Affiliations

University of Michigan
    College of Engineering
    Multidisciplinary Design Program
    Taubman College of Architecture   
    School of Art & Design
    Ross School of Business  
    Barger Leadership Institute
    English Language Institute 
    Ginsberg Center
    International Institute
    Davis Foundation
    E-MAGINE
    International Project Collaborative
    LS&A Honors Program
Community partner organizations
    Jaguar Ecological Reserve
    SESC Pantanal 
    SEDUC (Secretary of Education of Mato Grosso)
    Mato Grosso Secretary of Health
    Instituto Federal de Educação Tecnologia e Ciência - Mato Grosso
    Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
    Colégio de Nazaré
Other Partners
    Focus Conservation Fund
    Focus Tours

Founders

Ethan Shirley is interested in integrating science, technology, and sustainable community development in third-world countries. Ethan is fluent in Portuguese, and has been going to this area in Brazil for eight years. 
He graduated from the University of Michigan with an Anthropology and Zoology major, and a minor in Paleontology.
 
Julie Bateman is interested in the exchange of ideas, opportunities, and services between rural and urban areas. And especially how this exchange can ameliorate a region's environment and its population's well-being. Julie studied Civil Engineering and Natural Resource Studies at the University of Michigan; she is conversational in Portuguese.
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Team

Directors 
    Ethan Shirley (ething@pantanalcer.org)
    Julie Bateman (julie@pantanalcer.org)

Student Organization President
    Gregory Ewing (gregjewi@umich.edu)

Architects - http://designbuildbrazil.blogspot.com/
    James Chesnut (chesnut@umich.edu)
    Nisha Patel (nrppatel@umich.edu) 
    Johnathan Puff (jspuff@umich.edu)

University of Michigan Sponsored Student Organization: Pantanal Partnership
    Current Students:
    Janet English
    Gregory Ewing
    Ian Fitzner
    Grace Hilbert
    Chris Krebs
    Kaitlin Ma
    Grant Miars
    Rianna Penn
    Elizabeth Perez
    Carrie Price
    Alex Thompson
    Simon Trask
    Kaitlin Twa
    Ellen Vial
    Sriram Yarlagadda

    Alumni:
    Cassie Ballert
    Julie Bateman
    Matt Freidrichs
    Adrienne Lemberger
    Nisha Patel
    Ethan Shirley
    Cory VonAchen

Partner Organizations 
    Jaguar Ecological Reserve
    AquaClara

Other Partners
    Mato Grosso State Secretary of Education
    Poconé Secretary of Education

University of Michigan Faculty Advisors
    Melinda Matice (Lecturer in English Language Institute)
    Dr. Steven Wright (Professor of Civil Engineering)
    Dr. Johnathan Bulkley (Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering, School of Natural Resources)
    Dr. Margaret Wooldridge (Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Multidisciplinary Design Program)
    Dr. Steven Skerlos (Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Multidisciplinary Design Program)
    Dr. Donna Wessel Walker (Literature, Science, & Arts Honors Program)