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The 30 MPA Federal Advisory Committee members are listed below. They include representatives from different geographic regions, including the Great Lakes and U.S. territories. They represent a wide variety of interests including resource management (state, territory, and tribal), science (economics, anthropology, and marine sciences), policy (environmental and social), and industry (commercial and recreational fishing, oil and gas production, shipping and ports, and recreation and tourism).

 

MARINE PROTECTED AREAS FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

April, 2010



Ex Officio Federal Representatives

 

Department of Commerce

TBD

 


 

Department of the Interior

Eileen Sobeck
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks
1849 C Street, NW, MIB-3156
Washington, DC 20240
Email: eileen_sobeck@ios.doi.gov


Designees:

Bret Wolfe
Marine Program Coordinator
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
National Wildlife Refuge System
4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 657A
Arlington, VA 22203

Email: bret_wolfe@fws.gov
4401 North Fairfax Drive, No. 570

Cliff McCreedy
Marine Resource Mgmt Specialist
National Park Service (WASO)
Ocean and Coastal Resources Branch
Water Resources Division
1201 Eye Street, NW
11th Floor (2301)
Washington, D.C. 20005

Email: cliff_mccreedy@nps.gov


 

Department of Defense/Navy

Donald Schregardus
Dep. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Environment
Room BF986
1000 Navy Pentagon
Washington, DC 20350-1000

Email: donald.schregardus@navy.mil


Designee:
Robin Fitch
Director, Marine Resources and At Sea Policy
Office Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy – Environment
1000 Navy Pentagon, Room A674
Washington, DC 20350-1000

Email: robin.fitch@navy.mil


 

Department of Defense/Army Corps

Joseph Wilson
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
South Atlantic Division RIT 3 I 62
441 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20314

Email: Joseph.R.Wilson@HQ02.USACE.ARMY.MIL


 


 

Department of Homeland Security

Rear Admiral Cari B. Thomas
Director of Response Policy
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters
2100 2nd Street SW STOP 7363
Washington, D.C. 20593-0001


Designee:
Steven M. Tucker
Assistant Division Chief: Marine Protected Species
U.S. Coast Guard
2100 Second Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20593-0001

Email: Steven.M.Tucker@uscg.mil


 

U.S. Agency for International Development


Designee:
Dr. Barbara Best
Coastal Resources and Policy Advisor
Office of Natural Resources Management, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture & Trade

Email: bbest@usaid.gov


 

National Science Foundation

Roxanne Nikolaus
Division of Ocean Sciences
4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 725
Arlington, VA 22230

Email: rnikolau@nsf.gov


 


 

Department of Agriculture

Jay Jensen
Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment
U.S. Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, DC 20250

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Designee:

Rick Swanson
USDA U.S. Forest Service
Watershed, Fish, Wildlife Staff
201 14th Street, SW, Stop 1121
Washington DC 20250-0003
Email: rswanson@fs.fed.us


 

Department of State

Elizabeth Kim
Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Harry S. Truman Building, Room 5805
2201 C Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20520

Email: kimeab@state.gov


 


 

Environmental Protection Agency

Dr. Brian Melzian
Oceanographer/Project Officer
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
National Health and Enviornmental Effects Research Laboratory
Atlantic Ecology Division
27 Tarzwell Drive
Narragansett, RI 02882

Email: melzian.brian@epa.gov


 


 

Designated Federal Official

Kara Yeager
NOAA Ocean Service
National Marine Protected Area Center
1305 East West Highway, 9136
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Email: kara.yeager@noaa.gov


 



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