Erin Gleeson

Erin Gleeson is the Global Program Director of The Mountain Institute's Scaling up Mountain Ecosystem-based Adaptation (MtEbA) Program. Prior to working with TMI, she worked for the Mountain Research Initiative in Switzerland, where she managed MRI’s subcontract to the SDC-funded Sustainable Mountain Development for Global Change (SMD4GC) project, coordinated MRI’s Regional (subnational) and thematic networks, and developed MRI’s social media presence. With degrees in geosciences (University of Arizona) and climate science (University of Bern in Switzerland), Gleeson’s passion is translating science into understanding, involvement and action. She has worked with a diverse range of institutions, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Partners Program, the American Geosciences Institute and the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation. She has also specialized in science education and scientific editing and translation.