NERACOOS Board of Directors

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.

Janet Campbell
University of New Hampshire
39 College Road Thompson Hall, Room 107
Durham NH 03824-3525
603-862-1948
janet.campbell@unh.edu
Appointed By: Northeast Academic Consortium

Bruce K. Carlisle
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
251 Causeway Street, Suite 800
Boston, MA 02114
617-626-1200
Bruce.carlisle@state.ma.us
Appointed By: Northeast Regional Ocean Council

John D. Conway
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
6900 Main Street P.O. Box 9729
Stratford, CT 06615-9129
203-386-7965
JConway@Sikorsky.com
Appointed By: Sea Grant

John Farrington
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
School of Marine Science and Technology
706 South Rodney French Blvd
New Bedford, MA 02744-1221
508-999-8193
jfarrington@umassd.edu
Appointed By: Northeast Academic Consortium

Alfred Hanson
University of Rhode Island
Graduate School of Oceanography
215 South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882
401-783-4744x102
akhanson@gso.uri.edu
Appointed By: Northeast Academic Consortium

Jonathan Hare
NOAA NMFS
28 Tarzwell Drive
Narragansett, RI 02882
401-782-3295
jon.hare@noaa.gov
Non-voting member- NOAA

Peter A. Jumars
University of Maine Darling Marine Center
193 Clark’s Cove Road
Walpole, ME 04573
207-592-0717
jumars@maine.edu
Appointed By: Northeast Academic Consortium

Larry Madin
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mail Stop 39 Woods Hole, MA 02543
508-289-2515
lmadin@whoi.edu
Appointed By: Northeast Academic Consortium

Linda Mercer
Maine Department of Marine Resources
McKown Point Road P.O. Box 8
West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575-0008
207-633-9565
linda.mercer@maine.gov
Appointed By: Northeast Regional Ocean Council

Chris Nash
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
29 Hazen Drive PO Box 95
Concord, NH 03302-0095
603-559-1509
Chris.Nash@des.nh.gov
Appointed By: Northeast Regional Ocean Council

Kevin O'Brien
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
79 Elm Street
Hartford CT 06106
860-424-3432
Kevin.OBrien@ct.gov
Appointed By: Northeast Regional Ocean Council

James O’Donnell
University of Connecticut
1084 Shennecossett Road
Groton, CT 06340
860-405-9171
James.odonnell@uconn.edu
Appointed By: Northeast Academic Consortium

Jack Ringelberg
JMS Naval Architects
34 Water Street
Mystic, CT 06355
860-536-0009 x12
jack@jmsnet.com
Appointed By: Sea Grant

Peter Smith
Ocean Sciences Division
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
1 Challenger Drive; P.O. Box 1006
Dartmouth, N.S. B2Y 4A2
(902) 426-3474; Fax.
(902) 426-6927
Peter.Smith@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Appointed By: Northeast Academic Consortium

Malcolm Spaulding
University of Rhode Island Ocean Engineering
223 Sheets Laboratory
Narragansett RI 02882
401-874-6666
spaulding@oce.uri.edu
Appointed By: Northeast Regional Ocean Council

Michael Szemerda
Cooke Aquaculture Inc.
874 Main Street Blacks Harbour, NB E5H 1E6
506-755-1335
mszemerda@cookeaqua.com
Appointed By: Sea Grant

Christine Tilburg
Gulf of Maine Council
P.O. Box 6063
Falmouth, ME 04105
207-799-7474
ctilburg@securespeed.us
Appointed By: Sea Grant

Cheryl Zimmerman
Marine and Oceanographic Technology Network
FarSounder, Inc.
43 Jefferson Blvd
Warwick, RI 02888
(401) 784-6700
Cheryl.zimmerman@farsounder.com
Appointed By: Sea Grant