Lori Arguelles (Maryland)
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
Lori Arguelles brings nearly 20 years of experience in public relations, government relations, and executive management to her position as President and CEO of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. Previously, Ms. Arguelles served as Director of Communications for Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) and also as Director of Public and Constituent Affairs for the U.S. Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Starting her professional career as a radio reporter, Ms. Arguelles has worked for several local and national outlets, as an anchor, reporter, and producer. Ms. Arguelles also served as press secretary for two members of congress. Arguelles earned her undergraduate degree in broadcast journalism and political science from Northern Arizona University and her master’s degree in public communication from American University.
Charles D. Beeker (Indiana)
Director, Office of Underwater Science, Indiana University
Charles Beeker is an Indiana University faculty member in the School of Health Physical Education and Recreation, Department of Anthropology, and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, while also directing the academic diving and underwater science programs. An avid scuba diver since 1963, Mr. Beeker is an active scuba instructor, and since 1974 is responsible for the certification of thousands of recreational and research divers. Mr. Beeker works with state, federal, and international agencies to promote protection of our fragile underwater environment and has established underwater parks and preserves throughout the United States and Caribbean. He is a member of the Honorary Board of Governors of Project AWARE Foundation.
David Benton (Alaska)
Benton and Associates
David Benton joined the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in 1987 and retired in July 2000, having served as the department’s deputy commissioner with responsibility for fisheries and international affairs from 1994 to July 2000. Mr. Benton was appointed to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council in August 2000 and served as the council chairman. The council manages the nation’s largest offshore fishery. Mr. Benton serves as interim chair for the North Pacific Research Board, which is charged with developing a comprehensive coast-wide marine research program for Alaska.
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Daniel W. Bromley, Ph.D. (Wisconsin)
Anderson-Bascom Professor of Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin
Dr. Daniel W. Bromley is Anderson-Bascom Professor of applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a Fellow of the American Agricultural Economics Association, and is listed in Who's Who in Economics. Dr. Bromley has published extensively on natural resource and environmental economics, institutional economics, and economic development. He has been editor of the journal Land Economics since 1974. In addition, he has served on the Ocean Studies Board, and on several National Research Council study committees of the National Academy of Sciences. He has been a consultant to a number of national and international organizations and governments on matters of public policy.
Anthony C. Chatwin, Ph.D. (Maryland)
Marine Conservation Planner, The Nature Conservancy
Anthony Chatwin is dedicated to the protection of marine biodiversity by working to protect sensitive areas of the marine environment and ensure that decision-makers incorporate science-based sustainable practices to marine related human activities. He currently serves as the marine conservation planner for the Nature Conservancy and is leading an effort to develop an eco-regional marine conservation plan for the Caribbean basin. From 1998 to 2002, Dr. Chatwin worked as staff scientist at the Conservation Law Foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the director of the fisheries program, lead advocate on the marine protected area initiative, and editor of the web-based quarterly newsletter, New England Ocean News. He also served as an advisor to the New England Fishery Management Council’s groundfish and habitat committees, and as a member of the research steering committee. Dr. Chatwin earned his doctorate in biological oceanography in 1998 from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. His research focused on fishery-independent stock assessments for small tunas in southeastern Brazilian waters.
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Rick Gaffney (Hawaii)
Pacific Boats and Yachts, LLC
Rick Gaffney owns Pacific Boats & Yachts, LLC, a yacht brokerage company based in Kona, Hawaii. He has been actively involved in Hawaiiís ocean recreation industry as a charter boat captain, ocean activity business manager and industry consultant since 1971, and was active in the creation of four marine life conservation districts in Hawaii. He has served as Co-Chair of the West Hawaii Fishery Council, he held a seat on the Northwest Hawaiian Islands Ecosystem Reserve Council and currently serves as Councilmember at Large on the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council and as the Representative at large for the Central Pacific for the International Game Fish Association.
Steven Gaines, Ph, D. (California)
Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
Steven Gaines is Director of the Marine Science Institute and Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is a marine ecologist who studies marine conservation, the design of marine reserves, the impact of climate change on oceans, and sustainable fisheries. He is a lead investigator of PISCO (Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans), a consortium studying marine ecosystems of the west coast of the US, the Santa Barbara Coastal LTER (Long Term Ecological Research), studying connections between coastal watersheds and the ecology of kelp forests, the Sustainable Fisheries Group, which uses market based approaches to enhance the sustainability of fisheries, and Flow, Fish and Fishing, a biocomplexity project examining connections between ocean physics, fish, and fishing. He was awarded a Pew Fellowship in 2003 to extend the conceptual framework for networks of marine reserves. He has been using the findings of this work to aid the ongoing Marine Life Protection Act efforts in California to establish a state-wide network of marine protected areas.
Ellen Goethel (New Hampshire)
Co-Owner, “Ellen Diane” / Ocean Educator
Ellen Goethel and her husband are owners of a 44 foot stern trawler, the “Ellen Diane.” The Goethels have been involved with the fishing industry since 1976, and have been owners in a party/charter boat business, a lobster boat, and a gillnetter. In addition, Ms. Goethel owns a marine education business, “Explore the Ocean World,” and has been bringing hands-on marine science programs to schools throughout New England for the past 20 years. Ms. Goethel worked at the New England Aquarium in their education department and as a biologist for Normandeau Associates. Since 1978, she has actively worked with New Hampshire’s Congressional delegation to help solve fisheries related problems. She is a member of the New Hampshire Marine Coalition and has worked with the Northeast Seafood Coalition since its inception.
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Dennis Heinemann, Ph.D. (Washington, D.C.)
Senior Scientist, The Ocean Conservancy
Dennis Heinemann has expertise in the fields of marine ecology, conservation biology, fisheries interactions, and marine reserves. Recent accomplishments include co-authoring a book on fisheries and marine reserves, collaborating with the Colombian government on the development of a large network of MPAs, writing a report on unsustainable fishing in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, writing a paper on the costs and risks of persistent overfishing, and successfully employing science-based advocacy for MPAs at the state and federal levels. Prior to joining the Ocean Conservancy in 2002, he worked in Miami as a research fishery biologist for NOAA Fisheries, while for much of the 1990s he was a senior research scientist with Australia's CSIRO Division of Marine Research. During the first 15 years of his career, Dr. Heinemann conducted field research around the world on the distribution and foraging ecology of seabirds, and modeling studies of the potential effects of oil spills on seabird population dynamics. Dr. Heinemann holds a master of science degree in zoology from Oregon State University, and a master of arts degree in applied statistics and a doctorate in ecology from the University of New Mexico.
Mark A. Hixon, Ph.D. (Oregon)
Professor, Department of Zoology, Oregon State University
At Oregon State University since 1984, Mark Hixon's expertise is marine ecology, focusing on coastal fishes in both temperate and tropical oceans. Emphasizing experimental studies underwater using scuba diving and manned submersibles, his research explores the question of what naturally drives and regulates changes in the number of fish in the sea, a problem of great relevance to marine fisheries and conservation. He has been a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, a Fulbright Senior Scholar, and an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow. Among other professional activities, Dr. Hixon serves on the advisory board of the National Science Foundation Geosciences Directorate, the board of advisors of the Pacific Marine Conservation Council, the science advisory committee for the Bahamas National Trust, and the board of scientific advisors for the Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS). He also serves as an associate editor of three scientific journals: Coral Reefs, Ecology, and Ecological Monographs. In 2004, Dr. Hixon was recognized by ISI Citation Index as the most cited American author on coral reef ecology in the past decade.
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George D. Lapointe (Maine)
Commissioner, Maine Department of Marine Resources
George Lapointe is the commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, a Governor’s Cabinet position he has held since 1998. Prior to that, he was the director of the Interstate Fisheries Management Program of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. He is an associate fisheries biologist of the American Fisheries Society and an associate wildlife biologist of the Wildlife Society. Several of Mr. Lapointe’s publications address effective communication and partnership building among wildlife managers, activists, and citizens.
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Victor T. Mastone (Massachusetts)
Director and Chief Archaeologist, Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources
Victor Mastone has over 30 years experience in terrestrial, underwater, prehistoric, and historic archaeology concentrating mainly on eastern North America. He joined the state Board in 1987 as its first staff archaeologist and has served as its Director since 1990. He serves on the Society for Historical Archaeology’s UNESCO Committee and was a member of the Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology. He is Vice President of the North American Society for Oceanic History. He has been a Guest Investigator with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He was a Research Associate with the Public Archaeology Facility at the State University of New York-Binghamton. Mr. Mastone has been a member of the U.S. Secretary of Interior's National Maritime Heritage Grants Advisory Committee and NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration’s Peer Review Panel. He served as Massachusetts Assistant Secretary of Environmental Affairs from 2000-2004.
Melissa Miller-Henson
Program Manager, California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative
Melissa Miller-Henson is the Program Manager for the California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative of the California Resources Agency. For almost 15 years Ms. Miller-Henson has worked with the State of California on natural resource management issues, a number of which focused on marine protected areas. She has worked as Chair of the California State Interagency Coordinating Committee for Marine Managed Areas, as the former Resources Agency liaison for California-Mexico border environmental issues (encompassing the Baja to Bering Sea initiative), as a former member of two national marine sanctuary advisory councils, and most recently in helping to design and implement the California Marine Life Protection Act (MPLA) Initiative. She encompasses a suite of skills, including environmental policy analysis, strategic planning, facilitating multi-disciplinary teams, project management, communicating with stakeholders and the media, translating science for policy-makers, and ecosystem-based conservation and management.
Russell A. Moll, Ph.D. (California)
Director, California Sea Grant College Program
Russell Moll is the Director of the California Sea Grant College Program located at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. The largest of the 31 Sea Grant programs in the US, California Sea Grant supports a wide variety of research and outreach on the coastal marine environment of California. Prior to coming to California in 2000 Russell Moll was located at the University of Michigan where he conducted plankton biology research in the nearshore marine environment, salt marshes, mangrove systems, the Great Lakes, small lakes, and temperate and tropical rivers. He also conducted research on aquatic invasive species in ballast water. While at the University of Michigan he served as Director of Michigan Sea Grant, Director of the Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research and Associate Director of the Michigan Biological Station. In addition to his current position of California Sea Grant Director, Russell Moll serves as Chair and Member of the Board of the California Ocean Science Trust and Member of the University of California Marine Council. During his career, Russell Moll has served as a Program Officer in the Biological Oceanography Program at the National Science Foundation, President of the Sea Grant Association, Member of the Board of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and Co-chair of the Ocean Sciences Meeting in 2002, 2004 and 2006.
Elliott Norse, Ph.D. (Washington)
Marine Conservation Biology Institute
Elliott A. Norse is President of Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI) in Bellevue, Washington. MCBI is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the science of marine conservation biology and securing protection for marine ecosystems domestically and worldwide. After studying the ecology of blue crabs in the Caribbean for his Ph.D. and post-doc, Elliott began working on marine protected areas in 1978 at EPA and the White House Council on Environmental Quality, then worked on biodiversity policy issues for the Ecological Society of America, The Wilderness Society and Ocean Conservancy before founding MCBI in 1996. His 140+ publications include two books on forest conservation, and two on marine conservation, Global Marine Biological Diversity: A Strategy for Building Conservation into Decision Making (1993) and Marine Conservation Biology: The Science of Maintaining the Sea’s Biodiversity (2005). He is a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation and received NOAA’s Nancy Foster Award for Habitat Conservation.
John Ogden, Ph.D. (Florida)
Director, Florida Institute of Oceanography, Professor of Biology, University of South Florida
John Ogden has been a professor of biology at the University of South Florida and director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) since 1988. FIO is a state-wide consortium of 19 agency, university, and marine laboratory members including 10 state universities which operates two oceanographic ships and a marine laboratory. Prior to this he served as director of Fairleigh Dickenson University’s West Indies Laboratory on St. Croix and operated the saturation diving facility Hydrolab for NOAA. He was a founding member of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council and serves on the boards of the Ocean Conservancy and the Florida Ocean Alliance and is a member of the Florida Oceans and Coastal Council. Dr. Ogden is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Terry O’Halloran (Hawaii)
Tourism Business Solutions, LLC
Terry O’Halloran owns Tourism Business Solutions, LLC, a consulting company working primarily with ocean tourism businesses. Previously, he served as the vice president of business development for Atlantis Adventures in Honolulu, where he was responsible for new business ventures for the diverse firm, which owns, manages, and/or markets attractions including Atlantis Submarines, Atlantis Cruises, Sea Life Park, and the U.S.S. Missouri. Mr. O’Halloran possesses over 25 years of experience in ocean-based tourism and product development in Hawaii, and works extensively with federal, state, and county governments on ocean policy, user conflict resolution, ocean safety, and legislative matters.
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Alvin D. Osterback (Alaska)
Port Director, City of Unalaska/Port of Dutch Harbor
Alvin D. Osterback is the Chair of the Aleut Marine Mammal Commission (AMMC) and is the Port Director for the City of Unalaska/ Port of Dutch Harbor. The Aleut Marine Mammal Commission is an Alaska Native tribal organization providing education and outreach on the subsistence uses of marine mammals and assists in the coordination of subsistence research activities conducted by federal, state and other researchers. Mr. Osterback is an Aleut and lifelong Alaskan. He currently resides in Unalaska and has lived in the Aleutian Region for the past fifty years, and possesses an intimate wealth of knowledge on the Aleut lifestyle, commercial fisheries, subsistence use of marine mammals and the natural resources in the region. He is a respected Aleut leader and has represented the Aleut community for over thirty years on environment, health, fishing, marine mammals, subsistence, and natural resource issues. Prior to his employment as Port Director with the City of Unalaska/ Port of Dutch Harbor, Mr. Osterback was a self-employed commercial fisherman for thirty plus years.
Walter T. Pereyra, Ph.D. (Washington)
Chairman, Arctic Storm Management Group, Inc.
Walter Pereyra is the chairman of the Arctic Storm Management Group. He is also the owner and chief executive officer of Profish International, a Seattle-based vertically integrated seafood holding company with primary emphasis in North Pacific bottomfish. Dr. Pereyra is a partner in several fishing vessels involved in the surimi/fillet and crab fishery and has a long history in the fisheries industry. A past member of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Dr. Pereyra now serves as director of several organizations including the Ocean Trust, Responsible Fisheries Society of America, Pollock Conservation Cooperative, and High Seas Catchers Cooperative.
Eugenio Piñeiro-Soler (Puerto Rico)
Caribbean Fishery Management Council
Mr. Eugenio Piñeiro-Soler has been in the Caribbean Fishery Management Council since 2000, the year in which he became an Advisory Panel Member. In 2002, he was appointed as a voting Council Member in the Caribbean Fishery Management Council. In 2003, he was elected Chairman, which is the position he occupies at the present time. Mr. Piñeiro-Soler has been a commercial fisher for over 25 years. He fishes for deep sea snappers and pelagics off Rincón, off the north-west coast of Puerto Rico. In 1996, he founded the Union of Commercial Fishers, an organization composed strictly of commercial fishers with a strong environmental commitment who work closely with both the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Also, he has experience balancing different interest groups needs, such as tourism, charters, recreational and commercial fishers demands on the same shores and beaches. Mr. Piñeiro-Soler received a B. A. in Philosophy from Radford College, Virginia in 1979. In 1983, he received a Juris Doctor degree from the Catholic University in Ponce, P. R.
Robert Pomeroy, Ph.D. (Connecticut)
Sea Grant Fisheries Specialist, University of Connecticut
Robert Pomeroy is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Connecticut Sea Grant College Fisheries Extension Specialist at the University of Connecticut – Avery Point in Groton. Before starting at UConn in August 2002, Dr. Pomeroy worked at the World Resources Institute in Washington DC from September 1999 to December 2001 where he helped develop a marine program. Prior to that, he worked at the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) in Manila, Philippines from 1991 to 1999. Dr. Pomeroy has his PhD in Resource Economics from Cornell University. His areas of professional interest are marine resource economics and policy, specifically small-scale fisheries management and development, coastal zone management, aquaculture economics, international development, policy analysis, and seafood marketing. Dr. Pomeroy has worked on research and development projects in over 40 countries in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the WorldFish Center headquartered in Penang, Malaysia. He is the lead author of “How is Your MPA Doing: A Guidebook on Biophysical, Socioeconomic, and Governance Indicators for the Evaluation of Management Effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas.
Gilbert C. Radonski (North Carolina)
Fisheries Consultant and Former President of the Sport Fishing Institute
Gilbert Radonski is an internationally recognized expert in fisheries policy formulation and strategic planning. He served as executive director and then president of the Sport Fishing Institute from 1975 through 1994, focusing on supporting the needs of the sport fishing industry, and administering the FishAmerica Foundation, which provided small grants for hands-on sport fishery enhancement projects. Mr. Radonski is a former member of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee, and a charter member of the Sport Fishing Advisory Council, which advises the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the expenditure of Sport Fish Restoration Act funds.
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James P. Ray (Texas)
President, Oceanic Environmental Solutions, LLC
Jim Ray is President of Oceanic Environmental Solutions, LLC (OES), which is a consulting firm dedicated to finding solutions based on good science to business related environmental issues. He was formerly employed by Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc., where he was manager of environmental ecology and response. Following his retirement after 30 years with Shell, he formed OES to continue addressing real world problems in the marine environment. He has had extensive experience in petroleum industry operations and the environment. Mr. Ray is a recognized biological oceanographer and environmental leader in the industry and has specialized in understanding the fate and effects of discharges and releases into the marine environment from industry operations (marine transportation, pipelines, and exploration and production activities). He has published extensively on the biological aspects of these pursuits, and has served on numerous national scientific advisory boards (e.g. the Minerals Management Service Scientific Advisory Committee and the National Research Council's Ocean Studies Board). He was involved in the initial establishment of the National Marine Sanctuary Program and was part of the team that nominated the Flower Gardens National Marine Sanctuary. He completed a two-year commitment on the federal advisory committee to the Marine Mammal Commission in preparation of a report to Congress on the issue of environmental effects of marine acoustics on marine mammals. Mr. Ray is on the editorial boards of the Sea Grant Abstracts, and the Spill Science and Technology Bulletin. He also serves on the advisory board for the Department of Oceanography at Texas A&M.
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Philip G. Renaud (Maryland)
Executive Director, Living Oceans Foundation
Phil Renaud has served as the Living Oceans Foundation Executive Director since 2004. Prior to joining the Living Oceans Foundation, he served 25 years in the U.S. Navy as an Oceanographic Officer. Captain Renaud’s final assignment in the Navy was Commander, Naval Oceanographic Office, responsible for operations of the Navy’s seven deep ocean survey vessels. Phil Renaud has earned master’s degrees in Oceanography, Meteorology, Business Administration, and Strategic Studies. The focus of Living Oceans Foundation is to conduct scientific analysis of coral ecosystems, create high resolution baseline habitat maps, and design networks of Marine Protected Areas. At the helm of the Living Oceans Foundation, Phil Renaud is establishing cutting-edge programs of remote sensing and SCUBA surveys of global coral reef ecosystems with the primary objective of advancing coral reef conservation initiatives.
Jesús Ruiz (California)
President, California Divers
Jesύs Ruiz was first certified as an Open Water SCUBA diver in 1971 and as Instructor in 1995. With over 3,400 recorded dives, he is an Instructor Trainer for the National YMCA of the USA SCUBA Program, and past California State Coordinator. Mr. Ruiz is also an Instructor Trainer for Confederation Mondiale des Activities Subaquatiques (CMAS), and for Divers Alert Network (DAN), and a SCUBA Instructor for the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI). He is a trained research diver and a member of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, participating in research diving with members of PISCO (Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans) and the California Department of Fish and Game's (CDFG) CRANE Program. In 2002, the CDFG appointed Mr. Ruiz as Diver Representative for the MLPA Stakeholder Working Group, to begin the design and implementation of California MPAs. In 2004, he was reappointed to the MLPAI Stakeholder Working Group representing non-consumptive SCUBA divers. The MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force appointed Mr. Ruiz to the Statewide Interest Group working with the Science Advisory Team and Blue Ribbon Task Force. His business, California Divers, is a ten year member of the Diving Equipment and Marketing Association (DEMA). In 2006, the non-profit Aquatic Protection Agency awarded Mr. Ruiz the "Oceans Hero Award" for his work in the MLPA process. In 2007, DEMA nominated Mr. Ruiz for their "Reaching Out Award" for his commitment and contributions to ocean conservation.
Bruce A. Tackett (Virginia)
Regulatory Affairs Advisor, ExxonMobil Exploration Company
Bruce Tackett has been active in offshore energy development and coastal/oceans governance issues for more than 25 years. Presently, he is an advisor on environmental regulation to energy project teams operating in the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific and West Africa. In the early 1980’s, he developed multiple-use agreements among industrial, fishing and recreational marine users in support of energy project development. An advocate for risk assessment-based environmental regulations, Mr. Tackett was a member of the U.S. Federal Advisory Panel on The Acoustic Impacts on Marine Mammals. He is a credentialed Observer to the International Whaling Commission and has been an Invited Participant consulting with other multi-lateral treaty organizations including the Oslo & Paris Convention (OSPAR) on managing ocean acoustics. In previous assignments, Mr. Tackett has served as Manager, Legislative & Regulatory Issues, ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences where he served as the interface among business, science and policy-makers. He was a Washington Representative and principal Company contact with U.S. regulatory agencies and also served Government Relations Manager for Central & Latin America. He is a 1975 B.A. graduate of the University of Oklahoma where he was a Defense Department scholar.
David H. Wallace (Maryland)
Owner, Wallace and Associates
David H. Wallace is the owner of Wallace and Associates and a participant in many forums dealing with the sustainability of fishing in the U.S. Wallace and Associates specializes in economic and management aspects of national and international fisheries including vessel safety and the design and installation of processing systems. His experience prior to forming his current company includes the position of Chief Operating Officer and Director of a large vertically integrated fishing and seafood processing company as well as owner and operator of specialized seafood harvesting and processing operations. Mr. Wallace has been invited to participate in ocean habitat study groups and panels and has been a member of numerous federal and state marine fisheries advisory groups such as the Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Habitat Advisory Committee and the Maryland Outdoor Caucus. He is currently the Chair of the New England Fishery Management Council’s Habitat and Marine Protected Areas Advisory Panel and a member of the Skate Advisory Panel. He is a member of the American Fisheries Society, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the Interstate Seafood Sanitation Conference. He participates actively in many community civic organizations and activities.
Robert Wargo
President, North American Submarine Cable Association
Bob Wargo is the President of the North American Submarine Cable Association, a trade organization representing the interests of submarine cable owners, installers and maintenance providers in the US, Caribbean and Canada. He is also the Vice-Chairman of the International Cable Protection Committee – a similar international organization. Mr. Wargo is currently the Marine Liaison Manager with the AT&T Undersea Cable Systems Operation and Maintenance organization. In this position he handles a wide variety of issues related to the installation and maintenance of undersea cables, from planning through retirement and removal. He has been involved in the submarine cable industry at AT&T since 1990. Prior to his employment with AT&T, Mr. Wargo was employed by Rutgers University on projects related to beach grasses, vegetative buffers adjacent to waterways, surf clam population estimates and oyster disease resistance. He holds a B.S. degree in Marine Science from Stockton State College.
Robert F. Zales II (Florida)
Owner, Bob Zales Charters
Robert Zales is the owner of Bob Zales Charters in Panama City, Florida, and has 35 years of experience in charter-boat operations. He also holds a U.S. Coast Guard master license to operate ocean-going vessels of up to 500 gross tons. He is the chairman of the ad-hoc charter/headboat advisory panel of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Council, and the Florida commercial fishery representative to the commercial/recreational advisory panel of the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission. Mr. Zales also writes and lectures on recreational fishing and the charter-boat industry. In 1998, he received the Billfish Foundation’s Captain of the Year Conservation Award.
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Lori Arguelles
Charles D. Beeker
David Benton
Daniel W. Bromley, Ph.D.
Anthony C. Chatwin, Ph.D.
Rick Gaffney
Steve Gaines, Ph.D.
Ellen Goethel
Dennis Heinemann, Ph.D.
Mark A. Hixon, Ph.D.
George D. Lapointe
Victor Mastone
Melissa Miller-Henson
Russell Moll, Ph.D.
Elliott Norse, Ph.D.
John Ogden, Ph.D.
Terry O'Halloran
Alvin D.Osterback
Walter T. Pereyra, Ph.D.
Eugenio Pineiro Soler
Robert S. Pomeroy, Ph.D.
Gilbert C. Radonski
James P. Ray
Philip G. Renaud
Jesús C. Ruiz
Bruce A. Tackett
David H. Wallace
Robert Wargo
Robert F. Zales II |
