The Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) International Project Office (IPO) supports the project Scientific Steering Group in coordinating and implementing the CliC projects and tasks. Its functions of international communication and liaison make it the primary point of contact for those wishing to participate in, contribute to, or learn more about CliC and its working groups. The IPO is currently hosted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst and supported by NSF and NASA.
Current Staff Members
Keith Alverson
Executive Director
Liaison: WMO Global Cryosphere Watch
Email: kalverson@umass.edu
Meghan Taylor
Executive Officer
Liaison: Permafrost Carbon Network
Email: mataylor@umass.edu
Katie Quigley
Communications and Outreach Manager
Email: kquigley@umass.edu
Raymond S Bradley
Host Institution Scientist
Liaison: IC-MontC
Email: rbradley@umass.edu
Robert DeConto
Host Institution Scientist
Liaison: ISMIP6/7, MISOMIP
Email: deconto@umass.edu
Past Staff Members
- Peyton Ewan – Intern, 2025
- Hamza Shah – Communications Intern, 2024
- Beatriz Balino – Executive Director (2020 – 2022) and Interim Director 2023
- Michael Sparrow – WCRP Secretariat Liaison (2014 – 2021)
- Helene Asbjørnsen – Executive Officer (January 2021 – July 2021)
- Gwénaëlle Hamon – Executive Officer (2014 – 2020)
- Lawrence Hislop – Director (2016 – 2018)
- Jenny Baeseman – Director (2012 – 2015)
- Vladimir Ryabinin – WCRP Joint Planning Staff Liaison
- Lorna Little – Volunteer Frostbyte Editor
- Erik Warming – Administrative Officer (April 2014 – November 2014)
- Heidi Isaksen – Administrative Officer (2012 – 2014)
Past CliC Fellows
- Alice Bradley – Year of Polar Prediction Activities (2015 – 2017)
- François Massonnet – Year of Polar Prediction Activities (2015 – 2017)
- Ylva Sjöberg – Permafrost Research Priorities (2014 – 2015)