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Program Leadership
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Robert J. Moorhead II, Ph.D. NGI Director Office: 662.325.2850 Mississippi State University HPC2 Box 9627 Mississippi State, MS 39562 |
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William H. McAnally, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE NGI Co-Director Office: 662.325.2809 Mississippi State University HPC2 Box 9627 Mississippi State, MS 39562 |
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Jennifer Easley, C.M.A. NGI Program Administrator Office: 662.325.3751 Mississippi State University HPC2 Box 9627 Mississippi State, MS 39762 |
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Steven L. Ashby, Ph.D. Associate Director Office: 228.688.3228 NGI Program Office MSU Science and Technology Center 1021 Balch Blvd Stennis Space Center, MS 39529 |
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John Harding, Ph.D. NGI Chief Scientist Office: 228.688.3626 NGI Program Office MSU Science and Technology Center 1021 Balch Blvd Stennis Space Center, MS 39529 |
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Sharon Hodge, J.D. NGI Policy, Education & Outreach Office: 228.688.3099 NGI Program Office MSU Science and Technology Center 1021 Balch Blvd Stennis Space Center, MS 39529 |
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Jay Ritchie NGI Social Sciences Coordinator Office: 228.688.3575 NGI Program Office MSU Science and Technology Center 1021 Balch Blvd Stennis Space Center, MS 39529 |
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Executive Council
Role of Council
The Executive Council is made up of five Senior NOAA officials, representing the four NOAA Goal Teams, and is chaired by the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes. The NOAA Science Advisor, the NGI Director, and the NOAA Cooperative Institutes Program Manger will serve as ex officio members of the Executive Council.
The Executive Council is primarily responsible for broad policy and program direction for the NGI. It will meet at least once yearly to review NGI programs and progress, and to transmit NOAA strategic plans and priorities to the NGI management in order to ensure program alignment with these priorities. In turn, the Executive Council will provide information regarding the NGI successes to the NOAA Administrator to justify inclusion of NGI funding in the NOAA core budget. This NGI is wholly committed to transparency, accountability, governance control, and effective integration through the Executive Council.
Members
Bonnie Ponwith - Chair
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Louisa Koch
NOAA Office of Education
Gary Carter
NOAA National Weather Service
Al Powell
NOAA National Envnt'l Satellite, Data & Info Service
Margaret Davidson
NOAA National Ocean Service
Alan Leonardi
NOAA AOML
David Shaw
MSU Office of Research and Economic Development
Denis Wiesenburg
USM Office of Research and Economic Development
Council of Fellows
Role of Council
The Council of Fellows is chaired by the NGI Co-Director and includes one senior representative from each NGI member institution, the NGI Director and the NOAA Science Advisor. The OAR CI Program Manager will be a special advisor to the Council in an ex-officio status. The Council of Fellows will be the principal vehicle for NGI concept development, program strategy, annual research plans, peer review, resource allocation, research and technology coordination, and achieving the overarching goal of regional and disciplinary integration. At its discretion, the Council of Fellows may establish a NGI Fellows Working Group(s) made up of NGI researchers, to accomplish these activities.
NGI Fellows and Alternates
FSU - Eric Chassignet and Felicia Coleman
LSU - Chris D'Elia and Susan Welsh
DISL - John Valentine and Just Cebrian
USM - Monty Graham and Stephan Howden
MSU - Bill McAnally and John Harding
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
Alyssa Dausman
USGS Gulf Coast & LMV
Judy Haner
The Nature Conservancy
Larry McKinney
Harte Research Institute
Kathleen O'Neil
NOAA National Data Buoy Center
David Welch
NOAA National Weather Service LMRFC
Dwayne Armstrong
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
Program Staff
| Ashby, Steve | Associate Director | 228.688.3228 | sashby@gri.msstate.edu |
| Ashley, Sheila | Facilities and Accounting | 228.688.4218 | sashley@hpc.msstate.edu |
| Brown, Sarah | Accountant | 228.688.4038 | sbrown@hpc.msstate.edu |
| Dannreuther, Maggie | Communications | 228.688.2003 | maggied@ngi.msstate.edu |
| Easley, Jennifer | Program Administrator | 662.325.3751 | jeasley@hpc.msstate.edu |
| Harding, John | Chief Scientist | 228.688.3626 | jharding@ngi.msstate.edu |
| Haselmaier, Janet | Facilities and Logistics | 228.688.3746 | janeth@ngi.msstate.edu |
| Hodge, Sharon | Policy and Education Coordinator | 228.688.3099 | shodge@ngi.msstate.edu |
| McAnally, Bill | Co-Director and Fellow | 662.325.2809 | mcanally@ngi.msstate.edu |
| Moorhead, Robert | Director | 662.325.2850 | rjm@ngi.msstate.edu |
| Prince, Joby | Education & Outreach | 662.325.0912 | joby@ngi.msstate.edu |
| Ritchie, Jay | Social Sciences Coordinator | 228.688.3575 | jritchie@ngi.msstate.edu |
| Shean, Suzanne | Research Associate | 228.688.2401 | sshean@ngi.msstate.edu |
