Letters of Support

Letters of Support for 2011

A sampling of letters supporting the Integrated Ocean Observing System in 2011 (PDF, 1.83MB)

Letters for support of the Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS)

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Johnny Aiken, Executive Director, Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission
Bill Sheffield, Port Director, Port of Anchorage
David Reggiani, General Manager, Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation
Michael Macrander, Lead Scientist, Shell Alaska Venture, Shell Exploration and Production Company
Patricia Opheen, Chief, Engineering Division, Department of the Army, Engineering Division
S.D. Montoya, Commander, US Coast Guard Chief, Operational Planning, USCG 17th District
Gleen Sheehan, Sr. Scientist, Barrow Arctic Science Consortium
Rochelle van den Broek, Executive Director, Cordova District Fishermen United
Mike Munger, Executive Director, Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council
Caryn Rea, Senior Staff Biologist, Conoco Philips
Ruth Carter, Coastal Engineer, State of Alaska Department of Transportation
Edward Itta, Mayor, North Slope Borough- Office of Mayor
John Payne, Executive Director, North Slope Science Initiative
Nils Warnock, Executive Director, Audubon Alaska; Andrew Hartsig, Arctic Program Manager, Ocean Conservancy; Marilyn Heiman, Director, US Arctic Program, Pew Environment Group

Letters of support for the Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS)

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Ellen Aronson, Regional Director, Pacific OCS Region, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
Michael Thomas, Assistant Executive Officer, California Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
Susan Hansch, Chief Deputy Director, California Coastal Commission, California Coastal Commission
Linda Sheehan, Executive Director, California Coastkeeper Alliance (CCKA)
Judd Muskat, Staff Environmental Scientist and GIS Coordinator, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response
Marija Vojkovich, Regional Manager, Marine Region, California Department of Fish and Game
Gary Griggs, on behalf of the Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team, Chair of the Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team and Director, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Consensus Statement on Ocean Observing, California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) Science Advisory Team
Sheila Semans, COCMP Program Manager, State Coastal Conservancy/Ocean Protection Council, California State Coastal Conservancy
Krista Kamer, COAST Coordinator, California State University Council on Ocean Affairs, Science and Technology
Dominic Gregorio, Senior Environmental Scientist, Division of Water Quality, California State Water Resources Control Board
Meg Caldwell, Executive Director, Center for Ocean Solutions
Janice McDonnell, Director and Science Engineering and Technology 4-H Agent,Centers for Ocean Sciences for Education Excellence - Networked Ocean World (COSEE NOW)
Greg Dale, Southwest Operations Manager, Coast Seafoods Company
Laura Pederson, Director of Marketing, CODAR Ocean Sensors
Kerstin Wasson, Research Coordinator, Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
Maria Brown, Sanctuary Superintendent, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
David Hull, Chief Executive Officer, Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District
Deidre Sullivan, Director, Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center
Arthur Seavey, Partner, Monterey Bay Abalone Company
Karen Garrison, Co-Director, NRDC Oceans Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
Churchill Grimes, Director, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Ecology Division
David Reynolds, Meteorologist in Charge, San Francisco Bay Area Forecast Office, NOAA National Weather Service
Franklin Schwing, Director, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Environmental Research Division
Geoffrey Shester, California Program Director, Oceana
W.F. Grader Jr., Executive Director, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman's Associations
Jim Bolger, Executive Director, Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) Project
Cicely Muldoon, Superintendent, Point Reyes National Seashore
Jan Freiwald, Director, Reef Check California, Reef Check California
Captain Bruce Horton, Vice President, San Francisco Bar Pilots
Will Travis, Executive Director, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
Michael Kellogg, Supervising Biologist, Oceanside Biology Laboratory, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
John Ricker, Water Resources Division Director, Santa Cruz County Environmental Health Services
Grant Davis, General Manager, Sonoma County Water Agency
Stephen Weisberg, Executive Director, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project / California Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring and Alert Program (HABMAP)
Brian Baird, Assistant Secretary for Ocean and Coastal Policy, California, West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health
Jessica Hamilton, Natural Resources Policy Advisor, Office of Oregon Governor Kulongoski
Bob Nichols, Executive Policy Advisor, Office of Washington Governor Gregoire

Letters of support for the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS)

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William Walker, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
John Harding, Chief Scientist, Northern Gulf Institute
Robert Martin, Director of R&D and Scientific Support, Oil Spill Prevention and Response,
Texas General Land Office
J.W. Swaykos, Director, Center of Higher Learning
Kim Caviness, Water Quality Standards Section Chieft, MS DEQ, Gulf of Mexico Alliance
Larry McKinney, Executive Director, Texas A&M University Corpus Cristi, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
Tina Shumate, Office Director, Office of Coastal Management and Planning, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
Steven Wolfe, GOMA, WQ Team Coordinator, FL DEP, Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas, Gulf of Mexico Alliance, Water Quality Priority Issue Team
Helmut Portmann, Director, NOAA National Data Buoy Center
Russell Beard, Director, National Coastal Data Development Center
Dr. Porfirio Alvarez-Torres, Chief Technical Advisor, Integrated Assessment and management of the Gulf of Mexico large Marine Ecosystem project

Letters of support for the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS)

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Dr. Marie Colton, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Dr. Leon Carl, Regional Executive, USGS
Col. Vincent Quarles, Chicago District Commander, USACE Great Lakes and Ohio River
Lt. Col. Michael Derosier, Detroit District Commander, USACE Great Lakes and Ohio River
Murray Clamen, Canadian Section Secretary, International Joint Commission
Chuck Lawson, US Section Secretary, International Joint Commission
Gail Faveri, Boundary Waters Unit Manager, Environment Canada
Capt. J.E. Ogden, Sector Detroit Commander, United States Coast Guard
Gary White, Interim Deputy Health Officer, Macomb County (Michigan) Health Department
Dr. Julie Kinzelman, Laboratory Director, City of Racine (Wisconsin) Department of Health
Charles Knauf, Remedial Action Plan Coordinator, Monroe County (New York) Department of Public Health
Rolfe Porter, Acting Commissioner of Water, City of Cleveland Water Department
Charles May, Chairman pro tem, Great Lakes Small Harbor Coalition
Mark Ebener, Outgoing Chairman, Lake Superior Technical Committee,
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
David Ullrich, Executive Director, Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
Tim Eder, Executive Director, Great Lakes Commission

Letters of support for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS)

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James W. Ammerman, Director, New York Sea Grant
Kevin G. Sellner, Executive Director, Chesapeake Research Consortium
James M. Falk, Associate Director, Delaware Sea Grant College Program
Peter M. Rowe, Director, New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium/Sea Grant
Genevieve Boehm Clifton, Acting Manager, New Jersey Department of Transportation, Office of Maritime Resources
Daniel J. Leathers, Deputy Dean, University of Delaware, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
Eoin Howlett, President / CEO, Applied Science Associates, Inc.
Rick Cole, University of South Florida, Ocean Circulation Group
Robert Tutor, Deputy Executive Director, Delaware River Basin Commission
Edward J. Kelly, Executive Director, The Maritime Association of the Port of New York/New Jersey
John P. Manderson, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Paul R. Cooper, Vice President, CARIS USA Inc
Joseph M. Geckle, Homeland Security Coordinator, State Highway Administration,
Maryland Department of Transportation

Darryl R. Symonds, Director of Maritime Measurements Product Lines, Teledyne RD Instruments
Michael P. Deluca, Senior Associate Director, IMCS, Manager JCNERR, Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, Coastal Education Center
K.Moser, Commander, United States Coast Guard

Letters of support for the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (NANOOS)

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Carol Bernthal, Superintendent, NOAA Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Paul McCollum, Director, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe Natural Resources Department
Ervin Joe Schumacker, Marine Resources Scientist, Quinault Indian Nation
Robert Bailey, Program Manager, Oregon Coastal Management Program, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development
David Dicks, Executive Director, Puget Sound Partnership
Vicki McConnell, Ph.D., Oregon State Geologist and Director, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Ted Brockett, President, Sound Ocean Systems, Inc.
Dr. Nordeen Larson, Oceanographer and President, Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc.
Casey Moore, President, WET Labs, Inc.
Randy Shuman, Manager, Science and Technical Support, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks
Sean Hastie, Northwest Aquatic and Marine Educators
Frederick Stahr, Ph.D., President, Ocean Inquiry Project
Jim Bolger, Executive Director, Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project

Jody Kenney, Washington Policy Manager, Surfrider Foundation
Neil Werner, Executive Director, Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group
Christopher Mooers, Research Professor, Portland State University
Patrick Corcoran, Hazards Outreach Specialist, Oregon Sea Grant and Oregon State University Extension Service
Brian Baird, Assistant Secretary for Ocean and Coastal Policy, California, West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health
Richard Feely, Senior Scientist; Simone Alin, Oceanographer; Christopher Sabine, Supervisory Oceanographer, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Bob Bailey, Program Manager, Oregon Coastal Management Program, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development; Brian Lynn, Coastal/Shorelands Section Manager, Shorelands and Environmental Assistance Program, Washington State Department of Energy;, Support for CMSP Efforts

Letters of support for the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal and Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS)

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Ted Diers, Chair, NROC and Manager, NH Coastal Program, Northeast Regional Ocean Council
Nicole Bartlett, Chair, New England Federal Partners
Peyton Robertson, Regional Team Lead, NOAA's North Atlantic Regional Team, North Atlantic Regional Team for NOAA
Nancy B. Thompson, Science and Research Director, National Marine Fisheries Service
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Robert Thompson, Meteorologist in Charge NWS BOX and John Cannon, Senior Meteorologist NWS Gray, National Weather Service Forecast Office
Chris Sabine, Supervisory Oceanographer, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Captain J.B. McPherson, Commander, Sector Northern New England, United States Coast Guard
Steve Lehmann, Scientific Support Coordinator, New England, Office of Response and Restoration, Emergency Response Division
Paul Rudden, Superintendent, Search and Rescue, Maritimes Region, Canadian Coast Guard
Mark Tedesco, Director, Long Island Sound Office, Long Island Sound Study
John Henshaw, Executive Director, Maine Port Authority
Chris Nash, Shellfish Program Manager, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services; Darcie Couture, Director, Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Program, Maine Department of Marine Resources; Michael Hickey, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, HAB Regional Managers
Patrice McCarron, Maine Lobstermen's Association; Bonnie Spinazzola, Atlantic Offshore Lobsertmen; Dave Casoni, Massachusetts Lobstermen Association; Sheila Dassatt, Downeast Lobstermen's Association; Erin Pelletier Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation,
Paul Shea, Scituate Conservation Commission Agent, Town of Scituate
Edward Fratto, Executive Director, Northeast States Emergency Consortium
Diana Payne, Chair, New England Ocean Science Education Collaborative
Habib J. Dagher, Director, Advanced Structures and Composites Center, University of Maine, DeepCWind Consortium
Annette deCharon, Director, Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Collaborative-Ocean Systems (COSEE-OS)
Richard R. Michaud, City Administrator, City of Saco
Sylvain De Guise, Director, Connecticut Sea Grant
Donald M. Anderson, Director of CINAR and Senior Scientist, Biology Department, Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region
Dr. Alain Vezina, A/Regional Director of Science, Bedford Institue of Oceanography Maritime Region and Dr. Sharon McGladdery, Director, St. Andrew's Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Melville Cote, Manager, Ocean and Coastal Protection Unit, Office of Ecosystem Protection, Environmental Protection Agency
Kathleen Leyden, Chair, Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment
Stephanie Moura, Executive Director and Nicholas Napoli, Science Program Manager, Massachusetts Ocean Partnership
Michael J. Mickelson, Program Manager, Outfall Monitoring, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
Michele Dionne, Research Director, Wells NERR; Kenneth Raposa, Research Coordinator, Narragansett Bay NERR; Rachel Stevens, Land Stewardship Coordinator, Great Bay NERR; Chris Weidman, Research Coordinator, Waqoit Bay NERR, National Estuarine Research Reserve
Frank Aikman III, Chief, Marine Modeling and Analysis Program, National Ocean Service Coast Survey Development Laboratory
Ross Dickman, Meteorologist in Charge, National Weather Service
Paul Currier, Chairman, Northeast Coastal and Ocean Data Partnership
Paul Howard, Executive Director, New England Fisheries Management Council
Brian G. Whitehouse, President, OEA Technologies
James Ammerman, Director, New York Sea Grant and Chair, Northeast Sea Grant Consortium, Sea Grant Consortium
James Ammerman, Director, New York Sea Grant and Chair, Northeast Sea Grant Consortium, Sea Grant LIS
Benjamin Cowie-Haskell, Deputy Superintendent, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Arthur Allen, Oceanographer, United States Coast Guard Office of Search and Rescue
Deanna Bergondo, Assistant Professor of Marine Science, United States Coast Guard Academy
J.P.Boyle, Western Connecticut State University
Kirk Bosma, Team Leader and Coastal Engineer, Woods Hole Group

Letters of support for the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)

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Letters of support for the Southern California Coastal and Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS)

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Jerry R. Schubel, President and CEO, Aquarium of the Pacific
Cheryl Peach, SIO Director, Birch Aquarium/COSEE California
Dan Cayan, Director, California Nevada Applications Program
Katherine Weldon, Coastal Program Manager, City of Encinitas
Masahiro Dojiri, Division Manager, City of Los Angeles
Larry Honeybourne, Program Manager, County of Orange, Health Care Agency, Environmental Health
Mark Jackson, Meteorologist in Charge, WFO LA/Oxnard, National Weather Service, Oxnard
James Purpura, Meteorologist in Charge, National Weather Service, San Diego
Rick Baker, Vice President of Education, Ocean Institute
Rob Rundle, Principal Regional Planner, San Diego Association of Governments
Stephen Weisberg, Executive Director, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Dominic Gregorio, Senior Environmental Scientist, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board
Samuel Johnson, Research Geologist, Western Regional Oceans Coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
California Coastal Conservancy, Sheila Semans
California Coastkeeper Alliance, Linda Sheehan
California State University COAST, Krista Kamer
Center for Ocean Solutions, Meg Caldwell
COSEE NOW, Janice McDonnell
West Coast Governors Agreement on Ocean Health

Letters of support for the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing System (SECOORA)

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Patrick Geer, Chief, Marine Fisheries Coastal Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
George Sedberry, Superintendent, Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary
Todd Kellison, Chief, Fisheries Ecosystems Branch, Beaufort Laboratory, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center
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Frank Alsheimer, Science and Operations Officer, NOAA National Weather Service South Carolina
Brian Smith, Director, Pinellas County Planning Department
Jayantha Obeysekera, Department Director, Hydrologic and Environmental Systems Modeling, Southern Florida Water Management District
Peter Sucsy, Senior Engineer Scientist, Division of Engineering, St. Johns River Water Management District

Letters of Support for 2010

Ocean Observing Matters: A sampling of letters supporting the Integrated Ocean Observing System in 2010 (PDF, 6MB)

Letters for support of the Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS)

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Arthur Allen, Oceanographer, US Coast Guard Office of Search and Rescue
Clint Adler, P.E., Chief of Research and Technology Transfer, State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
Harry Brower, Jr., Chairman, Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission
Bill Cheffield, Director, Port of Anchorage
John Devens, Ph.D., Executive Director, Prince William Sound Citizens' Advisory Council
Gary Fandrei, Executive Director, Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association
Edward Itta, Mayor, North Slope Borough
Doug Lentsch, General Manager, Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response, Inc.
Denby Lloyd, Commissioner, State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game (Dept. of Environmental Conservation and Dept. of Natural Resources)
Jerry McCune, President, Cordova District Fishermen United
Caryn Rea, Senior Staff Biologist, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.
Dave Reggiani, General Manager, Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation
Tylan Schrock, Vice-Chair, AOOS Governance Committee, Alaska SeaLife Center
Glenn Sheehan, Ph.D, Executive Director, Barrow Arctic Science Consortium

Letters of support for the Caribbean Regional Association (CaRA)

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Captain Alex Cruz, Port Pilot, Port of Ponce
Angel Dieppa, Research Coordinator, Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Jorge Hernandez Lazaro, Executive Director, Port of Ponce
Letters of support for the Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS)
Captain Marc Bayer, Manager of West Coast Shipping Operations, Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company
Greg Dale, Southwest Operations Manager, Coast Seafoods Company
Michael Kellogg, Supervising Biologist, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Raphael Kudela, Professor of Ocean Sciences and Director of UCSC Center for Remote Sensing, University of California Santa Cruz
Judd Muskat, Staff Environmental Scientist, GIS Coordinator, California Department of Fish and Game Office of Spill Prevention and Response
Randy Poole, General Manager/Chief Engineer, Sonoma County Water Agency

Letters of support for the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS)

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George Crozier, Executive Director, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
James Ivey, Ph.D., Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Harmful Algal Bloom Section
Barbara Kirkpatrick, Senior Scientist and Program Manager, Mote Marine Laboratory
Shannon Lafont, President, Louisiana Science Teachers Association
David Millar, President, Fugro-Pelagos, Inc.
Andrew Reich, Coordinator, Aquatic Toxins Program, Florida Department of Health
Mitchell Roffer, Ph.D., President, Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service
Jan van Smirren, President, Fugro-Global Environmental and Ocean Sciences
Thomas Soniat, Ph.D. and Sammy Ray, Professor Emeritus, Oyster Sentinel
Joseph Stinus, Gulf Regional Science Officer, NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
Debbi Stone, Vice President of Education, The Florida Aquarium
Sharon Walker, Ph.D., Education Director, MS-AL Sea Grant Consortium and Professor Emeritus, University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory's Marine Education Center
Sherman Wilhelm, Director, Division of Agriculture, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Larry McKinney, Harte Research Institute, GOMA
Nancy Rabalais, LUMCON
Stephan Howden, University of Southern Mississippi
Buck Sutter, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Steve Morey, Florida State University
Gary Jeffress, TCOON
Chuanmin Hu, University of South Florida
Worth Nowlin, GCOOS-RA
Edward Saade, Fugro EarthData, Inc.
Steve Sempier, MS-AL Sea Grant Consortium
Kumar Mahadevan, Mote Marine Laboratory
Norman Guinasso, Jr., Director, Geochemical and Environmental Research Center, Texas A&M University (Texas Automated Buoy System)

Letters of support for the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS)

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Julene Boe, Executive Director, St. Louis River Alliance
David Clap, Research Station Manager, State of Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Fisheries Division
Gail Faveri, Canadian co-chair, US-Canada Group on Earth Observations Great Lakes Testbed
Stephen Galarneau, Temporary Assignment, Office of the Great Lakes, State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
John Gannon, Ph.D., Acting Director, Great Lakes Regional Office, International Joint Commission
Daniel Glomski, Environmental Supervisor, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Surface Water, Northwest District Office
Alexander Grannis, State of New York Department of Environmental Conservation
Deserae Hendrickson, Duluth Area Fisheries Manager, State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Charles Knauf, Remedial Action Plan Coordinator, Monroe County Department of Public Health, Rochester Embayment Remedial Action Plan Oversight Committee
Thomas Bridgeman, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Lake Erie Center and Department of Environmental Services, University of Toledo (Lake Erie Algal Source Tracking Project)
Tomas Hook, Assistant Professor, Purdue University
Scott Peacor, Associate Professor, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Michigan State University
Victoria Harris, Water Quality and Habitat Restoration Specialist, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
R.E.Hecky, Project Manager for Center for Global Great Lakes Data Analysis, Synthesis, and Modeling (University of Minnesota)
Dr. Steve Colman, Director, Large Lakes Observatory (University of Minnesota)

Letters of support for the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (MACOORA)

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Mark Allen, South Jersey Marina
Tred Barta, The Best & Worst of Tred Barta, OLN-TV
Warren Campbell, Assistant Deputy Director, MD Emergency Management Agency
Dennis Cataldo, Director, NY Sportfishing Federation
Genevieve Boehm Clifton, Acting Manager, State of New Jersey Department of Transportation Office of Maritime Resources
Robert Connell, Bureau Chief, NJ Dept of Environmental Protection
Alan Cope, NOAA National Weather Service Forecast Office
James Falk, Associate Director, Delaware Sea Grant College Program
Joseph Geckle, Homeland Security Coordinator, Maryland State Highway Administration
Joe Gillas, General Manager, Atlantic Frost Seafood
Eoin Howlett, President/CEO, Applied Science Associates, Inc.
Richard Johnson, The Fishing Line
Thomas Kacin, Old Harbor Outfitters
Phil Kozak, National Fishing Association
Daniel Leathers, Deputy Dean, University of Delaware, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
Andrew LoCascio, President, Angling Productions, Inc.
John Malazia, President, Staten Island Tuna Club
John Raguso, Marine Products Editor, Fisherman Magazine
Al Ristori, Journalist
Dennis Rochford, President, Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay
Peter Rowe, Ph.D., Director, New Jersey Sea Grant
Billie Schofield, General Manager, Northern Pelagic Group, LLC
Kevin Sellner, Executive Director, Chesapeake Research Consortium, Inc.
Bill Simmons, Monmouth County Health Department
Christopher Squeri, Executive Director, NY Marine Trades Association
Brian Thompson, Director, Office of Long Island Sound Programs, Connecticut Department
of Environmental Protection
Robert Tudor, Deputy Director, Delaware River Basin Commission
Jeff Yapalater, Recreational Fisherman
Dave Chapman, Executive Director, MACOORA
Harvey Seim, Lead PI SECOORA RCOOS Proposal
John Trowbridge, Lead PI NERACOOS Proposal
Dan Holloway, OPeNDAP
Liesl Hotaling, COSEE-MA
Arthur Allen, Oceanographer, United States Coast Guard
Paul Avenson, SAR Coordinator, US Coast Guard
Scott Chubb, Naval Research Laboratory
David Denenberg, Nassau County Legislator
James Falk, Marine Advisory Service, Delaware Sea Grant
Peter Rowe, Extension Director, NJ Sea Grant
Jay Tanski, New York Sea Grant
Jim Ammerman, Rutgers University, OBIS
James Donofrio, Executive Director, Recreational Fishing Alliance
John Manderson, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Thomas Noji, Chief, Ecosystems Processes Division, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Frederick Spinelli, President, Oceantemp Satellite Imaging
James O’Donnell, Professor, University of Connecticut
Tom Herrington, Director, Stevens Cooperative Extension
Elizabeth Smith & Michael Koterba, Chesapeake Bay Observing System
Ruth Ehinger, Coastal Program Manager, NJ Dept of Environmental Protection
John Joyce, Maryland Department of the Environment
William C. Nieder, Research Coordinator, NY State Dept of Environmental Conservation
Mike Deluca, Manager, Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

Letters of support for the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (NANOOS)

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Robert Bailey, Program Manager, Oregon Coastal Management Program, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development
Jim Bolger, Executive Director, Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project
Carol Bernthal, Superintendent, NOAA Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Patrick Corcoran, Hazards Outreach Specialist, Oregon Sea Grant and Oregon State University Extension Service
David Dicks, Executive Director, Puget Sound Partnership
Sean Hastie, Northwest Aquatic and Marine Educators
Dr. Nordeen Larson, Oceanographer and President, Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc.
Paul McCollum, Director, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe Natural Resources Department
Vicki McConnell, Ph.D., Oregon State Geologist and Director, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Casey Moore, President, WET Labs, Inc.
Jody Kenney, Washington Policy Manager, Surfrider Foundation
Ervin Joe Schumacker, Marine Resources Scientist, Quinault Indian Nation
Frederick Stahr, Ph.D., President, Ocean Inquiry Project
Randy Shuman, Manager, Science and Technical Support, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks
Neil Werner, Executive Director, Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group
Christopher Mooers, Research Professor, Portland State University
Ted Brockett, President, Sound Ocean Systems, Inc.
Dan Ayres, Coastal Shellfish Lead Biologist, State of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Cathy Angell, Coastal Training Program Coordinator, Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, State of Washington Department of Ecology
Jack Barth, Director of Oregon Coastal Ocean Observing System
Mark Abbott, Dean, College of Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
Captain Daniel Schwartz, Manager of Marine Operations, University of Washington School of Oceanography
Vladimir Shepsis, Ph.D., Principal, Coastal Engineer, Coast and Harbor Engineering
Kaety Hildenbrand, Seagrant Extension Agent, Oregon State University Sea Grant Oregon
Antonio Baptista, Ph.D., Professor and Director, NSF Science and Technology Center for Coastal Margin Observations and Predictions (Oregon Health and Sciences University)
David Fox, Marine Resources Program Assistant Manager, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Kristen Brennan, Wildlife Biologist, Fish and Wildlife Service
Arhtur Brunbaum, Vice President, Friends of Gray Harbor
Tim Wood, Director, Oregon Parks and Recreations Department

Letters of support for the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal and Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS)

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Frank Aikman III, Ph.D., Chief, Marine Modeling and Analysis Program, NOAA National Ocean Service Coast Survey Development Laboratory
Perrin Chick, Chair, New England Ocean Science Education Collaborative
Habib Dagher, Ph.D., Director, AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center and DeepCwind Consortium
Edward Fratto, Executive Director, Northeast States Emergency Consortium
John Henshaw, Executive Director, Maine Port Authority
Vincent Kalishes, III, Conservation Agent, FEMA Coordinator, Albert Bangert, Superintendent of Public Works, Mark Patterson, Harbormaster, Town of Scituate
Steve Lehmann, Scientific Support Coordinator, New England, NOAA Office of Response and Restoration, Emergency Response Division
Kathleen Leyden, 2009 State Co-Chair, Maine Coastal Program and Mel Cote, 2009 Federal Co-Chair, EPA Region 1, Northeast Regional Ocean Council
Patrice McCarron, Maine Lobstermen's Association
Bonnie Spinazzola, Atlantic Offshore Lobstermen
Dave Casoni, Massachusetts’s Lobstermen's Association
Sheila Dassatt, Downeast Lobstermen's Association
Erin Pelletier, Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation
Captain J.B. McPherson, US Coast Guard and Commander, Sector Northern New England
Richard Michaud, City Administrator, City of Saco
Michael Mickelson, Ph.D., Program Manager, Outfall Monitoring, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
Stephanie Moura, Executive Director and Nicholas Napoli, Science Program Manager, Massachusetts Ocean Partnership
Chris Nash, Shellfish Program Manager, NH Department of Environmental Services
Darcie Couture, Director, Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Program, Maine Department of Marine Resources
Michael Hickey, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
Nancy Thompson, Science and Research Director, Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Brian Whitehouse, Ph.D., President, OEA Technologies
Paul Rudden, A/Superintendent, Search and Rescue, Canadian Coast Guard, Maritimes Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Canadian Coast Guard
Donald M. Anderson, Senior Scientist, Biology Department and Director, Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region (CINAR)
Annette deCharon, Director, Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence Ocean Systems (COSEE-OS)
Michael Sinclair, Regional Director, Science Branch, Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Dr. Sharon E. McGladdery, Director, St. Andrew’s Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Charles Yarish, Professor, Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
Elizabeth J. Turner, Oceanographer, NOAA Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research
Robert Thompson, Meterologist in Charge, NWS Taunton MASS, NOAA National Weather Service Forecast Office
John Cannon, Senior Meterlogist, NWS Gray, ME, NOAA National Weather Service Forecast Office
Jeffrey S. Tongue, Acting Meterologist-in-Charge, NOAA National Weather Service
Dr. Alan F. Blumberg, Director and Nickitas Georgas, Senior Research Engineer, Stevens Institute of Technology Center for Maritime Systems Davidson Laboratory

Letters of support for the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)

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Abbey Seth Mayer, Director, State of Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Office of Planning
Timothy Steinberger, Director, City of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services
Captain D.J. Swatland, Chief, Response Division, Fourteenth Coast Guard Division

Letters of support for the Southern California Coastal and Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS)

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Masahiro Dojiri, Ph.D., Division Manager, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation's Environmental Monitoring Division
Gary Erbeck, Director, County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health Recreational Water Quality Program
Mike Frazer, Chief Lifeguard, County of Los Angeles Fire Department
Mark Gold, President, Heal the Bay
Larry Honeybourne, Program Manager, County of Orange, Health Care Agency
Mark Jackson, Meteorologist in Charge, National Weather Service
Samuel Johnson, Research Geologist, Western Region Oceans Coordinator, USGS Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team
J. Michael Lyons, Manager, Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program Los Angeles Region, Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
Captain R.B. McKenna, Executive Director, Marine Exchange of Southern California
David Ott, City Manager, City of Solana Beach
Cheryl Peach, SIO Director, COSEE-CA, Birch Aquarium
George Robertson, QEP, CSE
Laura Rogers-Bennett, Ph.D., Senior Biologist Specialist Marine Fisheries, State of California Department of Fish and Game Marine Region
Rob Rundle, Principal Regional Planner, San Diego Association of Governments
Jerry Schubel, President and CEO, Aquarium of the Pacific
Stephen Weisberg, Ph.D., Executive Director, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Katherine Weldon, Coastal Program Manager, City of Encinitas
Dr. Jeff Crooks, Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
Heather Kerkering, Coordinator, CeNCOOS
Doug Lide, US-Mexico Border Coordinator, Water Division, USEPA Region 9
David Panzer, Minerals Management Service

Letters of support for the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing System (SECOORA)

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Kim Cavendish, Museum of Discovery and Science
Robert Christian, East Carolina University
M. Richard DeVoe, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
Manhar Dhanak, Florida Atlantic University SeaTech
Ruoying He, North Carolina State University
Jeffrey Kinder, DownEast Instrumentation
Lynn Leonard, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
George Maul, Florida Institute of Technology
Clifford Merz, Dialytics, Inc.
Richard Miller, University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute
James R. Nelson, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, University System of Georgia
Harvey Seim, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Sandra Vargo, Florida Institute of Oceanography
Pat Welsh, University of North Florida