Our Vision
UW-Madison will be a recognized leader, innovator, and contributor in improving the sustainability, resilience, livability, and general wellbeing of communities. Through education, outreach, technical assistance, and research that is grounded in the priorities of local governments, and through bridge-building engagement with policy initiatives, our efforts will have impacts locally and globally to improve the places and lives of people throughout Wisconsin and the world.
Advisory Board Chairs
Lori DiPrete Brown
Position title: Director, 4W Women and Wellbeing Initiative
Email: dipretebrown@wisc.edu
Paul Robbins
Position title: Dean, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Email: dean@nelson.wisc.edu
Joel Rogers
Position title: Professor of Law, Political Science, Public Affairs, and Sociology & Director, COWS
Email: jrogers@cows.org
Advisory Board Members
Barbara Bendlin
Position title: Associate Professor and Director, Neuroscience and Public Policy Program
Mary Beth Collins
Position title: Executive Director, the Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies, School of Human Ecology
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Position title: Associate Professor, Geography and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Whitney Sweeney
Position title: Assistant Director, American Family Insurance Data Science Institute
