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North Carolina
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Jud Kenworthy
NC Steering Committee Representative
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Marine Scientist at Albemarle Pamlico National Estuary Partnership & University of NC Wilmington (UNCW), located in Beaufort, NC. Jud’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, monitoring, aquaculture and SAV interactions, advocacy, brackish SAV, and seagrass.
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Stacy Zhang
NC Steering Committee Representative
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Assistant Professor at NC State University, located in Raleigh, NC. Stacy’s areas of expertise are restoration, community science, monitoring, living shorelines, aquaculture and SAV interactions, and seagrass.
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Jacob Boyd
Salt Marsh Program Director at North Carolina Coastal Federation, located in Newport, NC. Jacob’s areas of expertise are in water quality, restoration, monitoring, living shorelines, aquaculture and SAV interactions, advocacy, brackish SAV, and seagrass.
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Michelle Brodeur
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Marine Fisheries Biologist at NC Division of Marine Fisheries (NC DEQ) located in Morehead City, NC. Michelle’s areas of expertise are restoration, monitoring, living shorelines, and seagrass.
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Anne Deaton
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Marine Habitat Resource Specialist at NOAA, located in Charleston, SC. Anne’s areas of expertise are monitoring, aquaculture and SAV interactions, brackish SAV, and seagrass.
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Charlie Deaton
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Works at NC DEQ, Division of Marine Fisheries, located in Morehead City, NC.
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Nathan Dorn
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Masters Student at University of North Carolina Wilmington located in Wilmington, NC. Nathan’s areas of expertise are water quality, monitoring, and seagrass.
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Tim Ellis
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Ecologist at Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership, located in Raleigh, NC. Tim’s areas of expertise are water quality, monitoring, aquaculture and SAV interactions, brackish SAV, seagrass, and fisheries habitat ecology.
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Joel Fodrie
Professor at UNC-CH (IMS), located in Morehead City, NC. Joel’s areas of expertise are living shorelines, aquaculture and SAV interactions, seagrass, and ecosystem services (esp habitat function).
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Rachel Gittman
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Assistant Professor at East Carolina University, located in Greenville, NC. Rachel’s areas of expertise are restoration, monitoring, mitigation, living shorelines, and seagrass.
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Charlotte Henderson
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Ph.D. Student at University of North Carolina Wilmington located in Wilmington, NC. Charlotte’s areas of expertise are restoration, seagrass, flowering & sexual reproduction.
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Jessie Jarvis
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Associate Professor at University of North Carolina Wilmington, located in Wilmington, NC. Jessie’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, monitoring, freshwater SAV, brackish SAV, and seagrass.
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Jade LaDow
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Lecturer at Elizabeth City State University located in Elizabeth City, NC. Jade’s areas of expertise are water quality and utilizing aquatic eDNA to assess/monitor ecosystem biodiversity.
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Madison Lytle
PhD Student at UNC - Wilmington, located in Wilmington, NC. Madison’s areas of expertise are seagrass and remote sensing.
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Tyler O'Keefe
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PhD Candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences located in Morehead City, NC. Tyler’s areas of expertise are restoration, monitoring, living shorelines, aquaculture and SAV interactions, seagrass, estuarine biogeochemistry, and coastal food webs.
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Shilpa Rao
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Graduate Student at UNCW/ Coastal Plant Ecology Lab located in Wilmington, NC. Shilpa’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, community science, monitoring, mitigation, advocacy, freshwater SAV, brackish SAV, and seagrass.
Virginia
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Erin Shields
VA Steering Committee Representative
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Assistant Research Scientist at CBNERR-VA/Virginia Institute of Marine Science, located in Gloucester Point, VA. Erin’s areas of expertise are water quality, monitoring, aquaculture and SAV interactions, freshwater SAV, brackish SAV, and seagrass.
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Sara Sweeten
VA Steering Committee Representative
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Research Scientist at Virginia Tech, located in Blacksburg, VA. Sara’s areas of expertise are restoration, monitoring, aquaculture and SAV interactions, freshwater SAV, and Vallisneria.
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Matt Balazik
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Coastal Ecologist at ERDC located in Charles City, VA. Matt’s areas of expertise are in water quality, restoration, monitoring, living shorelines, freshwater SAV, brackish SAV, and seagrass.
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Alex Bijak
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Postdoc at Virginia Institute of Marine Science located in Gloucester Point, VA. Alex’s areas of expertise are in seagrass and carbon cycling.
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Alyson Hall
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Ph.D. Student at Virginia Institute of Marine Science, located in Gloucester, VA. Alyson’s areas of expertise are restoration, aquaculture and SAV interactions, and seagrass.
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Simen Kaalstad
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Director for the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership at the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, located in Arlington, VA. Simen’s areas of expertise are restoration, monitoring, mitigation, and advocacy.
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David L. O'Brien
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Fisheries biologist at NOAA Fisheries Service, located in Gloucester Point, VA. David’s areas of expertise are in mitigation, living shorelines, and seagrass.
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Chris Patrick
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Associate Professor; Director, SAV Restoration & Monitoring Program at Virginia Institute of Marine Science, located in Gloucester Point, VA. Chris’s areas of expertise are restoration, monitoring, mitigation, aquaculture and SAV interactions, freshwater SAV, brackish SAV, seagrass, and Community Ecology/Fauna within SAV Meadows & Ecosystem Processes.
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Erin Reilly
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Restoration coordinator at Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve-VA, located in. Erin’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, community science, monitoring, living shorelines, advocacy, freshwater SAV, brackish SAV, and seagrass.
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David Wilcox
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GIS Project Manager at Virginia Institute of Marine Science - College of William & Mary, located in Gloucester Point, VA. David’s areas of expertise are monitoring, freshwater SAV, and seagrass.
District of Columbia
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Aaron Kornbluth
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Founder/Owner of Akorn Environmental Consultants, an Environmental Consulting firm located in Washington, D.C. Aaron’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, advocacy, and community science.
Maryland
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Becky Swerida
MD Steering Committee Representative
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Stewardship Coordinator at Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Maryland Department of Natural Resources located in Annapolis, MD. Becky’s areas of expertise are restoration, community science, monitoring, living shorelines with freshwater SAV and brackish SAV.
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Elle Bassett
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South, West, and Rhode Riverkeeper at Arundel Rivers Federation, located in Edgewater Maryland. Elle’s areas of expertise are in water quality, restoration, community science, monitoring, living shorelines, advocacy, brackish SAV, and environmental education.
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James Duffy
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Naturalist at Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks, located in Middle River, MD. James areas of expertise are community science, advocacy, brackish SAV, and legal and regulatory management of SAV.
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Brooke Eckert
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Program and Communications Coordinator at Maryland Coastal Bays Program, located in Berlin, MD. Brooke’s areas of expertise are in restoration, and community science.
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Becky Golden
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Marine Habitat Resource Specialist at NOAA Fisheries, located in Annapolis, MD. Becky’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, monitoring, mitigation, living shorelines, aquaculture and SAV interactions, with freshwater SAV, brackish SAV, seagrass, and Environmental Review.
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Cassie Gurbisz
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Assistant Professor in the Environmental Studies Program at St. Mary's College of Maryland located in St. Mary’s City, MD. Cassie’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, monitoring, aquaculture and SAV interactions, freshwater SAV, brackish SAV, and seagrasses.
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Stephanie Hall
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Natural Resource Biologist at Maryland Department of Natural Resources located in Annapolis, MD. Stephanie’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, monitoring, freshwater SAV, and brackish SAV.
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Paige Hobaugh
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Environmental Scientist at Tetra Tech located in Baltimore, MD. Paige’s areas of expertise are restoration, monitoring, and mitigation.
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Morgan Jones
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Data Analyst at KCI Technologies, an Environmental Consulting firm located in Sparks, MD. Morgan’s areas of expertise are water quality, community science, data collection and management, geology.
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Sarah Koser
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Restoration Program Manager at the Chesapeake Bay Trust, located in Annapolis, MD. Sarah’s areas of expertise are in restoration, mitigation, living shorelines, freshwater SAV, and brackish SAV.
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Brooke Landry
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Living Resource Assessment Program Manager and SAV Ecologist at Maryland Department of Natural Resources; SAV Workgroup Chair at the Chesapeake Bay Program, both located in Annapolis, MD. Brooke’s areas of expertise are restoration, community science, monitoring, mitigation, advocacy, freshwater SAV, brackish SAV, seagrass, and Natural Resource Management.
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Jon Lefcheck
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Research Scientist at University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, located in Annapolis, MD. Jon’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, community science, monitoring, aquaculture and SAV interactions, and seagrass.
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Bob Murphy
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Marine Ecologist at Tetra Tech Center for Ecological Science, located in Owings Mills, MD. Bob’s areas of expertise are restoration, monitoring, mitigation, living shorelines, freshwater SAV, brackish SAV, seagrass, and Fisheries.
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Amy O'Donnell
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Biologist at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service located in Annapolis, MD. Amy’s areas of expertise are in water quality, restoration, monitoring, living shorelines, aquaculture and SAV interactions, and brackish SAV.
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Kaitlin Scowen
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Natural Resource Biologist at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources located in Annapolis, MD. Kaitlin’s areas of expertise are in outdoor education, monitoring, and community science with freshwater SAV, brackish SAV, and seagrass.
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Carly Toulan
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Environmental Scientist at Maryland Coastal Bays Program, located in Berlin, MD. Carly’s areas of expertise are in water quality, community science, monitoring, and saltmarshes.
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Jonathan Watson
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Marine Habitat Resource Specialist at NOAA Fisheries located in Annapolis, MD. Jonathan’s areas of expertise are in restoration, monitoring, mitigation, living shorelines, aquaculture and SAV interactions, freshwater SAV, brackish SAV, regulatory and advocating for SAV habitat under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
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Catherine Wazniak
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Environmental Program Manager at Maryland Department of Natural Resources located in Annapolis, MD. Cathy’s areas of expertise are in water quality, monitoring, living shorelines, freshwater SAV and brackish SAV.
Delaware
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Kayla Clauson
DE Steering Committee Representative
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Environmental Scientist at Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, located in Dover, Delaware. Kayla’s areas of expertise are community science, monitoring, freshwater SAV, brackish SAV, and seagrass.
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Taylor Hoffman
DE Steering Committee Representative
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Science Coordinator at DE Center for the Inland Bays located in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Taylor’s area of expertise is in brackish SAV.
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Mike Bott
Delaware Natural Resources and Environmental Control
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Kelly Faller
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Partnership for the Delaware Estuary located in Wilmington, DE. Kelly’s areas of expertise are restoration, monitoring, and living shorelines.
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Brittney Flaten
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Environmental Scientist at Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control located in Dover, Delaware. Brittney’s areas of expertise are water quality, monitoring, living shorelines, and advocacy.
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LeeAnn Haaf
Partnership for Delaware Estuary
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Brittany Haywood
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Coastal Ecology Specialist at Delaware Sea Grant located in Lewes, Delaware. Brittany’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, community science, monitoring, living shorelines, advocacy, freshwater SAV, brackish SAV, seagrasses, and marine debris.
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Jecy Klinkam
Partnership for Delaware Estuary
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Leah Morgan
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
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Gabriella Vailati
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Environmental Scientist at Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control located in Dover, Delaware. Gabriella’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, community science monitoring, and living shorelines.
Pennsylvania
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Randy Brown
PA Steering Committee Representative
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Aquatic Biologist at Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, located in Norristown, PA. Randy’s areas of expertise are restoration, monitoring, mitigation, and living shorelines.
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Megan Fitzgerald
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Senior Wetland Specialist at the US EPA -Mid Atlantic Region, located in Philadelphia, PA. Megan's areas of expertise are restoration, monitoring, mitigation, and living shorelines.
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Todd Lutte
Environmental Protection Agency
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Michael Mansolino
Life Scientist at the US Environmental Protection Agency Region 3, located in Philadelphia PA . Michael’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, monitoring, mitigation, living shorelines, and freshwater SAV.
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Kelly Somers
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Senior Watershed Coordinator at the Environmental Protection Agency, located in Philadelphia, PA. Kelly’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, monitoring, living shorelines, freshwater SAV, and brackish SAV.
New Jersey
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Nina Colagiovanni
NJ Steering Committee Representative
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Fisheries Biologist at New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, located in Port Republic, NJ. Nina’s area of expertise is seagrass.
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Andrew McGowan
NJ Steering Committee Representative
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Program Scientist at Barnegat Bay Partnership, located at Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ. Andrew’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, monitoring, brackish SAV, and seagrass.
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Paul Bologna
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Professor of Biology at Montclair State University, located in Montclair, NJ. Paul’s areas of expertise are in restoration, monitoring, mitigation, brackish SAV, and seagrass.
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Elizabeth Lacey
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Senior Science Officer at Project Seagrass, located in Edinburgh, Scotland. Elizabeth’s areas of expertise are restoration, monitoring, living shorelines, and seagrass.
New York
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Cayla Sullivan
NY Steering Committee Representative
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Life Scientist at U.S. EPA, Region 2, Long Island Sound Office, located in New York City, NY. Cayla’s areas of expertise are water quality, monitoring, seagrass and Watershed Management.
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Brad Peterson
NY Steering Committee Representative
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Professor of Marine Science at Stonybrook University, located in Southampton, NY. Brad’s areas of expertise are restoration, monitoring, aquaculture and SAV interactions, seagrass, and plant-animal interactions.
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Della Campbell
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NYS Seagrass Coordinator at New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, located in Kings Park, NY. Della’s areas of expertise are water quality, community science, monitoring, mitigation, advocacy, and seagrass.
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Christina Pacella
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Habitat Researcher at Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve located in Staatsburg, NY. Christina's areas of expertise are water quality, monitoring, freshwater SAV, and freshwater tidal wetlands.
Connecticut
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Jamie Vaudrey
CT Steering Committee Representative
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Research Coordinator at Connecticut National Estuarine Research Reserve, located in Groton, CT. Jamie’s areas of expertise are water quality, community science, monitoring, mitigation, aquaculture and SAV interactions, and seagrass.
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Torrance Hanley
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Assistant Professor at Sacred Heart University, located in Fairfield, CT. Torrance’s areas of expertise are restoration, monitoring, seagrass, and genetic diversity.
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Matthew Leason
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PhD Student at University of Connecticut, located in Groton, CT. Matthew’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, monitoring, and seagrass.
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Katie Lund
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Training Coordinator at CT National Estuarine Research Reserve, located in Groton, CT. Katie’s areas of expertise are in seagrass and acting as a Facilitator for the Long Island Sound Eelgrass Collaborative.
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Emily Watling
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Research Technician for the LIS Eelgrass Collaborative & UCONN Graduate Student, located in Groton, CT. Emily’s areas of expertise are water quality, participatory science, monitoring, living shorelines, aquaculture and SAV interactions, and seagrass.
Rhode Island
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Eric Schneider
RI Steering Committee Representative
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Principal Marine Fisheries Biologist at RI DEM Division of Marine Fisheries, located in Jamestown, Rhode Island. Eric’s areas of expertise are restoration, participatory science, monitoring, aquaculture and SAV interactions, seagrass, fisheries management, habitat assessment and monitoring.
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Courtney Schmidt
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Staff Scientist at Narragansett Bay Estuary Program, located in Providence, RI. Courtney’s areas of expertise are water quality, monitoring, advocacy, brackish SAV, and seagrass.
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Thaïs M. Fournier
Eelgrass and Habitat Restoration Specialist at RI Division of Marine Fisheries located in Jamestown, RI. Thaïs’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, community science, monitoring, living shorelines, and seagrass.
Massachusetts
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Jill Carr
MA Steering Committee Representative
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Coastal Data Scientist at Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Partnership / UMass Boston School for the Environment, located in Boston, MA. Jill’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, community science, monitoring, aquaculture and SAV interactions, and seagrass.
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Tay Evans
MA Steering Committee Representative
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Wetlands Analyst/ Wetland and Seagrass Mapping at Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, located in Boston, MA. Tay’s areas of expertise are Restoration, monitoring, mitigation, living shorelines, aquaculture and SAV interactions, seagrass, and mapping.
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Susan Bryant
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Ecology Coach at Center for Student Coastal Research, located in Cohasset, MA. Susan’s areas of expertise are community science, monitoring, aquaculture and SAV interactions, seagrass, K-12, and video production.
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Phil Colarusso
NH Steering Committee Representative
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Marine Biologist at the Environmental Protection Agency Region I, located in Boston, MA. Phil’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, monitoring, mitigation, aquaculture and SAV interactions, and seagrass.
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Alison Frye
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Associate Director at Salem Sound Coastwatch/MassBays NEP located in Salem, MA. Alison’s areas of expertise are in restoration, community science, monitoring, living shorelines, and seagrass.
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Emma Green-Beach
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Executive Director & Shellfish Biologist at Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group, located in Oak Bluffs, MA. Emma’s areas of expertise are restoration and shellfish culture.
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Jessica Griffin
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Coastal Sustainability Postdoctoral Fellow at Northeastern University & The Nature Conservancy, located in Nahant, MA. Jessica’s areas of expertise are aquaculture and SAV interactions and seagrass.
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Randall Hughes
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Professor of Marine and Environmental Science / Associate Dean for Equity at Northeastern University, located in Nahant, MA. Randall’s areas of expertise are restoration, monitoring, seagrass, and effects of genetic variation.
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Alex Mansfield
Watershed Ecologist at North & South Rivers Watershed Association / MassBays NEP, located in Norwell, MA. Alex’s areas of expertise are in water quality, restoration, community science, monitoring, and aquaculture and SAV interactions.
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Alley McConnell
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Restoration Coordinator at Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group, located in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. Alley's areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, community science, aquaculture and SAV interactions, brackish SAV, and seagrass.
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Agnes Mittermayr
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Staff Scientist/Director at Center for Coastal Studies/SeagrassNet, located in Provincetown, MA. Agnes's areas of expertise are community science, monitoring, and seagrass.
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Holly Plaisted
Biologist at the National Park Service, located in Wellfleet, MA. Holly’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, monitoring, and seagrass.
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Forest Schenck
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Environmental Analyst at Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, located in Gloucester, MA. Forest’s areas of expertise are restoration, community science, monitoring, mitigation, and seagrass.
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Diana Chin
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Associate Research Scientist / MassBays NEP Metro Boston Regional Coordinator at Northeastern University located in Nahant, MA. Diana’s areas of expertise are restoration, monitoring, aquaculture and SAV interactions, seagrass, and plant-animal interactions.
New Hampshire
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Phil Colarusso
NH Steering Committee Representative
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Marine Biologist at the Environmental Protection Agency Region I, located in Boston, MA. Phil’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, monitoring, mitigation, aquaculture and SAV interactions, and seagrass.
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Cynthia Hays
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Professor at Keene State College, located in Keene, NH. Cynthia’s areas of expertise are seagrass, evolutionary ecology, and population genetics.
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Trevor Mattera
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Habitat Program Manager at Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership, located in Durham, NH. Trevor’s areas of expertise are water quality, restoration, monitoring, and seagrass.
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Christopher Peter
Research Coordinator at Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, located in Greenland, NH. Christopher’s areas of expertise are restoration, monitoring, living shorelines, and Seagrass
Maine
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Angie Dubois Brewer
ME Steering Committee Representative
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Biologist III, Marine Unit Lead at Maine Department of Environmental Protection, located in Augusta, ME. Angie’s areas of expertise are water quality, monitoring, and seagrass.
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Janelle Goeke
ME Steering Committee Representative
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Staff Scientist at Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, located in Portland, ME. Janelle’s areas of expertise are monitoring, aquaculture and SAV interactions, freshwater SAV, brackish SAV, and seagrass.
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Cheyenne Adams
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Biologist II at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, located in Augusta, Maine. Cheyenne’s areas of expertise are water quality, aquaculture and SAV interactions, and seagrass.
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Devin Domeyer
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Coastal Resiliency Specialist at Maine Coastal Program located in Augusta, ME. Devin’s areas of expertise are in water quality, restoration, community science, mitigation, and living shorelines.
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Helena Tatgenhorst
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Coastal Nature-Based Solutions Strategist at The Nature Conservancy, located in Brunswick, ME. Helena’s areas of expertise are in restoration, advocacy, and seagrass.
