The Board of Directors, established with appointments from the New England Sea Grant Programs, the Northeast Regional Ocean Council, and the Northeast Academic Consortium, governs the work of the regional association. The board's first meeting was held November 13, 2008. The NERACOOS Bylaws were adopted in November 2008.
Officers
Steve Lohrenz, President
Steve Couture, Vice President
Anthony Kirincich, Secretary
Matt Lyman, Treasurer
Committees
Executive Committee - Steve Couture, Anthony Kirincich, Steve Lohrenz, and Matt Lyman
Finance Committee - Steve Couture, Steve Lohrenz, and Matt Lyman
Nominating Committee - Steve Couture, Anthony Kirincich, and Steve Withrow
Board Meeting Minutes
All past Board Meeting Minutes can be found on our Resources page.
NERACOOS Board of Directors (as of December 2017)
|
Board Member |
|
Institution |
Appointed by |
Term Expiration |
|
David Ullman |
Director |
University of Rhode Island |
NEAC |
2020 |
|
Anthony Kirincich |
Secretary |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
NEAC |
2019 |
|
David Townsend |
Director |
University of Maine |
NEAC |
2018 |
|
Michael Whitney |
Director |
University of Connecticut |
NEAC |
2018 |
| Joe Salisbury | Director | University of New Hampshire | NEAC | 2020 |
|
David Hebert |
Director |
Emeritus, Bedford Institute of Oceanography |
NEAC |
2019 |
|
Steve Lohrenz |
President |
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
NEAC |
2019 |
|
Todd Callaghan |
Director |
Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management |
NROC |
2018 |
|
Steve Couture |
Vice President |
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services |
NROC |
2019 |
|
Matt Lyman |
Treasurer |
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection |
NROC |
2018 |
| Carl Wilson | Director | Maine Department of Marine Resources | NROC | 2018 |
| Janet Freedman | Director | Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council | NROC | 2018 |
| Pamela DiBona | Director | Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Program | (Other) | 2019 |
|
Andy Pershing |
Director |
Gulf of Maine Research Institute |
(Other) |
2018 |
| Jason Goldstein | Director | Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve | (Other) | 2019 |
|
Steve Withrow |
Director |
Marine and Oceanographic Technology Network |
|
2019 |
|
Sooky Sawyer |
Director |
Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association |
|
2018 |
|
Justin Manley |
Director |
Teledyne Technologies |
|
2019 |
|
Tom Taylor |
Director |
Cooke Aquaculture, Inc. |
|
2018 |
|
John "Jack" Conway |
Director |
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation |
|
2018 |
|
Lt. James Brinkley |
Non-voting |
NOAA/Northeast Fisheries Science Center |
2020 | |
|
Regina Lyons |
Non-voting |
U.S. EPA Region 1 |
2018 | |
|
Andrew Thomas |
Alternate |
University of Maine |
||
|
Aleck Wang |
Alternate |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
||
| Jon Grant | Alternate | Dalhousie University | ||
|
Avijit Gangopadhya |
Alternate |
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
||
| Matt Liebman | Alernate Non-Voting | U.S. EPA Region 1 | ||
|
Paula Fratantoni |
Alternate Non-Voting |
NOAA/Northeast Fisheries Science Center |
||
|
Doug Vandermark |
Alternate |
University of New Hampshire |
||
| Beth Casoni | Alternate | Massachusetts Lobstermens Association | ||
|
Ted Diers |
Alternate |
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services |
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