William Michener was a NEON Senior Advisor in 2007. He previously served as Co-director for Informatics and Technology of the NEON Project Office, Co-chair of the NEON Facilities and Infrastructure Committee, and a member of NEON’s Senior Management Team and National Network Design Committee. He shares his time between AIBS Headquarters in Washington, DC, and the University of New Mexico, where he is Research Professor in the Biology Department and Associate Director of the Long-Term Ecological Research Network Office. His research interests include: ecology of natural and anthropogenic disturbances; environmental change detection; and application of scientific data and information technologies in ecology and natural resource management.