Collin Knauss is Project Development Manager at the Great Lakes Protection Fund and leads our project development efforts, spotting new opportunities and launching new approaches to improve the health of the Great Lakes. He works with prospective project teams to bring their visions to life and turn their ideas into action.

Collin was most recently a Dow Sustainability Masters Fellow at the University of Michigan. He was also a Strategy and Pricing Intern at BlueConduit where they use predictive machine learning methods to promote community and residential access to clean water. He holds dual graduate degrees, both from the University of Michigan. His MBA is from the Ross School of Business, and his MS is from the School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS).  He received his BA in Biology: Organisms, Ecology & Evolution from Colorado College.