Staff Directory
Contact Information and Portfolio Summary
Main Tel: 202-482-4981
Vacant
Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs
Brook Davis
Acting Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs
202-482-4981/FAX 202-482-4960
Brook.H.Davis@noaa.gov
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) – including fleet modernization and aircraft services.
Jenell Wildgoose
Administrative Support Assistant
202-482-4981/FAX 202-482-4960
Jenell.C.Wildgoose@noaa.gov
Legislative Affairs Office budget, WebCims correspondence, and administrative tasks for Legislative Affairs.
Velna L. Bullock
Legislative Assistant
202-482-4981/FAX 202-482-4960
Velna.L.Bullock@noaa.gov
Capitol Events Report, bill tracking, and bill archiving.
Atmospheric Team
Matthew Borgia
Congressional Affairs Specialist
202-482-4981/FAX 202-482-4960
Matthew.Borgia@noaa.gov
National Weather Service (NWS) – including hurricanes, tornadoes, tropical storms, winter storms, tsunamis, and forecasts, warnings, alerts, and outlooks.
Jonathan Kelsey
Congressional Affairs Specialist
202-482-4981/FAX 202-482-4960
Jonathan.Kelsey@noaa.gov
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) – including climate science, ocean exploration and research, air quality research, invasive species, and Sea Grant.
Renee Leduc Clarke
Congressional Affairs Specialist
202-482-4981/FAX 202-482-4960
Renee.Leduc.Clarke@noaa.gov
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) – satellite issues, including GOES AND NPOESS.
Oceans Team
Lindsay Fullenkamp
Congressional Affairs Specialist
202-482-3596/FAX 202-482-4960
Lindsay.Fullenkamp@noaa.gov
National Ocean Service (NOS) – including corals, National Marine Sanctuaries, the Coastal Services Center, coastal zone management, coastal and estuarine land conservation, and marine protected areas.
William (Brad) Kearse
Congressional Affairs Specialist
202-482-6026/FAX 202-482-4960
William.Kearse@noaa.gov
National Ocean Service (NOS) and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) – including mapping and charting, geodesy, response and restoration, operational oceanographic products and services, and integrated ocean observing system (IOOS).
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) – including NOAA Commissioned Corps and aircraft services.
Rebecca McMahon
Knauss Sea Grant Fellow
202-482-6140/FAX 202-482-4960
Rebecca.McMahon@noaa.gov
NOAA Education
National Ocean Service (NOS) - including oceans and human health research, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Sciences (NCCOS), harmful algal blooms and hypoxia.
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) - Including Sea Grant Program, Great Lakes' issues, ballast water management, and invasive species.
Fisheries Team
Stephanie Hunt
Congressional Affairs Specialist
202-482-4981/FAX 202-501-8016
Stephanie.Hunt@noaa.gov
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) – including the Magnuson-Stevens Act, habitat restoration, highly migratory species, international fisheries organizations (including International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna), illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic fisheries issues.
Lauren Lugo
Congressional Affairs Specialist
202-482-4981/FAX 202-501-8016
Lauren.B.Lugo@noaa.gov
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) – including the Magnuson-Stevens Act, Sustainable Fisheries, Marine Aquaculture, Energy Policy and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), the International Whaling Commission, Seafood Inspection, Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, Caribbean, and Alaska fisheries issues.
Tanya Dobrzynski
Congressional Affairs Specialist
202-482-7940/FAX 202-501-8016
Tanya.Dobrzynski@noaa.gov
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) - including Marine Mammal Protection Act, Endangered Species Act, observer programs, fishing gear technology, Southwest, Northwest, and Hawaii fisheries issues.
Legislative
Team
Noel Turner
Legislative Affairs Specialist
202-482-4638/FAX 202-428-2869
Noel.Turner@noaa.gov
Testimony and post-hearing questions for the National Marine Fisheries Service, National Ocean Service, and Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Development of legislation and views on pending legislation (including development of agency views letters), for ocean-related issues.
Michael Jarvis
Legislative Affairs Specialist
202-482-3595/FAX 202-428-2869
Michael.Jarvis@noaa.gov
Testimony and post-hearing questions for the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service; National Weather Service; Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research; and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations. Development of legislation and views on pending legislation (including development of agency views letters), for atmospheric-related issues.
Timothy Bagley
Legislative Affairs Specialist
202-482-4666
Timothy.Bagley@noaa.gov
NOAA Grants Focal Point, writer and/or editor of testimony, views letters, and Questions and Answers for all offices for congressional hearings. Also responsible for the Congressional Informer, Weekly Reports, Office of Legislative Affairs website, NOAA Legislation Tracker, and special projects.