Project Office News: June 2006

New Additions to the Board of Directors

Larry Winter (left) and Thomas Jorling (right) are the newest members of the NEON, Inc. Board of Directors. Larry Winter, Deputy Director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, was previously Chairman of the NEON Advisory Board. Thomas Jorling, VP for Environmental Affairs at International Paper (ret.), served as a member of the NEON Consortium Development Committee. Board Chairman James A. MacMahon welcomed the new members at the June 13-14, 2006 Board meeting in Washington, DC. [Meet the Board]

Posted by djohnson on Tuesday June 20, at 2PM

NEON on Capitol Hill

NSF Director Arden Bement (left) discusses educational outreach with ecologist and NEON representative Margaret Lowman at the Coalition for National Science Funding event held at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC, June 7, 2006. Dr. Lowman, a pioneer in forest canopy ecology and ESA VP-elect for Education and Human Resources, served on the NEON Design Consortium as a member of the Informal Education Subcommittee. "Dr. Bement made an impassioned commentary to me about how we know more about Mars than we do about the ecosystems of the Earth," said Lowman. "He also noted the importance of the Observatory's educational outreach component, including the use of NEON data for K-12 science education activities." [More about the Coalition for National Science Funding.]

Posted by djohnson on Monday June 12, at 1PM