Our Staff

IonE’s leaders set the Institute’s strategic priorities and guide interconnected programs to catalyze sustainability outcomes.

The Administration & Operations team provides the enabling infrastructure that supports IonE’s programs, people and partnerships, including grantmaking, financial management and human resources.

The IonE communications team connects people with research, insights, and ideas that matter – through storytelling, content and campaigns that shift understanding and inspire action.

At IonE, we focus on cultivating meaningful relationships with donors who share our commitment to a sustainable future – connecting philanthropic vision with the people, programs, and ideas driving real change.

IonE’s Learning & Development team offers transformative, real-world learning experiences for participants across disciplines, sectors, and backgrounds – cultivating the next generation of sustainability leaders in partnership with communities locally and globally.

The Knowledge Initiatives team produces research, actionable solutions, and new approaches to sustainability through interdisciplinary, partner-engaged work advancing progress across IonE’s 10 priority domains.

The Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center is a USGS-funded consortium of universities and partners focused on climate adaptation science for the region's natural and cultural resource managers, hosted at the University of Minnesota by IonE.