Joel Charles is a family physician practicing in rural southwest Wisconsin, where he serves as the Medical Director for the Kickapoo Valley Medical Clinic. He received his MD and Master of Public Health (MPH) degrees from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health as a recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship. He completed his residency at Sutter Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency. Joel helped found Healthy Climate Wisconsin.

Claire Gervais is a family practice physician and is a Clinical Associate Professor with the University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. She is one of the founders of Healthy Lawn Team and Healthy Climate Wisconsin, and additionally serves on the Steering Committee of the Wisconsin Environmental Health Network.

Carla is a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist at Milwaukee Health Services. 

Pamela is an emeritus Assistant Professor of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at UW-Eau Claire. She has worked as a community and population health nurse for 38-plus years and served as a Chief Executive Officer for a rural community action agency. She was part of a statewide effort that resulted in the Wisconsin Public Health Association declaring racism as a public health crisis and provided leadership regarding a resolution to support family reunification for refugees relocating to Wisconsin.  She is also a board member for Forward Community Investment, a community development financial institution investing in historically under-invested low-income areas and businesses with a goal of achieving racial and social justice.

Victoria is a primary care internist and Associate Program Director for Primary Care at Aurora Health Care Internal Medicine Residency in Milwaukee. Her educational endeavors focus on structural competency in healthcare, particularly on health inequities in Milwaukee. She is also a dedicated environmental activist, and in addition to her work with HCW, she is the conservation chair for Sierra Club Great Waters Group, and a lead volunteer with the Sierra Club Wisconsin Beyond Coal team. Her advocacy work focuses on decarbonizing Wisconsin's energy grid and reducing the burden of environmental racism in Milwaukee.

Kelly DeMarco is a National Board Certified Occupational Therapist and Health and Wellness Coach, Horizon Home Care & Hospice Rehab Manager and Green Team Leader, Mindfulness Trainer, Licensed WomanSpeak Circle Leader, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Certified, Regenerative Homesteader and founder of kellyGREENcoaching LLC. One of her professional missions is to mobilize OTs in the climate action movement. 

Bruce Barrett received MD and PhD  degrees from the UW – Madison in 1992, then did an international health fellowship with Johns Hopkins University at a WHO  research institute in Guatemala. He joined the Department of Family Medicine faculty in 2000, was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2006, full Professor in 2013, and Vice Chair of Research in 2019.

Dr. Settle-Robinson is a graduate of the Climate and Health Equity Fellowship 2022 Cohort of George Mason University and the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. She has been an active leader locally, regionally, and nationally in the National Medical Association. 

Dr. Temte is the Associate Dean for Public Health & Community Engagement at UW-Madison School of Medicine & Public Health and a professor of Family Medicine.  He served on the U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and is a member of the CDC’s Board of Scientific Counselors.  He holds a MS is Biological Oceanography and a PhD in Zoology.  

Chirantan Mukhopadhyay is an ophthalmologist at NorthShore University HealthSystem. After the birth of his second child, Chirantan became passionate about climate change and believes it is a critical part of patient care, education, and public health. Chirantan helped found the Healthy Climate Wisconsin and believes action is the best cure for despair.

Katie Wickman is the former Sustainability Manager for Advocate Aurora Health. Wickman is a registered nurse with experience in clinical bedside nursing and infection prevention. 

Jonathan is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and John P. Holton Chair of Health and the Environment in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Population Health Sciences at UW-Madison. For 15 years, Patz served as a lead author for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (or IPCC)—the organization that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize–  and he co-­chaired the health report of our nation’s first U.S. National Assessment on Climate Change. He has published over 200 articles and several textbooks on climate change and health and is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine.

Andrew Lewandowski is a community pediatrician with Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin with a career focus on climate justice solutions and climate medicine communication and education. He counsels the public, policymakers, healthcare providers, and his patients about climate change and health.

Ann is a retired pediatrician for Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin, a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics for the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and Adjunct Faculty for the Center for South Asia.