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The leadership team assists
LSSI’s efforts in strengthening our local community
connection and responsibility to Lake Superior and its
watershed. The team coordinates teacher professional
learning, facilitates community-school partnerships, mentors
school-community teams, coordinates LSSI-wide community
activities, and manages the budget, policies, and procedures
for the hub.
Emily Gochis,
Project Manager
 Western
Upper Peninsula STEM Network
Phone: (906) 482-0331
Email:
egochis@copperisd.org
Emily Gochis is the Director of the
Western U.P. STEM Network (MiSTEM Network Region 16) serving
Houghton, Baraga, Keweenaw, Ontonagon and Gogebic counties
of Michigan. She has been in the education field for 15
years, teaching environmental and outdoor education, high
school science and, most recently, science and engineering
professional development for K-12 educators. Emily has
received her MA in secondary education and BS in Resource
and Ecology Management from the University of Michigan, and
is currently a PhD candidate at Michigan Technological
University where her research interests include field and
place-based teacher professional development to improve
Earth Science Literacy.
Joan Chadde,
School-Community Team Mentor & Professional Learning
Coordinator
 Center
for Science and Environmental Outreach
Michigan
Technological University, GLRC 115
Phone: (906) 487-3341
Email: jchadde@mtu.edu
Joan Chadde, has an M.S. in Water
Resources and Secondary Science certification. She is the
Director of the Michigan Tech Center for Science &
Environmental Outreach, with more than 30 years of
experience in K-12 STEM and environmental education program
development and delivery, including teacher professional
learning. She is the lead author of the Michigan
Environmental Education Curriculum Support (MEECS) Water
Quality Unit (2012) and is coordinating a new 2-year
EPA-funded project titled “Creating Great Lakes Stewards to
Promote Clean Water & Healthy Urban Watersheds in Detroit.”
She has been a member of the Leadership Team for the Lake
Superior Stewardship Initiative since 2007.
Lloyd Wescoat,
School-Community Team Mentor & Fundraising Coordinator
 Center
for Science and Environmental Outreach
Great Lakes
Research Center - Michigan Technological University
Phone: (906) 482-4250 ext 186
Email: lwescoat@mtu.edu
Lloyd Wescoat has a masters in
elementary education and background in service learning. She
is an Education Program Assistant & Service Learning
Coordinator for the Center for Science and Environmental
Outreach at Michigan Technological University and part of
the Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics,
and Environmental Education. As a member of the LSSI
leadership team since 2008, she supports teachers, students,
and community partners in planning and implementing
place-based stewardship projects and in conducting
professional learning communities.
Jennifer Lynn, Ed.D.,
CCISD Early Literacy Coach / Place Based Education & School
Improvement Consultant
 Copper
Country Intermediate School District
809 Hecla
Street
Hancock, MI 49930
Phone: (906) 482-0331 ext 141
Email:
jlynn@copperisd.org
Jennifer
Lynn is new to our team in 2021 as a Literacy Coach and
Place Based Education Consultant with the Copper Country
Intermediate School District. Jennifer holds a bachelor's
degree in Elementary Education and both a master's and a
doctorate degree in Educational Leadership.
Jennifer
brings 15 years of administrative and 15 years of teaching
experience ranging from developmental kindergarten through
eighth grade science. Most of this time has been serving
schools in Lake Superior's watershed. Her belief is that our
woods and waters are our greatest classrooms.
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