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usgs_staff_profile:

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   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:27:31.787384'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/jon-hortness
 profile:
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   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: hortness@usgs.gov
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   intro_statements:
   - Jon is the Great Lakes Science Coordinator for the USGS Midcontinent Region.  In
     that role, he also serves as the USGS Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI)
     Program Coordinator.
   name: Jon Hortness
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-9809-2876
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/regions/midcontinent
   organization_name: Midcontinent Region
   personal_statement: Education:B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, South
     Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota, 1995M.S., Civil
     and Environmental Engineering. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology,
     Rapid City, South Dakota, 1997Jon currently manages and coordinates all USGS
     activities funded under the GLRI. In that role, he also serves as the USGS Great
     Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Program Coordinator. Jon currently manages
     and coordinates all USGS activities funded under the GLRI.  Jon works closely
     with USGS Science Center and Mission Area staff and other Federal Agencies to
     plan and implement GLRI projects and to identify areas where USGS can support
     restoration activities by providing relevant scientific information.  He also
     helps to coordinate other USGS efforts in the Great Lakes basin with regional
     and national USGS programs, State Agencies, and Tribes.  In addition, Jon represents
     USGS on several committees, workgroups, and teams that support the Great Lakes
     Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) with Canada.Jon began his career with the USGS,  as
     a student in what is now the Dakota Water Science Center in Rapid City, SD.  He
     worked for 8 years as a Hydraulic Engineer in the Idaho Water Science Center
     in Boise, ID.  After a brief stint in private consulting, he rejoined the USGS
     as the Chief of the Northern Illinois Field Office of the Illinois Water Science
     Center in 2007.  Since 2014, Jon has supported the Midcontinent Region with
     Great Lakes and GLRI efforts and he has been the Great Lakes Science Coordinator
     since 2017.
   professional_experience: []
   title: Great Lakes Science Coordinator