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The Maritime Heritage Program is headquartered at the Maritime Archaeology Center in Newport News, Virginia. Contact the Maritime Heritage team at sanctuaries@noaa.gov.
Maritime Archaeology Center
John D. Broadwater, Ph.D.
Program Manager, NOAA's Maritime Heritage Program
John was Sanctuary Manager of the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary from 1992-2005. In that capacity, he directed six major expeditions to the remains of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor, which lies in 235 feet of water, 16 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. During July-August, 2002, Dr. Broadwater was NOAA Chief Scientist for Monitor Expedition 2002, a NOAA/U.S. Navy expedition that recovered the Monitor's 120-ton gun turret. In 2005 he became Program Manager of a new program initiative, NOAA's Maritime Heritage Program.
During 1978-90, as Virginia's first State Underwater Archaeologist, he directed a study of shipwrecks from the 1781 Battle of Yorktown (Virginia) and also developed a statewide underwater archaeology program. He has participated in numerous national and international underwater archaeological expeditions, including deepwater archaeology expeditions in the Black Sea and North Atlantic. In September, 2001, he descended to a depth of 12,600 feet in the Mir 2 submersible to the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
He has served as a member of the Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology and other advisory boards. He is a Fellow National of The Explorers Club. He has published a variety of technical and popular articles, including "Secrets of a Yorktown Shipwreck" in the June 1988 issue of National Geographic Magazine. He has a master's degree in American Studies from the College of William and Mary, and a Ph.D. in Maritime Studies from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.
Tane Casserley
Maritime Archaeologist
Tane Casserley is a maritime archaeologist for NOAA's Maritime Heritage Program and his office is located at the Maritime Archaeology Center in Newport News, Virginia. He specializes in 19th-century warships and deep-water archaeology. Tane has surveyed more than 40 submerged cultural resource sites, from Kure Atoll to Maine, and has worked on several projects sponsored by NOAA and the National Undersea Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. In 1998, he received a Graduate Certificate in Maritime Archaeology and History from the Marine Option Program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His research focused on the maritime history of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and conducted surveys on Pearl and Hermes, and Midway atolls. In 2005, Tane received his master's degree from the Program in Maritime Studies at East Carolina University. Tane's thesis focused on the steamer Queen of Nassau, the former Canadian warship CGS Canada, lying in 230 feet of water within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. He has conducted projects using technical diving, remotely operated vehicles (ROV's), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV's), as well as manned submersibles. Tane is a dive instructor and certified trimix diver with the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI).
Krista Trono
Communications Coordinator
Krista is the communications coordinator for NOAA's Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. Through outreach and education, Krista shares her enthusiasm and love for the ocean and the maritime heritage resources within. In 2005 Krista joined the NMSP after working for a year and a half with the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master of Arts in Marine Affairs and Policy from the University of Miami-RSMAS in Florida. Her thesis work consisted of a review of the current shoreline erosion control framework in Virginia and focused recommendations for improved agency coordination.
West Coast Region
Robert Schwemmer
West Coast Region Maritime Heritage Program Coordinator
Robert is the West Coast Regional Maritime Heritage Program Coordinator for NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary Program based at Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. He coordinates and performs archaeological investigations and research for the five National Marine Sanctuaries along the Pacific West Coast. This work includes recording and mapping submerged sites as well as the development of museum shipwreck exhibits correlating to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Santa Barbara region. Deepwater projects include submersible work aboard Delta to perform a site assessment of the shipwreck Montebello located at a depth of 900 feet off Cambria, CA. Other expeditions include a site assessment of the shipwreck Pacbaroness located at a depth of 1460 feet off Point Conception, CA. After a nineteen-year career with Warner Bros. studios, Schwemmer pursued maritime research as a consultant to Federal and State Government agencies, including private and non-profit organizations. Past projects have included systematic research in developing shipwreck assessments for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park, and Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, and Dry Tortugas National Park. Schwemmer serves on the board of directors for the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is a charter member and current President of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum Research Society. He currently serves as Vice-President of research for the Coastal Maritime Archaeology Resources organization.
Pacific Islands Region
Hans Konrad Van Tilburg
Pacific Islands Region Maritime Heritage Program Coordinator
Hans was originally introduced to the ocean on board his father's sloop Brunhilde at the age of eight. Since then he has worked as a carpenter and also a sport diving instructor and a science diver in California, North Carolina, and Wisconsin. He holds a geography B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, a Masters degree in maritime history and nautical archaeology from East Carolina University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Hawai`i, where he focused on the maritime history of Asia and the Pacific. For several years he headed the graduate certificate program in Maritime Archaeology and History at the University of Hawaii, teaching a number of field schools among the Hawaiian Islands. He has also taught university courses in maritime history, world history, and European expansion. Currently he is the maritime heritage coordinator for NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries Program in the Pacific Islands region. He is married to Maria DaSilva, and has one daughter, Sabina (who dives).
Kelly Gleason
Pacific Islands Region Maritime Heritage Program Archaeologist
The opportunity to combine a passion for both the ocean and history led Kelly Gleason to pursue a career in maritime archaeology. Following a Bachelors Degree at the University of Notre Dame, Kelly spent a year teaching junior and high school literature before pursuing a masters degree in nautical archaeology at St. Andrews University in Scotland. Before deciding to begin the Coastal Resources Management PhD program at East Carolina University, Kelly participated in a University of Hawaii field school surveying a portion of "Shipwreck Beach" on the north shore of Lanai. While at East Carolina University, she focused on the interdisciplinary management of submerged cultural resources, and ways to develop potential for cooperative management of shipwreck sites. Kelly is interested in the interaction between shipwrecks and their environment and would like to explore the potential for greater collaboration between natural and cultural resource managers. She is the recipient of NOAA's Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Award and plans to complete her doctoral work at ECU in the fall of 2005.
As a maritime archaeologist with the Pacific Islands Region, Kelly supports the activities of the Maritime Heritage Program in this Region. Specifically these activities include planning and logistical support of field activities, as well as updating web outreach from field surveys. Public outreach is an important follow up to field operations and Kelly is involved in the development of educational materials for the Maritime Heritage program in the Pacific Islands. In support of the education outreach mission of the Maritime Heritage Program, Kelly has given talks at local schools and participated in local lecture series in addition to contributing to several professional symposia and conferences. Kelly's job requires collaboration with other state and local officials including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service. Her work with the National Park Service includes participation in annual monitoring and survey dives on the USS Arizona with the NPS Submerged Resources Center.
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