
  • Dylan Wolfe, Clemson University (US)
  • Wayne Woodward (US)
  • Sijia Yang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (US)
  • Yee Chee Leong, University of Malaya (Malaysia)
  • Sara Yeo, University of Wisconsin-Madison (US)
  • Four Anonymous Individuals