{"id":23,"date":"2024-01-12T16:18:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2025-09-19T16:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T23:29:24","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2 my-6 my-lg-12\">\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mt-0\">Leadership<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"uds-profile-grid col-one\" style=\"\"><div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"uds-person-profile border is-style-small\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-6);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--uds-size-6);\"><div class=\"profile-img-container\"><div class=\"profile-img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/02\/Gary-Dirks-ASU-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"profile-img\" alt=\"Gary Dirks ASU\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person\"><div class=\"person-name\"><h3 class=\"person-name\">Gary Dirks<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"person-profession\"><h4><span>Senior Director<\/span><\/h4><h4><span>Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory and LightWorks<\/span><\/h4><\/div><ul class=\"person-contact-info\"><li><a href=\"mailto:garydirks@asu.edu\" aria-label=\"Mail to: garydirks@asu.edu\" data-ga-event=\"link\" data-ga-action=\"click\" data-ga-name=\"onclick\" data-ga-type=\"internal link\" data-ga-region=\"main content\" data-ga-section=\"Gary Dirks\" data-ga=\"garydirks@asu.edu\">garydirks@asu.edu<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"tel:480-889-4820\" aria-label=\"User phone number: 480-889-4820\" data-ga-event=\"link\" data-ga-action=\"click\" data-ga-name=\"onclick\" data-ga-type=\"internal link\" data-ga-region=\"main content\" data-ga-section=\"Gary Dirks\" data-ga=\"480-889-4820\">480-889-4820<\/a><\/li><\/ul><a href=\"https:\/\/search.asu.edu\/profile\/1471405\" class=\"btn btn-maroon btn-md\">View profile<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uds-person-profile border fill-white\" style=\"\"><div class=\"profile-img-container\"><div class=\"profile-img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/02\/Person-LightWorks-150x150.jpg\" class=\"profile-img\" alt=\"Person\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/02\/Person-LightWorks-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/02\/Person-LightWorks-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/lightworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/02\/Person-LightWorks.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person\"><div class=\"person-name\"><h3 class=\"person-name\">Ellen Stechel<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"person-profession\"><h4><span>Co-Director<\/span><\/h4><h4><span>LightWorks, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation<\/span><\/h4><\/div><ul class=\"person-contact-info\"><li><a href=\"mailto:ellen.stechel@asu.edu\" aria-label=\"Mail to: ellen.stechel@asu.edu\" data-ga-event=\"link\" data-ga-action=\"click\" data-ga-name=\"onclick\" data-ga-type=\"internal link\" data-ga-region=\"main content\" data-ga-section=\"Ellen Stechel\" data-ga=\"ellen.stechel@asu.edu\">ellen.stechel@asu.edu<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"tel:480-965-1657\" aria-label=\"User phone number: 480-965-1657\" data-ga-event=\"link\" data-ga-action=\"click\" data-ga-name=\"onclick\" data-ga-type=\"internal link\" data-ga-region=\"main content\" data-ga-section=\"Ellen Stechel\" data-ga=\"480-965-1657\">480-965-1657<\/a><\/li><\/ul><a href=\"https:\/\/search.asu.edu\/profile\/1561668\" class=\"btn btn-maroon btn-md\">View profile<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2 my-6 my-lg-12\">\n\t\n<div id=\"pf-directory\" class=\"pfpeople-web-directory\" style=\"\" data-searchType=\"departments\" data-pagination=\"15\" data-depts=\"374806,N1716573817\" data-depts=\"374806,N1716573817\" data-alphaFilter=\"true\" data-grid=\"false\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"wf_page_folders":[],"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uds_featured_image":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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