The Tumamoc Hill Advisory Council, chaired by Russell Long, was established in 2016. An esteemed group of over 10 individuals from the University of Arizona, Tucson community, and international scientific community advises the Director of the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill on future directions and initiatives.
Council Members
Jim Cook, Chief Executive Officer, Western National Parks Association
Dr. Exequiel Ezcurra, Professor, Department of Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside
Dr. Deborah Goldberg, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emerita and Margaret B. Davis Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
Dr. Brooks Jeffrey, Associate Vice President for Research, Office for Research, Innovation & Impact (RII), University of Arizona
Julie Katsel, Senior Director, Government Relations / Local and Community, Government & Community Relations, University of Arizona
Russell Long, Council Chair, Long Realty Company
Edith Lowell, Community member and grand daughter of Godfrey Sykes
Dr. Jonathan Mabry, Director, Tucson City of Gastronomy and Associated Researcher, Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill
Dr. Gary Nabhan, W.K. Kellogg Chair in Southwest Borderlands Food and Water Security, Southwest Center, University of Arizona
Dr. Joaquin Ruiz, Vice President for Global Environmental Futures, Office for Research, Innovation & Impact (RII), University of Arizona
Sarah Smallhouse, Thomas R. Brown Foundations
Dr. Ronald Spark, Community member
Shannon Twilling, Interim Arizona Antiquities Act Administrator, Arizona State Museum
Dr. Larry Venable, Director of Research, Desert Laboratory; Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona