Staff Duties

Zdenka Willis
Director, U.S. IOOS Program Office 

 Additional Projects:

• NOAA Principal to US Global Earth Observations (GEO)
• U.S. Representative to the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Coastal Regional Alliances
• White House Task Force on Earth Observations - staff
• NOAA Principal to the Interagency Ocean Observing System Committee (IOOC)
• Federal Officer of the IOOS Federal Advisory Committee
• NOS representative to the NOAA Observing System Committee (NOSC)
• Co-Chair to (NOSC) Observing Systems Committee (OSC)

Suzanne Skelley
Deputy Director, U.S. IOOS Program Office 

 Programmatic Responsibilities:

• Quarterly Congressional visits
• Compliance with NOS guidelines (e.g., safety, awards, IT, personnel)
• NOS representative to NOAA Awards Board

Additional Projects:

• Lead for Independent and Cost Estimates
• Lead for Regional build-out plans

Linda Lillycrop
USACE Liaison to U.S. IOOS

Programmatic Responsibilities:

IOOS Lead for:

• Facilitate USACE District and Division collaboration and partnerships with the IOOS Regions
• Facilitate USACE expertise and participation in national IOOS activities (DMAC Implementation, U.S. IOOS Modeling Testbed, Reference Implementation, etc)
• Facilitate integration of the IOOS enterprise data and capabilities within the USACE, and integration of USACE data and capabilities within the IOOS enterprise.
• Alternate USACE representative to IOOC

Laura Griesbauer
Program Assistant

Programmatic Responsibilities:

• Director’s calendar
• Director and Deputy Director travel
• Director and Deputy Director correspondence
• Staff support to the Director for GOOS RA
• Staff support to Director and Deputy projects
• Special projects as assigned by the Deputy/Director

Jack Harlan, PhD
HF Radar Project Manager

Programmatic Responsibilities:

• Program and Technical Lead for the US HF Radar network
• Co-Chair of the HF Radar Global Initiative
• HF Radar functional Point of Contact for IOOS Regions cooperative agreements
• IOOS representative to NOAA Alternate Energy Committee

Jack Oliva
Project Management Support

Programmatic Responsibilities:

• Annual Planning
• Gantt Tracking
• Project Management Tools
• Business Process Design 
• Business Process Improvement
• Lead for Risk Management Coordination

 
Operations Division (OPS):

Charly Alexander
Division Chief

Responsible for Observing, DMAC and Modeling Subsystems

Additional Projects:

• Acting Chair DMAC Steering Team
• NSF OOI-IOOS Cyber Infrastructure coordination
• IOOS representative to NOAA CMSP Data Management Team
  

 
Derrick Snowden 
DMAC System Architect

Programmatic Responsibilities:

DMAC functional POC for IOOS Regions cooperative agreements

 

 
Hassan Moustahfid, PhD
Biology/Ecosystem Project Manager

Programmatic Responsibilities:

• IOOS representative to NOAA Biodiversity
• IOOS representative to NOAA IEA development
• IOOS co-representative for:
  o IWG Ad Hoc group on bio-diversity
  o Subcommittee on Unmanned Systems (SUS)

 
Becky Baltes
U.S. IOOS Modeling Testbed Project Lead

Programmatic Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all US IOOS Modeling Testbed activities.

Additional Projects

• Project lead for the Wave Glider demo (NERACOOS, MARACOOS, NDBC, Liquid Robotics, Sonardyne)
• IOOS co-representative for Subcommittee on Unmanned Systems (SUS)
• POC for US IOOS non-Federal Glider activities
  

 

Rob Ragsdale
DMAC Architecture Support

Programmatic Responsibilities:

• DMAC Architecture Support
• IOOS Lead for U.S. IOOS water quality efforts
• Development of interagency agreements (MOUs/MOAs)

Systems Engineering Support U.S. IOOS DMAC

Carmel Ortiz (40% time)
Alexander Birger (40% time)

 

Management Budget and Programming Division (MB&P):

Carl Gouldman
Division Chief

Programmatic Responsibilities:

IOOS Lead for:

• NOAA out-year budgeting process
• Current year budget execution
• U.S. IOOS Implementation and program development
• Federal agencies liaison

Additional Projects:

• IOOS Program Office lead for U.S. IOOS Summitt
  

 
Jessica Snowden
Physical Scientist

Supports IOOS in NOAA’s out-year budget process

Programmatic Responsibilities:

• Secondary Federal Designated Official for the IOOS Federal Advisory Committee
• Supports Program Office representative to the Interagency Ocean Observing Committee (IOOC)
• National Ocean Policy engagement
• Annual Operating Plans

 

Carmen Solis
Business Manager

Programmatic Responsibilities:

• Lead for budget execution and financial management
• Lead for contract efforts within the office
• Manages transfers and receipt of funds to other NOAA offices
• Oversees IOOS travel authorizations

 

Regina Evans
Grants Specialist

Programmatic Responsibilities:

Oversees the 40 active cooperative agreements within U.S. IOOS

 Additional Projects:

• Lead for the NEPA Programmatic Environmental Assessment
• Lead for the communications strategy development

 

Kate (Haber) Lambert
Program Analyst

Programmatic Responsibilities:

• Coordinate IOOS office contributions to U.S. IOOS Summit
• Support interagency partner engagement
• Performance monitoring

 

Victoria Kromer
Reception and Office Manager

Programmatic Responsibilities:

• Reception and Office Manager:
  o Office Management and Security
  o Travel manager
  o IOOS meeting coordination and support
• Logistical support to the IOOS Federal Advisory Committee
  

Regional and External Affairs Division (READ)

CAPT Scott Kuester
Division Chief

Programmatic Responsibilities:

Responsible for coordination with Regional Associations on funding, certification, select interagency efforts, communications, and performance measurement

Additional Projects:

• Industry liaison for Oil and Gas
• Back-up for NOS PPAD taskers

 

Gabrielle Canonico-Hyde
Regional Point of Contact

Programmatic Responsibilities:

• Point of contact for ACT, CaRA, MARACOOS, and NERACOOS
• Co-Chair, Interagency Biodiversity Working Group
  
• IOOS lead for:
  o NOAA Ocean Acidification program
  o NOAA Harmful Algal Bloom program
  o IWG-OP – committee supporting interagency funding efforts
  o NOAA Ocean and Coastal Council – secondary member
  o Marine Sensor FFO (as required)
• IOOS co-representative for:
  o Smithsonian MarineGEO program

Dave Easter
Regional Point of Contact

Programmatic Responsibilities:

• Point of contact for AOOS, GCOOS, GLOS, and SECOORA
  
• IOOS lead for:
  • Development of and implementation of certification guidelines
  • Development of performance metrics
• IOOS co-lead for development and collection of regional milestones

 

Jenifer Rhoades
Regional Point of Contact

Programmatic Responsibilities:

• Point of contact for CeNCOOS, NANOOS, PacIOOS, and SCCOOS
  
• IOOS lead for:
  • NOS PPAD taskers
  • IOOS legislation implementation and re-authorization
  • Congressional affairs
    

Jennie Lyons (60% time)
Communications Specialist

Programmatic Responsibilities:

• Communications (e.g., press releases, media events, outreach materials)
• Education activities
• Input to weekly NOS and NOAA reports
• Coordination with NOS Communications and Outreach Division, NFRA Education and Outreach Council, NOAA Public Affairs, and NOAA Exhibits.

 

Marina Kraus
Information Management Support

Programmatic Responsibilities:

• Development of communications tools and resources
• Information management
• Web and social media operations

 

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Office Organization

Organization Chart

Click here for a Printer Friendly version of the U.S. Program Office structure chart. (pdf, June, 2012)

This version includes:

• Organization Chart
• Priority Responsibilities of the Program Office
• Staff roles and responsibilities