Dani Fegan, a member of the Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, serves as the Sault Tribe's Natural Resources director. In this role, she provides direction and coordination for the Environmental Wildlife and Fisheries program, as well as divisional administrative staff and the Consortium for Cooperative Ecological Resilience.

Dani holds a Bachelor's degree from Hope College, a Master's from Michigan State University (MSU) in plant biology, and is currently finishing her Ph.D. in Fisheries and Wildlife at MSU. She has also received leadership and technical training through programs like the National Conservation Leadership Institute and the National Conservation Training Center. 

Eric Clark serves as the director of the Consortium for Cooperative Ecological Resilience. 

Eric earned a Master’s degree from the MSU Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies at Michigan State University (MSU). Eric also earned his PhD in Fisheries and Wildlife at MSU. 

Clark’s previous academic research has been dedicated to snowshoe hares, a common food source for predators in the eastern Upper Peninsula, and the influence climate change has on their habitat. Other projects have examined American marten movements, how forest composition affects ruffed grouse nesting, and the effect prescribed fires have on small mammal communities.

Katie Schultz was born and raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and is an enrolled member of the Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. Katie serves as the Sault Tribe's Wildlife Program Manager and is committed to responsible stewardship that respects and honors wildlife and plant communities. 

She has a Master's degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Resources from Clemson University and a Bachelor's degree in Biology from Saginaw Valley State University. In Katie’s free time, she enjoys hiking, fishing, hunting, and reading a good book.