Flow is thrilled to welcome three incredible new members to our Board of Directors: Environmental journalist Keith Schneider, MSU Assistant Professor Kelly Hirko, and MSU Assistant Professor Anthony Kendall!
Each brings a deep commitment to protecting the Great Lakes, along with unique expertise—from community organizing and environmental law to science, education, and advocacy. Together, they will help guide our mission to safeguard our waters, wetlands, and the communities that depend on them.
We’re grateful for their leadership, passion, and vision—and excited for the waves we’ll make together. Please join us in giving them a warm welcome!
Meet Keith Schneider.
Keith Schneider is a nationally prominent environmental journalist and editor who reports on the intersection of energy, agriculture, and water from across the United States and around the world. A former national correspondent and regular contributor to the New York Times, Keith also reports for The Guardian, ProPublica, National Geographic, Energy News Network, Mongabay, The New Lede, and Circle of Blue.
Meet Kelly Hirko.
Kelly Hirko is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine, and a community-based researcher at Michigan State’s rural medical campus in Traverse City. Her research seeks to elucidate the role of modifiable lifestyle, environmental and social determinants on cancer prevention, control, and disparities.
Meet Anthony Kendall
Anthony Kendall is an Assistant Professor jointly appointed in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department and AgBioResearch at Michigan State University. He is a lifelong resident of Michigan, at the heart of the Great Lakes. Anthony studies how climate and land use affect water resources, and the human and ecological systems that rely on those resources.
