The Great Lakes Beach Association (GLBA) is presently made up of members from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Environment Canada and several mid-west universities and non-government agencies. Local, county and state public health, regulatory agencies, coordinating agencies, researchers and environmental groups are among the groups involved.

Our mission is the pursuit of healthy beach water conditions in the Great Lakes area. To meet our mission information is shared in four major categories: Investigative, Modeling, Methodology, and Information Systems. BEACHNET is the host communication network/listserv. An annual conference is held to conduct business and share new information in the four categories.

The Association has a Board comprised of:


    Doug Alley
    Physical Sciences Officer, International Joint Commission
    Great Lakes Regional Office, Windsor, ON
    AlleyD@windsor.ijc.org


    Shannon Briggs
    Project Coordinator Beach Monitoring, Water Quality Division
    Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
    briggssl@michigan.gov


    Sheridan Haack
    Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey
    Michigan Water Science Center, Lansing, Michigan
    skhaack@usgs.gov


    Julie Kinzelman
    Microbiologist, City of Racine
    Wisconsin Health Department Laboratory
    jkinzelman@cityofracine.org


    Jill Lis
    Supervisor, Watershed Protection
    Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
    jlis@ccbh.net


    Holly Wirick
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Region 5 Beach Program Coordinator, Water Quality Branch
    wirick.holiday@epa.gov



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