Lisa Borre provides research support for Dr. Kathleen C. Weathers and is coordinator of the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON). She also coordinates the Lake Observer project, a community science initiative for recording lake and water observations across the globe.
In 2023, Lisa joined the administrative team at Cary Institute as Foundation and Corporate Relations Manager. She now spends 80 percent of her time in that position.
Prior to joining the staff at Cary Institute, Lisa worked for the conservation and sustainable management of lakes for more than 20 years. She coordinated the Lake Champlain Basin Program, facilitating development of a comprehensive watershed plan, from 1990 to 1997. She co-founded LakeNet, a world lakes network that was active from 1998 to 2008, leading a global initiative to document and share lessons learned in lake basin management. She has also worked as a freelance writer and consultant to nonprofits and international organizations.
She served on the Board of Directors of the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS), serving as Region 3 (Mid-Atlantic) representative (2017-2019) and as President in 2020-2021. She is also on the Advisory Council of the Lake Champlain Committee and was an associate investigator with the SAFER Project: Sensing the Americas' Freshwater Ecosystem Risk from Climate Change (2015-2018). She wrote for National Geographic's Water Currents blog (2012-2016) and advised on several magazine features about global lake topics.
Lisa has a B.A. in geology and environmental studies from the University of Vermont and an M.E.S. from Yale School of the Environment. She works remotely for Cary Institute and lives in Michigan.
