Great Ships Initiative

GSI Advisors
Implementation Support
Funders To Date

GSI Advisors

A GSI Advisory Committee, comprising top-level officials of key stakeholder groups, helps steer the GSI providing crucial assistance to the NEMWI in making GSI award decisions and fund-raising.

GSI Advisory Committee members include:

• Mr. Adolph Ojard

Duluth Seaway Port Authority

• Mr. Anthony Ianello

Illinois International Port District

• Mr. Brent Leslie (Interim)

Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority

• Mr. Eric Reinelt

Port of Milwaukee

• Mr. Ray Schreckengost

Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority

• Mr. Jody Peacock

Ports of Indiana

• Mr. Warren McCrimmon

Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority

• Ms. Marilyn Baxter

Hamilton Port Authority

• Mr. Mike Riehl

Toronto Port Authority

• Mr. Georges Robichon

Fednav Group.

• Mr. Bud Streeter

Lloyd's Register

• Mr. Frank Hamons

Port of Baltimore

• Mr. Gerry Carter

The CSL Group Inc.

• Mr. Noel Basset

American Steamship Company

• Ms. Jennifer Nalbone

Great Lakes United

• Mr. Tim Eder

Great Lakes Commission

• Hon. James Doyle (designee: Susan Sylvester)

State of Wisconsin

• Hon. Tim Pawlenty (designee: Jeff Stollenwerk)

State of Minnesota

• Hon. Richard M. Daley (designee: Patrick Carey)

City of Chicago, IL

• Hon. David A. Paterson (designee: Dave Adams)

New York State

• Hon. Dave Ross

City of Superior, WI

Ex-Officio committee members include:

• Mr. Terry Johnson

St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp.

• Mr. Dick Corfe

St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp.

• Mr. Dorn Carlson

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin.

• Ms. Carolyn Junemann

U.S. Maritime Administration

Implementation Support

The GSI is managed by the Northeast-Midwest Institute. Ms. Allegra Cangelosi of the Institute is the GSI PI and is responsible for overall GSI leadership; GSI design, management and reporting; and GSI communication and interface.

Mr. Steve Fisher, Executive Director of the American Great Lakes Ports Association is responsible for developing the GSI's relationships with the maritime industry; assuring that the GSI is meeting the needs of the maritime industry; and coordinating maritime industry and supply chain outreach.

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Superior's Lake Superior Research Institute, and the University of Duluth-Minnesota's Natural Resources Research Institute, among others, provide critical scientific and technical expertise and implementation services to GSI's biological research activities, and the GSI generally.

Funders To Date

Funds to support the GSI have been assembled from the private sector, federal grants, Congressional appropriations, foundations, and states, and include contributions from:

•	Canadian and U.S. Great Lakes ports
•	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin.
•	St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp.
•	St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp.
•	U.S. Maritime Administration
•	U.S. Department of Transportation
•	Legislative-Citizen Commisson on Minnesota Resources
•	University of Wisconsin-Superior (in-kind)
•	University of Minnesota-Duluth (in-kind)
•	Great Lakes carrier companies (in-kind)
•	Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute