The Loka Team
Dekila Chungyalpa
DIRECTOR
Pilar Gauthier
RESEARCH POSTDOC
Kristin Klingman
PROGRAM ASSISTANT
Jakob Moe
STUDENT ASSISTANT
Nyagam Simon Wal
STUDENT ASSISTANT
Christy Wilson-Mendenhall
RESEARCH SCIENTIST
Liam O’Connor
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Iris Ding
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Mirtha Sosa Pacheco
OUTREACH COORDINATOR
Nisch Neupane
PROGRAM MANAGER
Project Leads
Alejandro Miranda Cruz
Documentary Director - Sacred Wisdom Sacred Earth
Rev Ed Brown
Facilitator- Creation at the Crossroads
Brian McInnes
Producer - Sacred Wisdom Sacred Earth
Khenpo Chheke Gurung
Coordinator - Khoryug
Loka Faculty
Richard Davidson
Founder & Director, Center for Healthy Minds
Rick Lindroth
Distinguished Fellow, Lumen Center
Jonathan Patz
Inaugural Director, Global Health Institute
Paul Robbins
Dean of Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies
Steve Vavrus
Senior scientist, Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research
Loka’s Indigenous Advisory Council
Gary Besaw
Director of Agriculture & Food Systems, Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Juanita Cabrera Lopez
Executive Director of the International Mayan League
Janice Rice
Elder of the Ho Chunk Nation
Carla Vigue
Director of Tribal Relations - UW Madison
Mike Wiggins Jr.
Director of Madeline Island Museum
Loka Alumni
Lois De Piesse
Program Administrator
Julia De La Cruz
Student Asisstant
Ella Quainton
Student Asisstant
Salima Seale
Outreach Coordinator
Roxanne Hoks
Researcher II
Kristina Fiedler
Student Asisstant
Paul Franz
Education Specialist
Sonakshi Garr
Student Asisstant
M Vikas
Environmental Specialist
Teddy Zhang
Student Asisstant