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William T. Hogarth, Ph D.
Director of NOAA Fisheries
Dr. William T. Hogarth is the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries
at the National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Fisheries). As Assistant Administrator, he is responsible
for overseeing the management and conservation of marine fisheries and the protection of marine mammals, sea turtles and coastal
fisheries habitat
within the United States exclusive economic zone. The agency's
budget for fiscal year 2001 is $828.7 million and employs over
2,800 people
in 6 regions, 6 science centers and 12 laboratories in 15 states.
The agency's headquarters is in Silver Spring, Maryland, outside
Washington, D.C. Dr. Hogarth's background and experience has
focused on a wide
range
of environmental, scientific, and marine policy issues.Bill has
held a number of leadership roles for the National Marine Fisheries
Service
including Acting Assistant Administrator February - September 2001,
and before that, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries
(July 2000
- February 2001). He also served as the Southeast Regional Administrator
in St. Petersburg, Florida from May 1999 to July 2000 and as the
Southwest Regional Administrator in Long Beach, California from
April 1997 through
April 1999. From 1994 to 1997, he held several positions in the
National Marine Fisheries Service Headquarters as the Chief of
the Highly Migratory
Species Division and as senior staff for recreational fisheries
issues.
Prior to joining NOAA, Dr. Hogarth was the Director of the North Carolina Division
of Marine Fisheries, a position he held from 1986 to 1994. He holds B.S. and
M.S. degrees from the University of Richmond and a Ph.D. from North Carolina
State University.
Rebecca Lent, Ph.D.
Deputy Assistant Adminstrator for Regulatory
Programs
In October 2001, Dr. Lent was appointed as the New Deputy Assistant
Administrator for Regulatory Programs at NOAA Fisheries. In this
capacity, she reviews all of NOAA Fisheries’ proposed regulatory
actions, including those to support protected resources, sustainable
fisheries,
and habitat conservation. She is also the designated lead for
NOAA Fisheries in international affairs. Dr. Lent joined NOAA in 1992
serving
as the economist and later as the Chief of the agency’s Atlantic
Highly Migratory Species Management Division. She has broad experience
in dealing with a wide variety of controversial fishery management
issues affecting fishermen, conservationists, business, and communities.
Dr. Lent was appointed Southwest Regional Administrator in 2000
and in this capacity directed NOAA’s fisheries management and
science programs in the southwestern United States, Hawaii, and the
U.S. Trust
Territories. Rebecca Lent has a Bachelor of Arts degree (1975)
and a Master’s degree (1978) in economics, and earned her Ph.D.
in resource economics from Oregon State University in 1984. Dr.
Lent currently resides in Silver Spring, Maryland, with her husband
Dr. Utpal Vasavada
and daughter Kajal.
John Oliver
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Operations
John Oliver serves as Deputy Assistant Administrator for the National
Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries). He has held this
position since January of 2001. As the Deputy he serves as the agency's
Chief Operating Officer responsible for the management of the
agency's 2,800
employees and a budget of $834 million dollars. The mission
of
the agency is the stewardship of the nation's living marine
resources and their
habitats through science-based conservation and management
and promotion of the health of their environment. From 1997-2000
Mr. Oliver served
as the Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative Officer
for NOAA's National Ocean Service. Prior to that he was the Director,
Management & Budget
Office for NOAA Fisheries. Mr. Oliver has over 30 years of
experience in the Department of Commerce/NOAA management and policy
positions.
Michael Sissenwine
Director Scientific Programs & Chief Science Advisor
Dr. Michael P. Sissenwine serves as Director of Scientific
Programs and Chief Science Advisor for the U.S. National Marine
Fisheries Service, a position he has held since March 2003. He
is responsible for about
30 Laboratories, eight offshore research vessels and 1,400 staff
throughout the USA. His organization’s mission is to provide the
scientific basis for conservation and management of marine living
resources and
their ecosystems. From 1996-2002, he served as Director of the
Northeast Fisheries Science Center, comprised of five laboratories,
approximately 300 staff, and two offshore research vessels. Previously,
Dr. Sissenwine
served almost six years as the Senior Scientist of the National
Marine
Fisheries Service, overseeing the Agency’s scientific programs
throughout the USA, and has over 20 years of experience as a research
scientist, authoring over 100 scientific reports and publications
on a wide range of topics including ecosystem dynamics, fisheries
oceanography, resource assessments and fishery management theory
and case studies. Dr . Sissenwine is the recipient of a Presidential
Meritorious Rank Award and DOC Silver metal. He earned his Ph.D.
in Oceanography from
the University of Rhode Island in 1975.
Patricia Kurkul
Regional Administrator for the Northeast Regional Office
Ms. Kurkul, Regional Administrator for the Northeast Regional Office
(NERO), is a career government employee having been with NOAA Fisheries
since 1980. She began with the organization as an economist. Her
experience at NOAA Fisheries includes a period as a senior policy
analyst and as Office Director for Sustainable
Fisheries. Ms. Kurkul has been Northeast Regional Administrator (RA) for the
National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) since 1999. She received a
BS degree
in Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts in 1977 and a
MS degree from University of Rhode Island in 1980. In her capacity as RA,
she is responsible for the development of policy and the implementation of
management programs for the living marine resources of the northeastern United
States. She provides guidance to senior Agency officials and the Fishery
Management Councils on sensitive and complex management issues, she represents,
advocates and negotiates on behalf of the agency with states, Management
Councils, industry, Congressional representatives and special interest groups.
Serve on both the Executive Board and Leadership Council of the National
Marine Fisheries Service and serves as a member on the New England and Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Councils.
Roy E. Crabtree, Ph. D
Regional Administrator for the Southeast Regional Office
Dr. Roy E. Crabtree has served as the
regional administrator for the National Marine Fisheries Service
Southeast Region since January
2003. Previously, he has served as research fishery biologist for
the South
Carolina Marine Resources Center, the Environmental Protection
Agency, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and the Florida
Marine Research
Institute. A native of Chapel Hill, N.C., he earned
his bachelor’s degree in biology from Furman University in 1976,
his master’s degree in marine science from the University of South
Carolina in 1978, and his doctorate in marine science from the
College of William and Mary in 1984. Dr. Crabtree now resides in
St. Petersburg,
Florida, with his wife, Laura, and three daughters, twins Rachel
and Julia and Arlyn.
Bob Lohn
Regional Administrator for the Northwest Regional Office
Bob Lohn is a native of Montana. He attended Harvard,
served as an officer in the Navy, then returned for a law degree
from the University
of Montana. Following graduation, he became counsel for the
governor of Montana, taught law at the University of Georgia, and became
chief of the legal staff at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, and later practiced law in
the Bay
area.
In 1987, Bob was chosen as general counsel for the Northwest
Power Planning Council in Portland, Oregon, where he began
working with fish and wildlife issues in the Columbia River
basin. In
1994, he left the Council to manage the fish and wildlife
activities of the Bonneville Power Administration, which implements
the
Council’s program, and addresses ESA requirements for
the regional hydro system. In these years, Bonneville worked
with
the region to restructure the way in which projects were
selected and funded, increasing the accountability and effectiveness
of the program. In 1999, Bob returned to the Council as the
fish
and wildlife director. During this time, the Council re-wrote
its fish and
wildlife program to give much more flexibility and importance
to local fish and wildlife restoration initiatives within
a
solid scientific framework. Bob was appointed Regional Administrator
by Secretary of Commerce Don Evans in October 2001. He alternates
weeks in the Seattle
and Portland offices of NMFS.
Rod McInnis
Regional Administrator for the Southwest Regional Office
Rod McInnis is currently the Regional Administrator for the
National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) Southwest Region
which encompasses the States of California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Mr. McInnis
has 25 years of experience in conservation and management of living
marine resources in the Pacific in his work for NOAA Fisheries
and the Pacific
Fishery Management Council. He has broad experience as an administrator
and regulator in implementing the major Federal statutes and policies
related the conservation of living marine resources, including
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Marine
Mammal Protection Act
and the Endangered Species Act. He has managed programs for fisheries
observers, regulation formulation and writing, environmental impact
analysis, habitat conservation, fishery management, and conservation
of protected
species.Mr. McInnis holds a Master of Arts in Marine Biology from
San Francisco State University earned through graduate studies
at the Moss Landing
Marine Laboratories.
Jim Balsiger, Ph. D
Regional Administrator for the Alaska Regional Office
Dr. James Balsiger is the Regional Administrator of
the Alaska Region of the National Marine Fisheries Service, a
position he has held
since May 2000. Dr. Balsiger’s prior position was Regional Science
and Research Director at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center in
Seattle from
1995 through mid-2000. He also served as Deputy Director of the
Center from 1991 through 1995 and Program Leader for the Status
of Stocks Task
within the Center’s Resource Ecology and Fisheries Management Division
from 1977 to 1991. Dr. Balsiger holds a Bachelor of Science degree
in Forestry from Michigan Technological University in Houghton,
Michigan; a Master of Science
degree in Forest Silvaculture from Purdue University in Lafayette,
Indiana; and a Ph.D. in Quantitative Ecology and Natural Resource
Management from the University of Washington in Seattle.
William L. Robinson, Regional Administrator, Pacific Islands
Regional Office
William L. Robinson is the Regional Administrator of the U.S. National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Pacific Islands Region based
in Honolulu, Hawaii. After beginning his career with the Oregon Department
of Fish
and Wildlife, he joined the NMFS in 1980 serving as Chief of
Fisheries Management for NMFS Alaska Region and the Assistant Regional Administrator
for Sustainable Fisheries for NMFS Northwest Region. His responsibilities
have included administering federal fisheries management and
endangered
species programs in Alaska and the U.S. west coast, and representing
NMFS on the Pacific Fishery Management Council, Pacific Salmon
Commission and International Pacific Halibut Commission. He has also represented
NMFS in a professional exchange with the Australian Fisheries
Service
where he helped design and implement an Individual Transferable
Quota program in the Australian southern bluefin tuna fishery, the first such
program in the country. He has worked closely with Native American
Indian
Tribes, the west coast and Alaska fishing industry and environmental
groups to promote resource conservation and sustainable fisheries
management.
He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Fisheries from Oregon
State University. He is married with three children and plans on making
his home in Kailua, Hawaii.
Dale Jones
Chief, Office of Law Enforcement
Dale Jones was hired as the
Chief of the NOAA Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement in May
of 1999. His previous professional
experience includes Five years as a municipal Police Chief
with the City of Hagerstown Maryland, Four years as the Director of
Police and Fire
Services with the City of Warren Pennsylvania, and twelve years
within the ranks and command staff of the Arvada Colorado Police
Department. Chief Jones has also served in collateral roles
as
a consultant to the State of Pennsylvania as a peer advisor
working with other
municipal Police Chiefs to review their departmental operations
and administration. He holds a Masters Degree in Foundations
of Bilingual and Multicultural Education from the University
of Colorado at Denver and a Bachelor
degree with a double major in Criminology and Sociology from
the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate
of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Senior Executive
Fellows Program.
John H. Dunnigan
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries
John Dunnigan is currently the Director of Sustainable Fisheries,
a position he has held since January 2002. HE is responsible NOAA
Fisheries headquarters’ activities relating to the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conversation and Management Act and other laws, including
Atlantic highly migratory species management, domestic fisheries
regulation, international fisheries, fisheries policy and interjurisdictional
fisheries. From 1991-2002 he served as Executive Director of the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, providing oversight
to Commission activities in fishery management, science and research,
habitat, sport fish restoration and law enforcement. Mr. Dunnigan
has served NOAA for over 20 years. Jack Dunnigan has a Masters of
Law and a Juris Doctor from the University of Washington. He is a
member of the District of Columbia Bar Association.
Laurie Allen
Director, Office of Protected Resources
In January of 2003, Laurie Allen began her current role as Acting Director
for the Office of Protected Resources. This headquarters office
is responsible for national leadership, policy development, and
program implementation
for NOAA's protected resource conservation mandates, primarily
the Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species Act. The
office is the primary
support for many international treaties and conventions on protected
resources worldwide. Ms. Allen joined NOAA in 1990 as a seafood
inspector, developed seafood standards between 1991 and 1993, beginning
work in
the Habitat and Protected Resources Division of NOAA Fisheries
Northeast Regional Office in 1994.She has a
Bachelor of Science degree (1984) in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
from the University of Vermont and a Master's degree in Public
Administration from Harvard University (2000). Ms. Allen currently
lives Laurel, Maryland
with her two calico cats and a capricious Arabian horse.
Rollie Schmitten
Director, Office of Habitat Conservation
For over 30 years, Rolland A. Schmitten (Rollie) has been a natural
resource manager. Whil involved in all aspects of natural resource
management, his career has primarily focused on marine fisheries.
He has served as the Director of Fisheries Service NW Regional
Director. He has also served as Assistant Administrator for NOAA
Fisheries and the NOAA Deputy Assistant Secretary for internsational
affairs. As Deputy Assistant Secretary he negotiated international
fisheries agreemetns and served as the US Commissioner to the Tuna,
Atlantic salmon and Whaling Commisions. He currently serves as
the Director of the Office of Habitat Conservation, where he oversees
the protection and restoration of our nation's marine habitats.
Linda Chaves
Director, Office of Constituent Services
Bio coming soon.
Gary Reisner
Director, M&B CFO/CAO
Bio coming soon.
Richard V. Cano
Director, Seafood Inspection
(A)
Rich began his career in fish inspection as a Fishery Products Inspector
with the National Marine Fisheries Service in 1972 while attending
graduate school in marine science at the University of South Florida.
He later joined industry as the Quality Assurance Manager in the Florida
division of a multinational seafood corporation. In 1977, he accepted
a position in FDA’s Bureau of Foods (predecessor of today’s
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition) in Washington, D.C.,
where he worked in the Divisions of Food Technology and Regulatory
Guidance. Rich returned to the NMFS voluntary seafood inspection program
in 1981 where he has been actively involved in domestic and international
issues regarding the inspection and certification of fishery products.
Larry Tyminski
Chief Information Officer
Bio coming soon.
John Boreman, Ph. D
Director of the Northeast Science Center
Dr. John Boreman is the Science and Research Director of the Northeast
Fisheries Science Center. He has been Deputy Director since 1997.
Previous positions include Northeast Regional Power Plant Specialist
for the US
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Aquatic Ecologist for the USFWS's
National Power Plant Team, Senior Assessment Scientist for the
Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Chief of Research Coordination
for the Northeast
Fisheries Science Center, and Director of NOAA's Cooperative Marine
Education and Research Program at the University of Massachusetts.
In addition
to his duties as Acting Science and Research Director, he is currently
adjunct Professor of Fisheries at the University of Massachusetts
and a member of the Board of Directors of the Hudson River Foundation.
His
research interests include population dynamics of coastal migratory
fishes, and impacts of development on fisheries in the coastal
zone.
Nancy Thompson, Ph. D
Director of the Southeast Science Center
Dr. Thompson has been working for NOAA Fisheries
since 1980 upon completion of her graduate degree. During
her career, Dr. Thompson has conducted research on sea turtles,
marine
mammals,
and fishery resources. Her primary research focus has been
working with sea turtles and continues to conduct research
on sea turtle
biology. She is an Adjunct Professor of Marine Biology and
Fisheries at the Univ. of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine
and Atmospheric
Sciences and a Fellow, Cooperative Institute of Marine and
Atmospheric Science at U of Miami/RSMAS. She is married
with two children.
Usha Varanasi, Ph. D
Director of the Northwest Science Center
Dr. Usha Varanasi is Director of NOAA Fisheries Northwest Fisheries
Science Center. She has held this position since 1994. Dr. Varanasi
oversees more than 300 scientists and staff at the Center’s headquarters
in Seattle and its five research stations in Washington and Oregon to
ensure that the Center provides the best scientific information to support
critical management decisions. Dr. Varanasi has been with the Center
since 1975. As a scientist, Dr. Varanasi’s research resulted in
the development of technologies to reduce pollution impacts on
fisheries resources and ensure that seafood was safe for human
consumption. Her
research has been successfully applied during major oil spills,
like the Exxon Valdez. Prior to joining the NWFSC, Dr. Varanasi
held a faculty
position at Seattle University, where she studied marine mammals
to understand how they process sound biochemically. Dr. Varanasi
serves on many expert
committees and scientific boards and has edited two books and numerous
peer reviewed scientific publications. She is deeply committed
to the open communication of science to diverse constituents, the
education of students in the sciences, and the mentoring of young leaders.
Dr.
Varanasi received her B.Sc degree from Bombay University in India,
her M.S. degree from the California Institute of Technology, and
her
Ph.D.
in organic chemistry from the University of Washington, where she
now holds an adjunct professorship.
Sam Pooley
Science Center Director, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Dr. Samuel G. Pooley is the director for the new NOAA Fisheries Pacific
Island Fisheries Science Center. He was selected as Director of the
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Honolulu Laboratory in 2002.
During 2003 and through May 2004, Pooley was acting Regional Administrator
for the new Region. For the past twenty years he has served as the
Honolulu Laboratory’s lead economist with responsibilities ranging
from economic analysis of commercial fisheries to evaluation of the
benefits of recreational fisheries and endangered species preservation.
He has also published papers on bio-economic analysis and alternative
fishery management and property rights regimes, including cooperative
and corporate management.
Pooley received his doctorate in Political Science from the University
of Hawaii and his masters in Economics from the University of Birmingham
(U.K.).
Douglas P. DeMaster, Ph. D
Director of the Alaska Science Center
DeMaster is the Science and Research Director for the Alaska Region.
He is responsible for NOAA Fisheries’ research on living marine
resources in Alaska, including commercially important species of fish
and shellfish, and marine mammals, as well as the habitats upon which
they are dependent. DeMaster’s professional training is in population
assessment and statistics. He serves as an affiliate professor at the
University of Alaska and the University of Washington. He is also the
current chair of the International Whaling Commission’s Scientific
Committee.
William Fox, Ph. D
Director, Office of Science & Technology
Dr. Fox has
been the Director, Office of Science & Technology, since October
of 1996. Prior to that he was the Director, Office of Protected
resources from February 1993 until October of 1996. From January
of 1990, until January of 1993, Dr. Fox served as the Director
of NOAA Fisheries. Other public service has included the State
of Florida Marine Fisheries Commission (1983-1990) and the U.S.
Marine Mammal Commission (1983-1990)--he served terms as chair
of both commissions. Prior to returning to public service in 1990,
Dr. Fox
was a Professor of marine biology and fisheries and Director of
the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies at
the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric
Science (1982-1990). Before that he spent twelve years with NOAA
Fisheries and its predecessor agency, the
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. Dr. Fox has authored or co-authored
over 60 scientific publications. He is a member of the American
Fisheries Society, a Fellow of the American Institute of Fishery
Research Biologists and Sigma Xi--the Research Society. His formal
education includes a B.S. in zoology (1967) and an M.S. in marine
science (1970) from the University of Miami and a Ph.D. in fishery
science (1972) from the University of Washington.Verdana.
Natalie Huff
EEO/Diversity Manager
Natalie Huff has been a Department of Commerce
employee since 1978. During her early years with the
Department, Natalie worked with
the Employee Development Division, one of the many offices
within the Office
of the Secretary’s Personnel office. In 1988, Natalie joined
the International Trade Administration as an Employee Development
Specialist/Awards Officer. In this capacity she was responsible
for the development of
several training programs and the management of the ITA Awards
Program. In 1992, she was selected by the National Marine
Fisheries Service
to serve as a Management Program Analyst within the office
of Management Services. In this capacity she managed the
training program, awards,
and many of the day-to-day management functions. In 1995
she was appointed by the DAA for Fisheries to serve as the
National Program Manager for
EEO and later as the Human Resources Team Leader within the
Operations,
Management and Information office. Following the birth of
the
NOAA Diversity office, Natalie was appointed by the AA to
serve as the National Program Manager for EEO and Diversity.
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