NERACOOS Board of Directors

The NERACOOS Board of Directors, established with appointments from the New England Sea Grant Programs, the Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC), and the Northeast Academic Consortium (NEAC), governs the work of the regional association. The first board meeting was held on November 13, 2008. The NERACOOS Bylaws were adopted in November 2008.

Officers
John Trowbridge, President
Philip Trowbridge, Vice President
Michael Whitney, Secretary
Janet Freedman, Treasurer

Committees
Executive Committee - John Trowbridge, Philip Trowbridge, Michael Whitney, and Janet Freedman
Finance Committee - Janet Freedman, John Trowbridge, and Chris Williams
Nominating Committee - John Trowbridge, Regina Lyons, and Jason Goldstein
Terms of Reference

NERACOOS Board of Directors
(as of December 2019)

Board Member	Position	Institution	Appointed by	Term Expiration	Alternate
Nicole Bartlett	Director	NOAA/North Atlantic Regional Collaboration Team	Non-Voting	2022	Paula Fratantoni
Todd Callaghan	Director	Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management	NROC	2021
Pamela DiBona	Director	Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Program	Industry	2022
Janet Freedman	Treasurer, 2020	Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council	NROC	2021
Jason Goldstein	Director	Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve	Industry	2022
Dave Hebert	Director	Bedford Institute of Oceanography	NEAC	2022
Regina Lyons	Director	Environmental Protection Agency	Non-Voting	2022	Matt Liebman
Rhonda Moniz	Director	Woods Hole Group	Industry	2022
Todd Morrison	Director	Woods Hole Group	Industry	2022
Andy Pershing	Director	Gulf of Maine Research Institute	Industry	2021
Tom Pham	Director	MMA Center for Renewable and Responsible Energy	Industry	2022
Joe Salisbury	Director	University of New Hampshire	NEAC	2020
Thomas Taylor	Director	Cooke Aquaculture, Inc.	Industry	2021	Jon Grant
David Townsend	Director	University of Maine	NEAC	2021	Andrew Thomas
John Trowbridge	President, 2021	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	NEAC	2021	Aleck Wang
Philip Trowbridge	Vice President, 2021	CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection	NROC	2021
David Ullman	Director	University of Rhode Island	NEAC	2020
Michael Whitney	Secretary, 2020	University of Connecticut	NEAC	2021
Christian Williams	Director	NH Department of Environmental Services	NROC	2022	Ted Diers
Carl Wilson	Director	Maine Department of Marine Resources	NROC	2021