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Julie Slacum  - Coordinator
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Jonathan McKnight  - Chair
Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Steve Minkkinen - Vice Chair

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Ann Faulds – Education & Outreach Workgroup Chair
Pennsylvania Sea Grant

Sarah Whitney – Policy Workgroup Chair
Pennsylvania Sea Grant

Science & Management Workgroup Chair
Vacant

Liana Vitali  - Fellow
Chesapeake Research Consortium

 

Lisa Barno
New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife
PO Box 400
Trenton, NJ 08625
609-292-8642
Lisa.barno@dep.state.nj.us

Dieter Busch
Ecosystem Advisory Services
Dieter.Busch@EIAdvisoryservices.com
410-451-9301

David P. Bornholdt

USGS
11649 Leetown Road
Kearneysville, WV 25430
304-724-4502
fax: 304-724-4505
David_Bornholdt@usgs.gov

Jim Cummins
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
51 Monroe Street Suite PE-08
Rockville, MD 20850
301-984-1908 ext. 106
Jcummins@icprb.org

LT Matt Denning
U.S. Coast Guard

431 Crawford St.
Portsmouth, VA 23704
757-398-6324
Fax: 757-391-8149
matthew.j.denning@uscg.mil
LCDR Jerry Barnes
jerry.r.barnes@uscg.mil
(alternate) 757-398-6389  

Barbara Doll
North Carolina Sea Grant
Box 8605, NC State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8605
919-515-5287
fax: 919-515-7095
Barbara_doll@ncsu.edu
 
Steve Rebach (alternate)
919-515-9104
fax: 919-515-7095
srebach@ncsu.edu

Rob Emens
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

1611 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1611
Rob.Emens@ncmail.net

919-715-5452  
John Sutherland (alternate)
John.Sutherland@ncmail.net
919-715-5446
fax: 919-733-3558

Ann Faulds
Pennsylvania Sea Grant

1450 Edgmont Avenue, Suite 150
Chester, PA 19013
215-806-0894
610-304-8753
afaulds@psu.edu
Sarah Whitney
(alternate)
601-304-8753
swhitney@psu.edu
 

Ray Fernald
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

P.O. Box 11104
4010 W. Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23230
804-367-8364
Ray.Fernald@dgif.virginia.gov
 

James Grazio
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

230 Chestnut Street
Meadville, PA. 16335-3481
814-332-6842
Jagrazio@state.pa.us
 

David Heicher
Susquehanna River Basin Commission

1721 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17102-2391
717-238-0423
fax: 717-238-2436
Dheicher@srbc.net
 
Jennifer Hoffman
(alternate)
(phone same as above)
jhoffman@srbc.net
 

Doug Holy

USDA NRCS

P.O. Box 2890

Washington, D.C. 20013-2890

202-720-9096

doug.holy@wdc.usda.gov

Steven Kendrot

USDA APHIS

2145 Key Wallace Drive

Cambridge, MD 21613

410-221-7857

Stephen.R.Kendrot@aphis.usda.govDoug.holy@wdc.usda.gov

Danielle Kreeger
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

400 W. 9 th Street, Suite 100
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-655-4990 x 11
dkreeger@delawareestuary.org

Dr. Greg Lutz
National Aquaculture Association

Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
LSU Ag Center
Knapp Hall
PO Box 25100
Baton Rouge, LA 70894-5100
225-578-4141
glutz@agctr.lsu.edu

Roger Mann
Virginia Institute of Marine Science

PO Box 1346 Rt. 1208 Greate Road
Gloucester Point, VA 23062
804-684-7108
fax: 804-684-7614
rmann@vims.edu
 

Jonathan McKnight
Department of Natural Resources

Tawes State Office Bldg., E-1
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-260-8539
fax: 410-260-8596
JMcKnight@dnr.state.md.us
 
Ron Klauda (alternate)
410-260-8610
Rklauda@dnr.state.md.us

Cathy Martin
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

4876 Hay Point Landing Road
Smyrna, DE 19977
302-653-2887 ext. 106
fax: 302-653-3431
Catherine.martin@state.de.us

Robert Coxe (alternate)
302-653-2880
fax: 302-653-3431
Robert.coxe@state.de.us
 

Steve Minkkinen
USFWS

177 Admiral Cochran Drive
Annapolis, MD. 21401
410-573-4506
Steve_Minkkinen@fws.gov

Michael Goehle
(alternate)
405 North French Road
Suite 120A
Amherst, NY 14228
716-691-5456 x32
Michael_Goehle@fws.gov

Fredrika Moser
Maryland Sea Grant
4321 Hartwick Road, Suite 300
College Park, MD 20740
301-405-6373
fax: 301-314-5780
moser@mdsg.umd.edu
Erica Goldman
(alternate)
301-405-6380
fax: 301-314-5780
goldman@mdsg.umd.edu

Chuck O'Neill
New York Sea Grant
Morgan II, SUNY College
Brockport, NY 14420
585-395-2638
Cro4@cornell.edu
 

Bret Preston
WVA Division of Natural Resources

1900 Kanawha Blvd.

E. Charleston, WVA. 25305

304-558-2771

Bret.Preston@wvdnr.gov

Gregory Ruiz
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

PO Box 28
647 Contees Wharf Road
Edgewater, MD 21037
443-482-2227
ruizg@si.edu

Stacy Samuelson
ACOE Wilmington District (NC)
PO Box 1890
Wilmington, NC 28402
910-251-4480
Stacy.D.Samuelson@
      saw02.usace.army.mil

Jon Siemien
Department of Environment
51 N St., NE 5 th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
202-535-2273
Jon.siemien@dc.gov

Tim Sinnott
Department of Environmental Conservation
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233
518-402-8970
Txsinnot@gw.dec.state.ny.us

Tom Smith, Natural Heritage Program
Department of Conservation and Recreation

217 Governor Street
Richmond, VA 23219
804-786-4554
Tom.Smith@dcr.virginia.gov

Kevin Heffernan (alternate)
(804)786-9112
Kevin.Heffernan@dcr.virginia.gov

Jil Swearingen
National Park Service
National Capital Region 
Center for Urban Ecology
Natural Resources and Science   4598 MacArthur Blvd., NW
Washington, D.C. 20007            202-342-1443 ext. 218 
Jil_swearingen@nps.gov  

Julie Slacum
US Fish and Wildlife Service

177 Admiral Cochran Dr.
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 573-4517
Fax: (410) 269-0832
julie_thompson@fws.gov
 

Marek Topolski

Chesapeake Bay Program

Tawes State Office Bldg

580 Taylor Avenue

Annapolis, MD 21401

410-260-8263

mtopolski@dnr.state.md.us

Vacant
Maryland Invasive Species Council
Wayne A. Cawley, Jr. Bldg.
50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-841-5835

Liana Vitali
Chesapeake Research Consortium

410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109
Annapolis, MD 21403
(410) 267-9830
Fax: (410) 267-5718
vitali.liana@epa.gov

John Wright
ACOE North Atlantic Division

302 General Lee Ave.
Fort Hamilton Military Community
Brooklyn, NY 11252-6700
718-765-7062
John.s.wright@usace.army.mil

 

INTERESTED PARTIES
(NON-VOTING)

Kirk Mantay
Daft-McCune-Walker, Inc.
Kmantay@dmw.com
410-296-3333

John Christmas
George Mason University
jchristm@gmu.edu

AC Carpenter
Potomac River Fisheries Commission
PO Box 9
Colonial Beach, VA 22443
804-224-7148
fax: 804-224-2712
PRFC@verizon.net

Karl Roscher
National Association of State Aquaculture
50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-841-5724
410-841-5970
roschekr@mda.state.md.us

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Education & Outreach

Ann Faulds (Chair)
Catherine Martin
Jennifer Greiner
Barbara Doll
Matthew Denning

 

Jil Swearingen
Jim Bean
Chuck O’ Neil
John Wright
Fredrika Moser

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Policy

Sara Whitney (Chair)
Tim Sinnot

Dieter Busch

 

Dave Heicher
Bob Tichenor
John Christmas

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Science & Management

Jonathon McKnight (Chair)
Jim Cummins
Jim Grazio
Steve Minkkinen
Kevin Heffernan
Rob Emens

  

Krista Nelson
Jim Hedrick
Roger Mann
Greg Ruiz
Ray Fernald

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