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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING GROUP MEMBERS, STAFF AND CONSULTANTS Bill Adler Bill Adler is a graduate of Stonehill College and Northeastern University. For nearly twenty years, he has been Executive Director of the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association. Bill has long been involved in the fishing industry having over 50 years of experience lobstering, trawl fishing, and gill netting. Recognizing his expertise, Mr. Adler has been appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts to numerous working groups including the Massachusetts Ocean Management Task Force, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission and was appointed by the Secretary of Commerce to the Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary Advisory Council. He is affiliated with such organizations as the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance, the Lobster Institute, the Massachusetts Fishermen’s Partnership, the Massachusetts Ocean Partnership, the Federal Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team, the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation, the South Shore Lobster Fishermen’s Association, and the Marshfield Commercial Fishermen’s Association. Presently, in between meetings, he continues to fish on a limited basis. Deerin Babb-Brott has 18 years of experience in the environmental field, with a focus on coastal management issues and environmental impact review. As Assistant Secretary in the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, he is managing the development of an ocean management plan for Massachusetts waters, under the Oceans Act of 2008. Deerin previously served as Assistant Secretary for Environmental Impact Review and Director of the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act, managing the environmental review of major development projects in the Commonwealth. Before joining MEPA, he worked in the MA Office of Coastal Zone Management, serving most recently as the Assistant Director for Planning and Coastal Development. Deerin has a BA in Government and Environmental Studies from Bowdoin College; he lives with his wife and two daughters in Ipswich, MA and surfs at Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester. Stephen B. Barrett Stephen Barrett, Director of Clean Energy at Harris Miller Miller & Hanson (HMMH), is responsible for providing clean energy and sustainability strategies for private and public sector clients including airports, municipalities, and private developers. He has worked as a private consultant permitting energy and infrastructure projects for the past 12 years. Before that, Stephen worked for the Coastal Zone Management Office in Massachusetts for 4 years. Currently he is the consultant to the Town of Edgartown on its proposed Muskeget Channel Tidal Energy Project and to the Town of Nantucket on ocean planning and offshore wind. He is also Vice President and Partner of Minuteman Wind, LLC which is proposing a 12.5 MW land-based wind project in the Berkshires. Stephen has a Masters in Environmental Science and Policy from the University of Virginia and a Bachelors in International Policy from Union College. He is a board member of Clean Power Now, Chair of EBC’s Wind Energy Committee and member of the EBC’s Board of Directors. Priscilla Brooks Priscilla Brooks is Senior Economist and Director of the Ocean Conservation Program for the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF). CLF is a member supported non-profit organization founded in 1966 and is New England’s leading environmental advocacy organization. CLF’s advocates use law, economics, and science to design and implement strategies that conserve natural resources, protect public health, and promote vital communities in the region. Dr. Brooks received her B.S. degree in Communications from Cornell University in 1981 and M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1992) degrees in environmental and natural resource economics from the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Brooks’ work focuses on issues surrounding fisheries management, ecosystem protection, and comprehensive ocean management. Prior to joining CLF in 1994, she conducted extensive research on seafood marketing and trade, as well as aquaculture economics. In addition, she has worked on recreational fishing boats and research vessels in waters from Labrador to the Caribbean. Recently in Massachusetts, Dr. Brooks served on Governor Romney’s Ocean Management Task Force. John Bullard is President of Sea Education Association (SEA) in Woods Hole. SEA teaches college students and others about the oceans during a 12 week SEA Semester both on shore and on board one of SEA’s sailing vessels. From 1986 – 1992 Mr. Bullard was mayor of the City of New Bedford. He brought the city into compliance with the Clean Water Act by planning and financing a secondary wastewater treatment plant. After leaving City Hall, Mr. Bullard worked for the New Bedford Seafood Co-Op, organizing fishermen in New England as they faced the crisis of depleted stocks. That work led him to Washington, where he joined the Clinton administration in 1993. As head of the first federal Office of Sustainable Development (located in NOAA), Mr. Bullard developed programs to assist fishing families in New England, the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. He worked in close partnership with senior staff at NMFS to tie economic assistance to more restrictive fishing regulations in New England. He also worked on the President’s Council on Sustainable Development developing policies to unite the goals of economic opportunity, environmental health and social equity. Mr. Bullard earned his Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude at Harvard in 1969. He received both a Master of Architecture and a Master of City Planning from M.I.T. in 1974. He has lectured and written widely and received numerous awards including an Honorary Master of Public Service from UMass Dartmouth. John is active in many local organizations. He chairs the Board of the Coalition for Buzzards Bay. He also chairs the Environment Committee of the Cruising Club of America. Rick Burnes Rick Burnes was a co-founder of Charles River Ventures in 1970 and has played a major role in the firm's development into one of the country's major venture firms with offices in Waltham, Mass. and Menlo Park, California. Over the last 15 years, Mr. Burns has focused on investments in the fields of communications and information services. Among the successful investments he has led on behalf of Charles River are: Cascade Communications, Chipcom Corporation, Epoch Systems, Abacus Direct, Summa Four, Concord Communications, Prominet, Aptis and Sonus Networks. Fara Courtney Fara brings 20 years experience in coastal policy, environmental planning and community involvement to MTC’s Offshore Wind Initiative. She served as Regional Manager for the Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Office for 10 years, providing cities and towns with technical assistance in state and federal regulatory matters, harbor planning, watershed protection and consensus building. Since 1995, Fara has worked as a consultant and project manager in environmental policy, coastal management and program development, with a focus on collaborative projects linking environmental, economic and social objectives. Her clients include state and federal agencies, municipalities and non-governmental organizations. Good Harbor Consulting is located in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Stephen Crosby Stephen P. Crosby, the founding Dean of the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, has nearly 40 years of experience in policy making, entrepreneurship and non-profit leadership. Working with the community on non-profit boards, he has served as chair of the Boston History and Innovation Collaborative, the Center for Applied Special Technologies (CAST), and still serves as a board member of the Poverty Institute, in Providence, R.I., and the AIDS Responsibility Project, headquartered in Los Angeles. Mr. Crosby is founder and publisher of CCI/Crosby Publishing in Boston. In other business endeavors, he has served as chairman and CEO of technology and publishing companies, including Interactive Radio Corp., Inc., SmartRoute Systems, Inc., Crosby Vandenburgh Group, and MetroGuide, Inc. His career also includes work as a campaign manager and senior advisor for local and national candidates and elected representatives. Mr. Crosby received his B.A. from Harvard College and his J.D. from Boston University. In addition to his work as Dean, he provides public policy commentary on various local and national news media. Richard Delaney Richard F. Delaney is the Executive Director of the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, MA. The Center for Coastal Studies is a 30-year-old private, non-profit focused on the conservation, protection and sustainable management of coastal and marine resources through scientific research, public education and sustainable public policy. From 2004 to 2007, Delaney was Vice President of the Horsley Witten Group, environmental sciences, engineering and management small business firm. Special areas of focus include integrated water resources management, advanced wastewater and storm water engineering, land use planning and management within a sustainable growth framework and coastal and ocean planning and management. From 1990 to 2004, Mr. Delaney was the founding Director of the Urban Harbors Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston where he continues as a Senior Fellow. The Institute conducts multidisciplinary research, technical assistance and public education activities primarily on issues that affect urban harbor communities. He has been directly involved with the restoration of water quality in Boston Harbor, the preservation of maritime related waterfront uses for the fishing industry, and promoting access to tidelands for shellfish and aquaculture activities. Mr. Delaney has provided consultations to governments in other states and in over 20 countries regarding capacity building, institutional strengthening, and public education and outreach campaigns. Prior to the Institute, Mr. Delaney was the Assistant Secretary of Environmental Affairs in Massachusetts and the Director of the Coastal Zone Management Program. During that period, he played instrumental roles in the development of coastal and ocean policies, regulations and management strategies and the establishment of several ecosystem based management programs including the MassBays Program and Waquoit National Estuarine Research Reserve. During the 1980’s, he also served as the National Chair of the Coastal States Organization in Washington DC representing the views of the 35 coastal states, Great Lake states and US territories and their Governors on legislative and budgetary matters before Congress. He has BS in Political Science from Harvard and has completed graduate studies in environmental planning and landscape architecture at the State University of New York College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Paul Diodati Appointed to the state's lead fisheries management position in 2000, Paul Diodati has worked closely with both recreational and commercial sectors during his career, successfully utilizing his diversified experience to sustain the respect of the industry, legislature and state, federal and interstate managing bodies. A career fishery biologist with 20+ years of service at Marine Fisheries, he is renowned for work on striped bass and northern shrimp. Previously Paul managed Marine Fisheries' Sportfish Program for which he earned universal praise for the program's effectiveness, especially renewed efforts to educate the public about our state's fisheries and the need for conservation. Home-grown and well-trained, Mr. Diodati pursues the agency's mission to manage the Commonwealth's living marine resources and the harvesting of those resources by the commercial and recreational fisheries, while maintaining a diverse number of self-sustaining fish populations at healthy levels of abundance in balance with the ecosystem, thus, providing wealth and benefits to all citizens of Massachusetts. John Duff John Duff received his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in Boston and his LL.M. from the Law and Marine Affairs Program at the University of Washington. He also holds degrees in business (B.S.B.A.) from the University of Lowell and Journalism (M.A.) from the University of Mississippi. Over the course of the last twenty years he has worked as a newspaper reporter; an attorney in private practice; served as general counsel to a nonprofit organization focusing on marine habitat protection issues; and has directed the marine law research programs at the law schools of the universities of Mississippi and Maine. For the past five years, Prof. Duff has served as a faculty member in the Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences Department at the University of Massachusetts/Boston where he teaches courses on environmental policy, ocean and coastal law and land use. Prof. Duff is currently working on research related to ecosystem-informed management, ocean planning and the increasing privatization of offshore public resources. Virtually all of the work that he has been engaged in deals with the interface of science and policy. His reporting and legal research articles have highlighted the importance of communicating scientific concepts and knowledge in a professional manner that enhances the public policy making process. Those articles and assessments have in turn prompted enhanced civic engagement surrounding issues of:
Prof. Duff’s research has been published in a variety of journals and professional reports. He is a co-author of the book International Ocean Law; he serves on the editorial board of Ocean Development and International Law; and he is a past president of The Coastal Society. He is a member of the City of Boston Waterways Board. He has also served as a consultant to the Massachusetts Ocean Management Task Force and was a working group member on the Commonwealth’s Coastal Hazards Commission. David Fronzuto David Fronzuto is Marine Superintendent of Nantucket’s Marine and Coastal Resources Department. He is responsible for overseeing the management of the largest area of diverse eco-systems in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The department’s primary areas of focus include shellfish propagation, habitat monitoring/restoration, beach erosion, storm water management, endangered species monitoring/protections, oil spill containment/clean-up, and the regulation of shell fishing and boating. Mr. Fonzuto has been integrally involved in the development of these program areas for the past twenty years. In the past, David has worked as a Commanding Officer in the United States Coast Guard. He has served on a number of committees and associations such as the Massachusetts Shellfish Officers Association, Nantucket Harbors Plan Development Committee, the Beach Management and Endangered Species Protection Committee, the Cape and Islands Harbormaster Association, Port Professionals Massachusetts Governors Seaport Advisory Council, Revised Nantucket and Madaket Harbors Action Plan Committee, and the Massachusetts Harbormaster Association. Mr. Fronzuto’s work has been recognized with numerous honors, most recently including the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Governors Award and the U.S. EPA’s Environmental Merit Award. Barry Gibson Capt. Barry Gibson spent 27 years with Salt Water Sportsman (SWS), and was the magazine’s Editor from 1982 to 2004, supervising 30 home staffers, art directors, and field editors, and working closely with nearly 100 contributors. Responsible for the editorial content and direction of SWS for 22 years, Gibson also contributed hundreds of feature articles, photos and editorials to the magazine during his tenure, and currently serves as the Associate Publisher of Fish Boats Registry, a nationally-distributed annual boat-buyers’ guide, and as a Senior Editor for Center Console Angler magazine. A long-time proponent of responsible fishery management, he has served on numerous state, federal, and international boards, including the New England Fishery Management Council (three 3-year terms, Chairman 1992) and the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) Advisory Committee. Currently he serves as Chairman of the NEFMC Recreational Advisory Panel, as a member of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Committee, is vice-president of the Northeast Charterboat Captains Association (which he co-founded in 1988), and serves as the New England Regional Director for the nationally-acclaimed Recreational Fishing Alliance. Capt. Gibson has fished in major venues –big-game and inshore -- in North, Central, and South America for 40 years, and has been a charterboat captain and guide in Boothbay Harbor, Maine since 1971. Gregory T. Glavin A 23-year recreational marine industry veteran, Greg Glavin is General Manager of one of the Commonwealth’s leading sales and full service yacht repair facilities located on Buzzards Bay, Onset Bay Marina & Yacht Sales. In addition to overseeing dockage, rack/valet and transient services, Mr. Glavin’s team manages complex and comprehensive yacht repair projects including full painting services, refinishing and all phases of structural and cosmetic fiberglass repairs from swim platforms to cockpit extensions as well as a full complement of gasoline and diesel marine engine services. In managing one of Massachusetts’ busiest marinas and boatyards, Mr. Glavin is responsible for the environmental compliance and stewardship of this waterfront facility. His extensive knowledge of and experience with local, state and federal marina regulatory officials has elevated him to a position of leadership within the recreational marine industry. He has served multiple working groups formed by the US-EPA, MA-CZM and MA-DEP and is a former member of the Wareham Conservation Commission. Mr. Glavin is currently an active member of the Board of Directors and a Past President of the Massachusetts Marine Trades Association where he presently serves as Chairman of both the Government Relations and Internet Committees seeking to advance the interests of the Commonwealth’s recreational boating businesses and the boating community they serve. A Bentley College graduate, avid surfer, boater and sportsman, Mr. Glavin resides in Marion with his wife and three children. Deborah Hadden Ms. Deborah Hadden’s primary responsibilities involve strategic planning for the Port of Boston, development and leasing of Massport’s maritime properties, managing the Boston Harbor Navigation Improvement Project, a joint project with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and working to resolve various maritime environmental, transportation and land use planning issues. Ms. Hadden has also served as Massport’s Manager of Maritime Environmental Affairs and Environmental Permitting Program Manager, and prior to that worked for eight years as an environmental scientist and wetland specialist with Camp Dresser & McKee, a private environmental consulting firm. Ms. Hadden is involved in numerous professional organizations and boards including The Boston Harbor Association (TBHA) Board of Trustees, TBHA Harbor Use and Environment Committees and the American Association of Port Authorities Harbors, Navigation and Environment Committee. She has a BS degree in Biology from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and an MS degree in Biology/Environmental Science from Northeastern University in Boston. James W. Hunt, III Jim Hunt serves on Mayor Thomas Menino’s Cabinet as Chief for Environmental and Energy Services for the City of Boston. In this capacity, Mr. Hunt is the Mayor’s lead advisor on Environmental and Energy policy and oversees several City agencies including the Inspectional Services Department, the Environment Department, Parks Planning, and Boston’s Recycling Program. Mr. Hunt also serves as a Mayoral Appointee to the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) and as a Trustee on the Boston Groundwater Trust. Prior to joining the City, Jim Hunt served as Assistant Secretary for the Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA) and was responsible for administering the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA). As administrator of the Commonwealth’s MEPA program, Mr. Hunt was in charge of major project reviews for the state including downtown waterfront development, MBTA transit projects, and energy projects such as Cape Wind. Jim Hunt served on Governor Romney’s Ocean Management Task Force and on the Environmental Oversight Committee for the Central Artery/Tunnel Project. An attorney, Mr. Hunt received his Juris Doctorate from Suffolk University Law School and his Bachelors Degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Jim Hunt is a lifelong resident of Dorchester, where he lives with his wife Robin, daughter Ella and son Matthew. Greg McGregor As a member of government task forces and advisory groups, such as the Massachusetts Hazardous Waste Advisory Committee, Mr. McGregor has assisted in drafting or implementing environmental statutes and regulations on hazardous waste cleanups, toxic tort liability, emergency management, underground tanks, agency enforcement, environmental review procedures, tidelands and waterways, wetlands protection, and wildlife. Prior to working in private practice beginning in 1975, Mr. McGregor was an Assistant Attorney General and the first Chief of the Division of Environmental Protection in Massachusetts. Since then he has been a leading environmental attorney in New England. Mr. McGregor has written and spoken widely on environmental subjects. He is Editor of the authoritative two-volume treatise, Massachusetts Environmental Law; Contributing Editor to the Business & Legal Reports, Inc. monthly newsletter, Environmental Compliance in Massachusetts; and writes the Massachusetts chapters for Mathew-Bender's treatises on Brownfields and on State Environmental Law. He is a co-founder of the national Environmental Law Network linking specialty law firms to better serve their clients. Mr. McGregor served twice as President of the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions (MACC) and was presented the Environmental Leadership Award by the New England Environmental Network, the Environmental Merit Award by EPA, and the National Wetlands Award by the Environmental Law Institute. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School. The legal directory Martindale-Hubbell has given Mr. McGregor its highest rating. (AV). John Miller John is the Founding Director of the Marine Renewable Energy Center (MREC). He has 25 years of experience in technology commercialization in a variety of high technology businesses including Polaroid and GTE, has been President of two companies, and led a startup, Micro Magnetics, that transitioned an advanced materials sensor from university demonstration to Beta ready tool in 11 months while raising $3 million. He has a BS degree in Engineering from the United States Military Academy, West Point, an MS in engineering degree from the University of Washington; and an MBA degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. John is active in the New England Clean Energy Council, the University of Massachusetts Clean Energy Working Group, and sits on the boards of several nonprofit organizations. He actively employs his own renewable energy rowing whale boats. Betsy Nicholson Betsy Nicholson received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College, 1995 and her Masters in Coastal Environmental Management from Duke University, 2001. Ms. Nicholson came to NOAA as a Sea Grant Fellow in 2000 with the Coastal Ocean Program, focusing on incorporating social science into competitive research grants. She served as the National Ocean Service representative to the NOAA leadership team for 2 years, and as the NOAA Policy Advisor to the Secretary of Commerce for 8 months before moving north. She is now positioned as the NOAA Northeast Regional Coastal Program Specialist based at UNH, where she serves as the liaison to state coastal programs and oversees ocean and coastal management grants, planning and projects on a regional scale. Ms. Nicholson also serves as the NOAA regional point of contact on Integrated Ocean Observing System initiatives, coordinates federal interagency support for the state-initiated Northeast Regional Ocean Council, represents NOAA on the Gulf of Maine Council Working Group, and conducts “NOAA in New England” forums among NOAA leadership based in the region. David O'Connor David O’Connor is the Senior Vice President for Energy and Clean Technology at ML Strategies, a subsidiary of the law firm Mintz Levin. He helps energy efficiency and renewable energy companies understand and respond to public policies, regulations and incentive programs. Most recently, he served as the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources from 1995 to 2007 where, among other things, he was responsible for designing and directing the state’s energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. Prior to this, David founded and directed the Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution, the first state agency in the U.S. created to resolve non-labor, public and environmental disputes. He also served as chief mediator for the New England Environmental Mediation Center, the first regional environmental mediation service in the United States. David received his undergraduate degree from Middlebury College in Vermont and his Masters in Public Administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Jackie Odell Jackie Odell is the executive director of the Northeast Seafood Coalition, a non-profit membership organization representing commercial groundfish fishermen, shore-side business owners and fishing community members from mid-coast Maine to Long Island, New York. She is a graduate of Worcester Academy, Providence College and University of Rhode Island where she received a master’s of art degree in Marine Affairs. Robbin Peach Mark Rasmussen Bud Ris Mr. Ris was appointed President and CEO of the New England Aquarium in September, 2005. In that capacity, he oversees a staff of 250 and an annual budget approaching $40 million. Long recognized as one of the leading Aquariums in the United States, the New England Aquarium attracts 1.3 million visitors annually to its innovative exhibits on Central Wharf in Boston. The institution’s educational programs reach 150,000 school children annually. Its pioneering programs on marine conservation extend from the Gulf of Maine to the Pacific Ocean, where it recently led a successful initiative to create the third largest marine protected area in the world. The Aquarium has major multi-year partnerships with a wide variety of institutions and businesses, including the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the National Geographic Society, Ahold USA, Irving Oil, and New Balance. From August 2004 to September 2005, Mr. Ris was a Senior Fellow in the Centre for Global Insight at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva, Switzerland. The WEF is one of the world’s foremost business organizations, with more than 1,000 member companies. During his year at the WEF, Mr. Ris served as the primary liaison between the WEF and the UK Prime Minister’s office on climate change policy. He led the creation of a climate change business advisory group for Prime Minister Blair that included chief executives from 25 global companies from 12 nations. Mr. Ris also advised the WEF on the design and implementation of a new program on global risks pertinent to the areas of science, technology, and the environment. From 1984 through 2003, Mr. Ris served as the chief executive officer of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), first as Executive Director, and then as President. UCS is nonprofit partnership of scientists and citizens whose mission is to achieve practical solutions to environmental and national security problems. UCS combines rigorous scientific analysis, citizen advocacy, outreach to corporations, and innovative policy development to achieve its goals. Under Mr. Ris’s leadership, the scope and reach of UCS’s work expanded significantly, leading to a number of precedent-setting laws and regulatory policies at the national level and in many states throughout the U.S. The organization’s staff grew tenfold to eighty people; its annual budget increased sevenfold to $11 million; and its membership and activist base expanded to more than 100,000 people. Today, UCS is widely recognized for its scientific credibility and ground-breaking studies on topics such as the regional impacts of climate change, fuel-efficient designs for motor vehicles, the benefits of renewable energy, the use of antibiotics in animal agriculture, and protection of biodiversity. From 1997 to 2003, Mr. Ris chaired a coalition of sixteen national organizations founded to support international and domestic action on climate change. He led the delegation of US NGO’s to the international negotiations that culminated in the Kyoto Protocol. He served on the Energy and Transportation Task Force of President Clinton’s Council on Sustainable Development and was a member of the Energy Future Coalition’s advisory council from 2002-2003. He is currently co-chair of The Keystone Center and a director of the Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment, both of which are focused on fostering collaboration between corporations, NGOs, and government. He served on the board of Environment 2004, was an advisor to the Henry Luce Foundation and, until December 2003, was a member of the advisory board of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis. Until the company was sold in 2000, Mr. Ris also served on the board of Ris Paper Company, Inc., one of the largest independent distributors of fine printing papers in the U.S. In November of 2004, Mr. Ris was honored as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his contributions in bringing good science to bear on the resolution of societal problems. Prior to joining UCS in 1981, Mr. Ris directed the Hydroelectric Power Program at the New England River Basins Commission. From 1976-1978, he was a senior policy analyst in the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, where he had major responsibility for preparing the state’s first Coastal Zone Management Plan. Before then, he was a Senior Associate with Roy Mann Associates, a consulting firm specializing in environmental impact assessments for public and private sector clients involved in marine-related projects. Mr. Ris has appeared as a keynote speaker before many of the nation’s leading civic forums and often represented UCS as its senior spokesperson before the news media. He has appeared on hundreds of national and local news programs, ranging from CNN’s CrossFire to NPR’s All Things Considered, and published editorials in many of the nation’s leading newspapers, ranging from the New York Times to the LA Times. Mr. Ris received his B.A. in mathematics from Duke University in 1970 and a M.S./M.L.A. in landscape architecture and environmental planning from the SUNY College of Environmental Science at Syracuse University in 1974. He attended the Duke University School of Forestry (now the Nicholas School for the Environment) from 1971 to 1972. Leona Roach Leona S. Roach, contributes over 24 years of marine industry experience including industry advocacy, yacht and engine sales, financial services, administration, marketing, business development and training with Massachusetts-based marinas, boatyards and dealers and in positions with worldwide corporations, Detroit Diesel Corporation and DaimlerChrysler Capital. Andrew Rosenberg Dr. Andrew Rosenberg is a Professor in the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space at the University of New Hampshire where, prior to April 2004, he was dean of the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture. Over the past three years he has also been a member of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy. Prior to coming to UNH he was the Deputy Director of NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service from 1998-2000, the senior career position in the agency. As Deputy Director he dealt with policy decisions on science and resource management issues nationwide as well as the administration of the agency. He was also a principle agency spokesperson before Congress, the public and technical audiences. Before becoming NMFS Deputy Director, Dr. Rosenberg was the NMFS Northeast Regional Administrator. In addition, he was a stock assessment scientist with the National Marine Fisheries Service including responsibility for chairing assessment reviews around the country and participating in assessment reviews internationally. He also has served as the U.S. lead representative in several international fishery management organizations such as NAFO, NASCO and FAO. Dr. Rosenberg’s scientific work is in the field of population dynamics, resource assessment and resource management policy. He holds a BS in Fisheries Biology from the University of Massachusetts, an MS in Oceanography from Oregon State University and a PhD in Biology from Dalhousie University. He was on the faculty of Imperial College of Science and Technology in London for six years and was the Deputy Director of the Renewable Resources Assessment Group, an internationally known quantitative analysis and policy consultancy group. He currently also serves as the Senior Vice President of MRAG Americas, a consulting company with offices in Florida, Massachusetts and affiliated with MRAG, a London-based international marine resource consultancy. Brian Rothschild Brian Rothschild is Montgomery Charter Professor of Marine Science and Technology and Co-Director of the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute in the School for Marine Science and Technology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. His research interests include population dynamics, biological oceanography, fisheries management, and natural resources policy. Dr. Rothschild has served on many national and international committees and has held faculty or other associations with such institutions as Harvard University, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. His research and service have been widely recognized, most recently in 2004 by the Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists. He is a graduate of Rutgers University, the University of Maine, and Cornell University. Angela Sanfilippo Angela Sanfilippo, president of the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Association (GFWA), comes from seven generations of commercial fishermen. She has been the president of the Association for the last 30 years. She was also the Project Manager of the Commonwealth Corporation Gloucester Fishermen and Families Assistance Center for 12 years. This was a program that helped commercial fishermen, their family members, and commercial fishing industry workers to retrain for new careers because due to fishing regulation they were unable to fish anymore. For the last year, she has been the Executive Director of the newly created Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Association Resource Center. In addition, Mrs. Sanfilippo has served as a board member of many commercial fishing organizations at local, state, national, and international levels. She has also worked with environmentalists and public officials to promote and preserve the Gloucester and New England commercial fishing industry and assist active and retired fishermen and their families to live better lives. During the years as president of the GFWA, she has worked tirelessly to stop oil drilling on Georges Bank, ocean dumping, sand and gravel mining on Stellwagen Bank, the placement of a tire reef thirty miles from Gloucester Harbor, fish farming in the open ocean, the placement of two LNG deep water port pumping stations on fishing grounds (block 124-125). Also, she has worked with the United States Coast Guard on safety education for commercial fishermen, the establishment of the Fishing Partnership Health Plan, the declaration of Stellwagen Bank as a Marine Sanctuary and the creation of the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Memorial on Stacy Boulevard in Gloucester. Mrs. Sanfilippo has received many awards for her efforts in protecting the ocean and its people: the United States Coast Guard, National Fisherman Magazine, the Offshore Lobstermen Association, the Massachusetts House of Representatives, the Massachusetts Senate, the Italian Navy, the Sicilia Mondo Association, the Pirandello Lyceum and Children Friends and Family Services of the North Shore. She also has been featured in many documentaries both nationally and internationally. On May 16, 2009 she awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters Honorary Degree from Salem State College in recognition of her decades-long leadership in the Gloucester and Massachusetts’ fishing communities and of her efforts to protect the ocean environment. In addition as of February 20, 2008 Mrs. Sanfilippo has a new position as the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Fishermen’s Partnership. Mrs. Sanfilippo also serves as a board member of the following organizations:
Sue Tierney Dr. Susan F. Tierney is an expert on energy policy, regulation and economics. Her areas of expertise include gas and electric markets, gas and electric regulatory policy, market monitoring, competitive resource procurements, resource planning and analysis, regional transmission organizations, the siting of generation and transmission and natural gas facilities, electric system reliability, energy infrastructure investment policy, and environmental policy and regulation. She previously served as the Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Energy (appointed by President Clinton), the Secretary for Environmental Affairs in Massachusetts (appointed by Governor Weld), Commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (appointed by Governor Dukakis), and executive director of the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Council. Bruce Tobey A 1975 graduate of Wesleyan University, majoring in Russian, Bruce Tobey is a cum laude graduate of Suffolk University Law School (1978), where he was a member of Law Review. After serving as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Coast Guard Judge Advocate General Corps (1978 - 1982), he returned to his hometown of Gloucester, Massachusetts as the City’s General Counsel. This was followed by service as an attorney with the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, where he headed the General Law Department. Bruce Tobey was elected Mayor of Gloucester in 1993 and served for nine years. He had previously served on the Gloucester City Council (1987-90) and the Gloucester School Committee (1992-93), and in 1991 was chosen by his City Council colleagues to fill an unexpired term as Mayor, serving eleven months. During his time as Mayor, Mr. Tobey was a member of the Board of Directors of the National League of Cities and was chair of NLC’s Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Steering Committee. He represented NLC on EPA’s Microbial and Disinfection By-Products federal advisory committee and co-chaired a task force on state and local concerns regarding the regulation of non-point source discharges. Mr. Tobey was also a member of EPA’s Local Government Advisory Commission, a position in which he continues to serve. He testified before committees of both Houses of the United States Congress on a variety of infrastructure regulatory and financing issues and was a panelist at a United Nations Conference on sustainable communities. Other forums of involvement during his Mayoral service included the Urban Water Council of the United States Conference of Mayors, the Massachusetts Clean Water Council (of which he is a past Chair), the Governor’s Massachusetts Seaport Advisory Council, the board of the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association and the Massachusetts Mayors Association. Bruce Tobey completed his mayoral tenure on January 1, 2002. He then joined Aquarion Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut as its Director of Business Development, a newly created position which comes on the heels of a corporate restructuring intended to allow Aquarion to more actively embrace market opportunities in the non-regulated water sector. His focus is on administering and providing legal guidance to the marketing and servicing of homeowner environmental warranty plans. In May 2005, Bruce Tobey received an MBA degree from the Sawyer School of Management of Suffolk University. He returned to local government in January 2006,after winning election as a Councilor-at-Large in Gloucester; he chairs the Ordinances and Administration Standing Committee of the City Council. Prassede Vella Prassede Vella has 10 years experience working in marine pollution and coastal zone management issues. In September 2008, she became part of the core team working on the development of an ocean management plan for Massachusetts. She brings an international perspective to CZM, having worked previously as an environmental biologist and marine program coordinator with the Environment and Planning Authority in Malta, and with the United Nations Environment Programme as the National MED POL Programme coordinator for Malta (National Programme for the Assessment and Control of Pollution in the Mediterranean Region). As assistant chair of the Work Group on Water Quality Directives during Malta’s EU accession process, Prassede helped coordinate the transition and implementation of EU environmental laws into Maltese legislation. Prassede holds a BS in Biology and Chemistry, and an MS in Biology from the University of Malta, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in environmental science at the University of Massachusetts (Boston). She lives with her husband in Belmont, MA and spends most weekends canoeing and exploring the New England outdoors. Andrew Vorce Andrew Vorce has worked for the Nantucket Planning and Economic Development Commission (NP&EDC) for over 16 years. Originally hired as the Senior Planner in February 1993, he was promoted to the Director of Planning position in June 2005. The past four years have been a very productive period in which ongoing projects were completed and several new initiatives were begun. Long delayed bike paths were constructed at Fairgrounds Road, Old South Road, South Shore Road, Bartlett Road, and most recently Nobadeer Farm Road. These bike paths filled in missing links in the overall island transportation network of bike paths improving safety and connectivity of neighborhoods. The Town’s first State (Mass General Law Chapter 41-Section 81D) compliant Master Plan was recently voted at the 2009 Town Meeting. A comprehensive zoning code overhaul is a key part of this plan and significant zoning amendments based on smart growth and sustainable principles have been adopted and are planned for future implementation. It is an update of the Town’s Goals and Objective Plan voted in 1990 as a twenty-year plan. The Wilkes Square redevelopment project Is a new planning initiative to create a vision for a waterfront area of downtown Nantucket. A proactive design process will involve the public and private owners in imagining the future of an area that contains a parking lot, grocery store and former electric generation facility. A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) yielded fifteen responses from a variety of local and national interdisciplinary architectural firms and four finalists will be interviewed on May 28 with a contract to be awarded in June. Mr. Vorce is leading or directly involved in many interesting projects including an effort to reclaim “lost” land (paper streets, tax title property) for affordable housing, beach access, and open space purposes; as a stakeholder participant in the state’s Ocean Management Plan process; and developing neighborhood based “area plans” to more fully engage residents in the planning process. Mr. Vorce was born in Boston and raised in Arlington, MA. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1987 with a Bachelors of Urban Planning and Suffolk University in 2008 with a Masters of Public Administration. He has had many other roles during his tenure including Chairman of the Personnel Board and Right of Way Committee, Acting Director of the Regional Transit Authority during the implementation of the island’s first public transit system, President of the Union covering municipal department heads, managers and clerical employees between 1995 and 2005 and twice as Acting Director of the NP&EDC in 1994 and 2005. Nantucket’s Planning Office staffs the island’s regional planning agency, the NP&EDC (1 of 13 in the State), the local Planning and Zoning Boards. Greg Watson Greg Watson is currently Vice-President for Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) where he directs MTC’s Offshore Wind Energy Collaborative and the Cape & Islands Offshore Wind Public Outreach Initiative. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Watson served as Program Director for the newly created Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust. Prior to that, from 1995-1999, Mr. Watson served as Executive Director of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, a Roxbury-based community planning organization. As Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture (1990 to 1993), he oversaw sustainable agriculture initiatives. From 1983-1989, he served as Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology within the Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Affairs. Other positions have included Director of Educational Programs with Second Nature, Director of The Nature Conservancy’s Eastern Regional Office, and Executive Director of the New Alchemy Institute. In addition, Mr. Watson formerly chaired the science department of Charles River Academy and taught environmental science at the Thompson Island Education Center. He is an advisor to The Buckminster Fuller Institute and serves on the Board of Ocean Arks International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the ecological restoration of our waters. Watson was also a founding member of Clean Air-Cool Planet. He attended Tufts University where he majored in Civil Engineering. He also developed a self-directed program in Environmental Design Science at Campus-Free College in Boston. John Weber John Weber has 11 years of experience in the environmental field and has focused on coastal and ocean management issues. He currently serves as the Ocean Services Manager for the MA Office of Coastal Zone Management, where he manages the day-to-day activities necessary for the development of the MA ocean management plan. John's previous experience at CZM included review of Boston waterfront development and planning activities, and prior to joining CZM he worked on dredging and wetland restoration projects in the San Francisco Bay area. John has a B.S. in Coastal Geology from Long Island University and an M.S. in Marine Resource Management from Oregon State University. Jack Wiggin Jack Wiggin is the director of the Urban Harbors Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He has overall responsibility for direction and management of the Institute's research and technical assistance projects, outreach, and education programs. The Institute’s mission is to focus its expertise—and that of the university—on the complex, interdisciplinary issues associated with urban waterfronts and the coastal and marine environments. Mr. Wiggin has over 25 years experience providing public policy, planning and management assistance to local, state, national governments and nonprofit organizations in the US and abroad. Mr. Wiggin teaches in the Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences Department, University of Massachusetts Boston and in the Cultural Resource Management Program, University of Victoria, British Columbia. He is currently a member of the Science Advisory Board, Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs; Board of Directors, Environmental Business Council of New England; Massachusetts Wind Energy Working Group; and City of Boston Municipal Harbor Plan Advisory Committee. He is past chairman of the Advisory Council for the Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area and of the Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Program's Coastal Resources Advisory Board. Prior to joining the Institute, Mr. Wiggin was chief planner in the Land Use and Environmental Practice Group of the law firm of Robinson & Cole, specializing in the planning and regulatory aspects of waterfront development and coastal resource protection. He was also Senior Environmental Planner with the Connecticut Coastal Management Program. He has a Masters degree in urban studies and planning and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. Verna DeLauer Verna DeLauer is the New England Science/Policy Coordinator for COMPASS. She has been connected to the marine policy world through her research as a doctoral student at UNH. She is studying the effectiveness of voluntary versus mandatory collaborations and analyzing how stakeholder values change over the course of collaborative decision-making. Previously, Ms. DeLauer was the Outreach Coordinator for the NH Coastal Zone Management Program. She also served as Chairperson for the Education Committee of the Gulf of Maine Council and was given an award recognizing her commitment to better education and communication about marine resources. Stephanie Moura Stephanie is Director of the Massachusetts Ocean Partnership (“the Partnership” or “MOP”), an independent, broadly representative public-private partnership supporting development and implementation of integrated ocean management for Massachusetts’ coastal oceans. MOP’s work includes serving as stakeholder forum for collaborative problem solving on difficult ocean management issues and facilitating synthesis and development of processes, data and tools to improve the integration of natural and social science with management. (More at www.massoceanpartnership.org). For nearly 20 years Stephanie has worked on marine and coastal resource policy/management issues and has developed complementary experience in managing multi-stakeholder processes. From 1998 to 2006, she managed large combined sewer overflow (CSO) projects, and the associated public involvement programs, for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority in accordance with responsibilities under the Clean Water Act to minimize sewage discharges to the Boston Harbor watershed. Prior to that, she spent six years as a project manager and mediator/facilitator with a Boston-based dispute resolution firm. Notable multi-stakeholder projects included managing and facilitating a statewide roundtable on beneficial reuse of biosolids (New York) and facilitating a multi-day workshop to explore ecosystem-based management in the Bering Sea. Stephanie also worked on sustainable fisheries management and habitat issues for a national environmental organization. She earned her B.A. in Marine Biology/Environmental Policy in 1984 from University of California, Santa Cruz and her M.A. in Urban and Environmental Policy in 1990 from Tufts University. Nicholas Napoli As Science Program Manager for the Massachusetts Ocean Partnership, Mr. Napoli is responsible for implementing MOP’s program to integrate natural and social science with ocean management planning and decision-making. This includes supporting the development of an integrated ocean management planning framework, a statewide ocean data network, ecosystem and economic modeling and decision support tools, and indicators of the ocean’s capacity to provide ecosystem services. Prior to joining MOP, he managed an independent consulting business providing environmental planning, resource management, GIS, and ecosystem service analysis services. In this capacity, he partnered with a team to found a consulting business that developed and utilizes technology to quantify ecosystem services, assess their value and establish environmental markets. During this time, Mr. Napoli also served as GIS Coordinator for Skidmore College, where he managed the Skidmore GIS Center for Interdisciplinary Research. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Napoli was an environmental planner and GIS specialist with Wallace, Roberts & Todd (WRT), working on numerous management and development plans for National Park Service properties, community comprehensive plans, open space and conservation plans, and environmental impact statements. Prior to WRT, Mr. Napoli spent several years with The Conservation Fund developing an indicators report and conservation plan for the Schuylkill Watershed in Pennsylvania. He also spent several years with the Environmental Protection Agency developing an agency environmental indicators report and data gaps strategy. He holds a Master of Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts from Villanova University. Howard Krum As Communications/Outreach Manager for the Massachusetts Ocean Partnership, Howard’s primary responsibility is the development and administration of the overall MOP Strategic Communications Plan. He will be working closely with the Strategic Communications/Outreach Committee to: develop outreach information and materials in a variety of media; manage subcontracted communications services, including RFP development; manage media communication/relations in coordination with the Executive Director; prepare and deliver presentations; draft press releases and op-eds; assist in report preparation; and, assist in expanding the partnership in number and diversity. Howard was born and raised in the Pocono mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania, spending much of his youth on, around, and under the water. Having been trained as a marine biologist, aquatic animal veterinarian, and science communicator, he has worked at several ocean institutions including the New England Aquarium in Boston, the National Aquarium in Baltimore, the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, and the Georgia Sea Turtle Center where he helped to develop comprehensive communications and outreach programs. In addition to a degree in veterinary medicine from the University of Pennsylvania, Howard has earned a MS in fish physiology from Southern Illinois University and a MA in science writing from Johns Hopkins University. Kimberly Starbuck As Program Associate for the Massachusetts Ocean Partnership, Kimberly’s primary responsibilities include supporting the Science Program Manager with the implementation of MOP’s science objectives in a variety of programmatic and administrative capacities. These include assisting with subcontract management, supporting science program working groups, maintaining on-line collaboration tools, and conducting short-term research projects. Kimberly developed a love for the ocean while spending her summers vacationing on Nantucket Island. Prior to joining MOP, Kimberly worked at a number of environmental organizations, including Urban Harbors Institute (MA), Coastal Zone Management (MA), the New England Aquarium (MA), PRETOMA (Costa Rica) and Catalina Island Marine Institute (CA). Her work has consisted of ocean management planning, clean marina programs, sea turtle conservation, and marine science education. Kimberly holds an MS in Environmental Science from University of Massachusetts Boston and a BS in Biology and Environmental Science from Tufts University. Tricia Bonifacio As Administrative Coordinator for the Massachusetts Ocean Partnership, Tricia’s primary responsibilities include coordinating day-to-day organizational operations, providing support to the Director and Governing Board, assisting staff, committees and working groups in implementing MOP programs and coordinating financial management with MOP’s fiscal sponsor (UMass-Boston) and the Core Operations Administrator (Third Sector New England). Prior to joining MOP, Tricia was an Environmental Educator with Mass Audubon’s Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary. She has a significant record of volunteer work with elementary schools and youth sports organizations and is an experienced office manager and executive assistant. Tricia holds an MS in Environmental and Occupational Health from California State University and a BS in Education from the University of Massachusetts. Aline Da Fonseca As Coms Program Associates, Aline’s primary responsibilities include supporting the Communications-Outreach Manager in all aspects of implementing the Partnership's strategic communications program. This includes drafting content and assisting with administrative/logistical details for a variety of print materials, maintaining MOP websites and on-line collaboration tools, and providing administrative and logistical support for MOP-hosted events. Aline was born in Brazil and immigrated to the United States with her families in the 1990s where she grew up on Cape Cod. She is currently completing her BA in Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and will be looking to pursue a Master in Public Health in the upcoming year. Amy Breault As Grant Research Associate, Amy is responsible for researching various funding opportunities that align with the Massachusetts Ocean Partnership’s efforts to advance integrated multi-use ocean management. Upon identifying potential opportunities for funding and/or collaboration, Amy works closely with the Financial Sustainability Committee to pull together potential partners, write grant proposals, and actively pursue relationships with foundations and others. Amy also performs the day-to-day duties of the Principal Investigator which includes subcontracting, invoice approval and processing, and serving as a liaison for UMB/MOP. Prior to joining UMB, Amy was the Program Coordinator for the Massachusetts Environmental Trust, one of the state’s largest funders of water quality initiatives. Amy holds a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School and a BS in Criminal Justice from Marist College.
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