Growing up in Wigan, England, Chief Winstanley experienced life on the farm and on the coal field. He worked in the United Kingdom, Middle East, Africa, and Canada before coming to the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. His areas of expertise include climatology, air quality, entomology, and was resources. Dr. Winstanley is also Adjunct Professor with the Department of Geography at the University of Illinois as Urbana-Champaign. Additionally, Dr. Winstanley is chair of the Illinois Global Climate Change Task Force, a member of Illinois State Water Planning Task Force, and a member of the Illinois River Science Advisory Committee.
Current interests are water quality in the Mississippi River Basin and hypoxia in the Gulf.
Greg Wood is Director of Communications for the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development. He has lead responsibility for press and public relations for the Internet2 and Abilene projects. Mr. Wood joined the Internet2 project in March 1997 and has extensive experience in communications and higher education, including developing the initial Internet communications efforts for the US Department of Education's Higher Education Center. Mr. Wood holds a M.A. in International Affairs from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and a B.A. in Political Science.