Regional Managers

NOAA’s navigation managers, stationed strategically in port areas along U.S. coasts and Great Lakes, work directly with pilots, mariners, port authorities, and recreational boaters. They help identify navigational challenges facing the marine transportation system, and provide the resources and services that promote safe and efficient navigation.

Contact your region’s Navigation Manager if you:

need expert navigation preparation and response information for severe weather or hurricane preparedness and post-storm response
know of a danger to navigation that should be charted
need experienced assistance in navigational project coordination
want NOAA at your Harbor Safety Committee meeting, or other maritime-related conference or workshop
require more information about NOAA’s latest navigation technologies
are looking for objective information on hardware and software products for safe navigation and homeland security
have an idea for a new navigation product that would improve safety, efficiency, or value for the marine economy
need advice to resolve navigational problems
have a concern about a NOAA nautical chart or data

LOCATION	Navigation Manager NAME/Email/Location (Base of Operations)	Phone/Fax
Northeast (New England, New Jersey, New York)	Lt. Cmdr Brent Pounds brent.pounds@noaa.gov (Narragansett, RI)	Phone: 401-782-3252 Cell: 401-545-0174 Fax: 401-782-3292
Chesapeake, Delaware Bay	Steve Soherr (Temporary) steve.soherr@noaa.gov (Silver Spring, MD)	Phone: 301-713-2730 x174 Fax: 301-713-9312
Mid-Atlantic (Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina)	L.t. Cmdr. Denise Gruccio denise.gruccio@noaa.gov (Norfolk, VA)	Phone: 757-441-6746 x116 Cell: 571-305-0995 Fax: 757-441-6601
Southeast (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, East Coast of Florida)	Kyle Ward kyle.ward@noaa.gov (Charleston, SC)	Phone: 843-740-1153 Cell: 301-651-4852 Fax: 843-740-1329
South Florida, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands	Michael Henderson michael.henderson@noaa.gov (St. Petersburg, FL)	Phone: 727-824-5396 Cell: 727-772-3708 Fax: 727-824-5320
Central Gulf Coast (Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida Panhandle)	Tim Osborn tim.osborn@noaa.gov (Lafayette, LA) Patrick Fink (Contractor) patrick.fink@noaa.gov (Mobile, AL)	Phone: 337-291-2111 Cell: 337-254-5933 Fax: 337-291-3097 Phone: 251-438-5690 Cell: 337-501-3097 Fax: 251-438-7957
Western Gulf Coast (Texas)	Alan Bunn alan.bunn@noaa.gov (Galveston, TX)	Phone: 409-621-5151 x118 Cell: 979-676-2866 Fax: 409-621-1316
Great Lakes Region (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, shorelines of Pennsylvania and New York)	Thomas Loeper (Temporary) Thomas.Loeper@noaa.gov (Silver Spring, MD)	Phone: 301-367-5680 Fax: 301-713-9312
California	Gerald Wheaton gerry.wheaton@noaa.gov (Seaside, CA)	Phone: 831-583-2365 Cell: 831-801-8457 Fax: 831-583-2366
Northwest (Washington, Oregon)	Crescent Moegling crescent.moegling@noaa.gov (Seattle, WA)	Phone: 206-526-6840 Cell: 206-707-5409 Fax: 206-526-4514
Pacific Islands (Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa)	Lt. Kyle Ryan kyle.ryan@noaa.gov (Honolulu, HI)	Phone: 808-532-3202 Cell: 808-271-8880 Fax: 808-532-2002
Alaska	Lt. Matt Forney Matthew.Forney@noaa.gov (Anchorage, AK)	Phone: 907-271-3327 Cell: 206-491-8913