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Members

Building a united voice for ocean progress

From leading academic institutions and nonprofit groups to aquariums and marine research institutes, each member contributes to our collective efforts to advocate for ocean science, technology, and education.

Officers

Paula Bontempi

Chair

Rick Murray

Vice Chair

Deborah Bronk

Treasurer

Leila Hamdan

Secretary

Tuba Ozkan-Haller

Member Organization Representative

Institutions

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Louisiana State University

Monmouth University Urban Coast institute

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences

Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Sciences

University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Texas A&M University

University of Connecticut

University of Delaware, School of Marine Science & Policy

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

University of New Hampshire, School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering

University of North Carolina, Wilmington

University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography

University of South Florida

University of Southern Mississippi

University of Washington – College of the Environment

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Institutional Representatives

Deborah Bronk

President and CEO

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Steven Goldstein

Interim Director

Columbia University,

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Tony MacDonald

Director

Monmouth University Urban Coast institute

Margaret Spring

Chief Conservation and Science Officer

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Tuba Ozkan-Haller

Dean

Oregon State University,

College of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences

Oscar Schofield

Co-Director, Center for Ocean Observing Leadership

Rutgers University,

Marine and Coastal Sciences

Meenakshi Wadhwa

Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences & Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography

University of California San Diego,

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Debbie Thomas

Executive Associate VP for Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer

Texas A&M University

James O’Donnell

Professor of Marine Sciences

University of Connecticut

Fabrice Veron

Dean, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment

University of Delaware – School of Marine Science & Policy

Christopher Sabine

Interim Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship

Professor, Oceanography

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Larry Mayer

Director, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

University of New Hampshire,

School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering

Ken Halanych

Executive Director at the Center for Marine Science

University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Paula Bontempi

Professor

University of Rhode Island,

Graduate School of Oceanography

Tom Frazer

Dean

University of South Florida,

College of Marine Science

Leila Hamdan

Associate VP for Research

University of Southern Mississippi

Hilairy Hartnett

Director, School of Oceanography

University of Washington

Derek Aday

Dean and Director

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Peter de Menocal

President and Director

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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