Navigation Manager

Activities include:

• meeting with local port authorities and harbormasters
  
• meeting with local marine pilots
  
• Identifying locations requiring priority hydrographic surveying
  
• providing liaison on other NOS issues such as predicted tides/currents and PORTS
  
• addressing geographic information system needs
  
• providing outreach activities with the maritime community
  
• maintaining dialogue with oil companies, fisherman, commercial shippers and other commercial mariners
  
• improving and customizing nautical charts to satisfy specific regional needs
  
• providing expert opinion towards resolution of local navigation safety issues that affect several agencies
  
• partnering with local maritime professionals for updating the Coast Pilot
  
• working with regional constituents to define new navigation products such as the electronic nautical chart, raster nautical chart and "print on demand" charts.
  

  Representative Locations
  

  The Northeast
  

  LCDR Andrew L. Beaver, NOAA
  Navigation Manager, Northeast Region
  Narragansett, RI
  E-mail: Andrew.L.Beaver@noaa.gov
  Phone: (401) 782-3252
  
  

  The Mid Atlantic
  
  James Dixon
  Navigation Manager, Mid-Atlantic Region
  Norfolk, VA
  E-mail: Jim.Dixon@noaa.gov
  Phone: (757) 627-7072
  Fax: (757) 627-7076
  
  

  The Southeast
  
  LT Lawerence Krepp, NOAA
  Navigation Manager, Southeast Region
  Charleston, SC
  E-mail: Lawrence.T.Krepp@noaa.gov
  Phone: (843) 740-1178
  Fax: (843) 740-1224
  
  

  The Gulf of Mexico
  
  Alan R. Bunn
  Navigation Manager, Western Gulf of Mexico Region
  College Station, Texas
  E-mail: Alan.Bunn@noaa.gov
  Phone: (979) 845-3855
  Fax: (979) 845-7525
  
  Tim Osborn
  Navigation Manager, Eastern Gulf of Mexico Region
  Lafayette, LA
  E-mail: Tim.Osborn@noaa.gov
  Phone: (337) 291-2111
  Fax: (337) 291-2112
  
  

  Great Lakes Region
  
  Brian A. Link
  Navigation Manager, Great Lakes Region
  NOAA/GLERL - Lake Michigan Field Station
  Muskegon, MI
  E-mail: Brian.Link@noaa.gov
  Phone: (231) 759-1252
  Fax: (231) 759-2414
  
  

  The West Coast
  
  LT Edward J VanDenAmeele, NOAA
  Navigation Manager, Washington
  Seattle WA
  E-mail: Edward.J.Vandenameele@noaa.gov
  Phone: (206) 526-6840
  Fax: (206) 526-4514
  
  

  CDR Steven A. Thompson, NOAA
  Navigation Manager, San Francisco Bay Area
  San Francisco, CA
  E-mail: Steven.A.Thompson@noaa.gov
  Phone: (415) 561-6624
  Fax: (415) 561-6616
  
  

  Gerald E. Wheaton
  Navigation Manager, California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Oregon, and Hawaii
  Seaside, CA
  E-mail: Gerry.Wheaton@noaa.gov
  Phone: (831) 583-2365
  Fax: (831) 583-2366
  
  

  Alaska
  
  LT Mark Boland, NOAA
  Navigation Manager, Alaska
  Anchorage, AK
  E-mail: Mark.J.Boland@noaa.gov
  Phone: (907) 271-2373
  Fax: (907) 271-3030