ADVISORY COUNCIL
Role of Council
The Advisory Council serves as the principal interface to the regional stakeholder community of the NGI. It has broad representation from the entities listed in the organizational chart, and
meets regularly to identify and prioritize research and educational needs in the Northern Gulf region. The Advisory Council will also provide input on the current research and education/outreach programs of the NGI. The Advisory Council provides a bi-annual report to the NGI Director and Executive Council on its findings and recommendations.
NGI will support the formation and efforts of workgroups around each of the major themes of the NGI. The responsibility of these workgroups will be to develop research approaches that focus on the integration philosophy of the NGI in all aspects of the programs developed. These workgroups may hold workshops and meetings to foster a collaborative atmosphere across institutions, and will be used to generate innovative approaches to research and education by bringing together the often disparate viewpoints of the various disciplines involved.
Advisory Council Members
Russ Beard
NOAA National Coastal Data Dev Center
Miles Croom
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Todd Davison
NOAA Gulf Coast Services Center
Kristen Fletcher
Coastal States Organization
Bryon Griffith
EPA Gulf of Mexico Program
Karl Havens
FL Sea Grant
Dawn Lavoie
USGS Gulf Coast & LMV
Mary Austill Lott
The Nature Conservancy
Larry McKinney
Harte Research Institute
Kathleen O'Neal
NOAA National Data Buoy Center
David Reed
NOAA National Weather Service LMRFC
Anne Peek
NASA Stennis Applied Sciences
Matt Romkens
USDA National Sedimentation Lab
David Ruple
Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Martha Segura
National Park Service Gulf Coast Network
Buck Sutter
NOAA GoM Regional Collaboration Team Lead
LaDon Swann
MS/AL Sea Grant Consortium
Bill Walker
MS Department of Marine Resources
Jeff Waters
US Army Corps of Engineers
Chuck Wilson
LA Sea Grant
