Best Practices & Restoration Projects
About Us
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (GLSLCI) is a binational coalition of mayors and other local officials that works actively with federal, state, and provincial governments to advance the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River. GLSLCI is an independent 501(c)(3) headquartered in Chicago. David Ullrich is the Executive Director and point of contact for the Initiative. Before heading the Initiative, Mr. Ullrich was deputy regional administrator for the Great Lakes region of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1992 until 2003. During his 30 years with EPA, he had been acting regional administrator, director of the Waste Management Division, acting regional counsel, and chief of Air Enforcement.
The GLSLCI Board of Directors includes Mayors Richard Daley of Chicago, IL (Founding United States Chairman and Director); David Miller of Toronto, Ontario (Founding Canadian Chairman and Director); Gary Becker of Racine, WI (Chairman and Director); Lynn Peterson of Thunder Bay, Ontario (Vice Chairman, Treasurer and Director); George K. Heartwell of Grand Rapids, MI (Secretary and Director); Ellen Anderson of The Town of the Blue Mountains, Ontario; Rudolph Clay of Gary, IN; Robert J. Duffy of Rochester, NY; Carleton S. Finkbeiner of Toledo, OH; Eddie Francis of Windsor, Ontario; Régis Labeaume of the Québec Metropolitan Community; Denis Lapointe of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Québec; Brian McMullan of St. Catharines, Ontario; Don Ness of Duluth, MN; Joseph Sinnott of Erie, PA; and Gérald Tremblay of Montréal, Québec.
GLSLCI enables mayors and other local officials to be active participants in Great Lakes issues relating to governance, economics, and science.
- Board of Directors (photos and links to city web pages)
- Members
- Press about the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
GLSLCI has received support from the Joyce Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Brico Fund, the Wege Foundation, and Chicago's Environmental Fund. Prior to becoming an independent organization, GLSLCI was a project of the Northeast-Midwest Institute and was made possible by a grant from the Joyce Foundation.
Contact Information:
Mailing Address:
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
177 North State Street, Suite 500
Chicago, Illinois 60601Fax: 312-553-4355
Staff:
David A. Ullrich, Executive Director
Tel: 312-201-4516
Email: david.ullrich@glslcities.orgNicola Crawhall, Deputy Director
Tel: 416-463-4938
Email: nicola.crawhall@sympatico.ca
Melissa Soline , Program Manager
Tel: 312-201-4517
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
Gary Becker, Mayor of Racine, Chair
Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, Founding United States Chair
David Miller, Mayor of Toronto, Founding Canadian Chair
www.glslcities.org
© 2006 Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative