The New York State (NYS) Center of Excellence (CoE) in Healthy Water Solutions has hired Courtney Johnson-Woods as its new Business Development Manager. Johnson-Woods spent 17 years as a faculty member at Clarkson in the Communications, Media & Design department. In addition to teaching, her research focused on shoreline community decision-making along the St. Lawrence as well as additional grant projects centering around water challenges. She also has a deep connection with CoE partner ESF, from which she received her MS and more recently her PhD, and has worked with several ESF faculty members on collaborative projects over the years.