Tumamoc Hill Advisory Board

The Tumamoc Hill Advisory Board was established in 2024. An esteemed group of individuals from the University of Arizona, the wider Tucson community, and international scientific community advises the Desert Laboratory on future directions and initiatives.

Board Members

  • Peter Breslin, PhD, Research Designated Campus Colleague, The Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill
  • Suzanne K. Fish, PhD, Professor Emerita of UA’s School of Anthropology, Curator Emerita of the Arizona State Museum, and former long-term member of the ALRS Executive Committee
  • Aaron Flesch, PhD, Research Scientist, School of Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Kris Gade, Pima County
  • Deborah Goldberg, PhD, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emerita and Margaret B. Davis Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan and Adjunct Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
  • Edward A. Jolie, PhD, Clara Lee Tanner Associate Curator of Ethnology at the Arizona State Museum, Associate Professor of Anthropology in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona
  • Michael Kotutwa Johnson, PhD, Assistant Specialist at the School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Associate Faculty, Indigenous Resilience Center
  • Angelina Martínez-Yrízar, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
  • Ian Miliken, Pima County
  • Gary Nabhan, PhD, PW.K. Kellogg Chair in Southwest Borderlands Food and Water Security, Southwest Center, University of Arizona
  • Cie'na Schlaefli, Natural Resources Specialist for the San Xavier District
  • Mark Stromberg, PhD, UC Berkeley (Retired), Resident Director UCB Hastings Reserve, Resident Director at Audubon Research Ranch (AZ)