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OFFICERS

Kristen Fletcher (President)
Executive Director, Coastal States Organization
Hall of the States
444 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 322
Washington, DC 20001
Ph: (202) 508-3861
Cell: (401) 714-4686
E-Mail: kfletcher@coastalstates.org
Term: 1/1/07 - 12/31/08
Strategic Planning Working Group Chair

Paul Ticco (Past-President)
Regional Coordinator
Northeast and Great Lakes Region
National Marine Sanctuary Program
1305 East West Highway, N/ORM6
Room 11534
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Ph: (301) 713-7240
Cell: (202) 378-3537
Fax: (301) 713-0404
E-Mail: paul.ticco@noaa.gov
Term: 1/1/07 - 12/31/08
Nominations Committee Chair and
Development Committee Co-Chair

Jeff Benoit (President-Elect)
Restore America’s Estuaries
2020 North 14th St., Suite 210
Arlington, VA 22201
Ph:(703) 524-0248
Cell: (703) 915-1515
Fax: (703) 524-0287
E-Mail: jbenoit@estuaries.org
www.estuaries.org
Term: 1/1/07 - 12/31/08
Special Projects Committee Co-Chair

Jeff Smith (Treasurer)
National Marine Fisheries Service
Office of Habitat Conservation
1315 East West Highway, F/HC2, Room 14136
Silver Spring, MD 20910 
Ph: (301) 713-4300 x137
E-Mail: Jeff.P.Smith@noaa.gov
Term: 1/1/08 - 12/31/10
Finance Committee Chair

Helene Scalliet (Secretary)
Program Specialist
National Marine Sanctuary Program
1305 East West Highway, N/ORM6
Room 11164
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Ph: (301) 713-7281
Cell: (805) 680-3580
E-Mail: helene.scalliet@noaa.gov
Term: 7/25/07 - 12/31/09
Communications Committee Chair

DIRECTORS

Richard H. Burroughs
Department of Marine Affairs
University of Rhode Island
Washburn Hall
Kingston, RI 02881
Ph: (401) 874-4045
Fax: (401) 874-2156
E-mail: rburroughs@uri.edu
Term: 1/1/07 – 12/31/09
Education Committee Chair

Patrick J. Christie
Assistant Professor
School of Marine Affairs
and Jackson School of International Studies
University of Washington
3707 Brooklyn Ave, NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Ph: (206) 685-6661
Fax: (206) 543-1417
E-Mail: patrickc@u.washington.edu
skype: patrick.christie1
Term: 1/1/06 - 12/31/08

Ariel A. Cuschnir
Director Coastal Programs
The Louis Berger Group, Inc. 
2445 M Street NW, 4th Fl
Washington DC 20037-1435    
Ph: (202) 303-2750 
Cell: (703) 307-6122
Fax: (202) 293-0787
Skype: coastaldoctor
E-Mail: acuschnir@louisberger.com
Term: 1/1/06 - 12/31/08
International Integration Working Group Chair

Rick DeVoe
Executive Director
S.C. Sea Grant Consortium
287 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401
Ph: (843) 953-2078
E-Mail: rick.devoe@scseagrant.org
Term: 1/1/08 - 12/31/10

Tali Engoltz
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Coastal Management Program
Office of Policy, Planning, and Science
401 E. State St., 7th Fl. West
P.O. Box 418
Trenton, NJ 08625
Ph: (609)633-2201
Fax: (609)292-4608
E-Mail: Tali.Engoltz@dep.state.nj.us
Term: 1/1/07-12/31/09

Laurie Jodice
304 Brookstone Way
Central, SC 29630
Ph: (864) 656-2209
Fax:  (864) 656-2226
E-Mail: jodicel@yahoo.com
Term: 1/1/06 - 12/31/08  

Lisa C. Schiavinato
Law, Policy and Community Development Specialist
North Carolina Sea Grant
1575 Varsity Drive – Flex Bldg, Module 1
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695
Ph: (919) 515-1895
Fax: (919) 515-7095
E-Mail: lisa_schiavinato@ncsu.edu
Term: 1/1/08 - 12/31/10
TCS 21 Program Chair

Susan White
Assistant Director
Hollings Marine Laboratory
& Center for Excellence in Oceans and Human Health NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
331 Fort Johnson Road
Charleston, SC 29412
Ph: (843) 762-8993
E-Mail: Susan.white@noaa.gov
Term: 1/1/07-12/31/09
Membership Committee Chair

EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS

Angela Gustavson
Restore America’s Estuaries
2020 North 14th St., Suite 210
Arlington, VA 22201
Ph: (703) 524-0248 x 12
E-Mail: agustavson@estuaries.org

Christine Patrick
1602 Carey Lane, Apt 336
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Ph: (301) 466-4849
E-Mail: Christine.patrick@gmail.com
Chapters Committee Chair

Jack Wiggin
Director
Urban Harbors Institute
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd
Boston, MA 02125-3393
Ph: (617) 287-5570
Fax: (617) 287-5575
E-Mail: Jack.Wiggin@umb.edu 

STUDENT CHAPTERS

University of Washington
http://students.washington.edu/tcsuw/
Sara Earhart, Chapter Liaison
E-Mail: tcsuw@u.washington.edu or
smarisla@aol.com
Maile Sullivan, President
E-Mail: mailesul@u.washington.edu

Duke University
http://www.env.duke.edu/students/tcs.html
Carly Knoell, Chapter Liaison and President
E-Mail: carly.knoell@duke.edu

East Carolina University
http://www.ecu.edu/org/tcs/
Kevin Miller, President
E-Mail:khm1212@ecu.edu

University of Rhode Island
Matt Nixon, Chapter Co-President
E-Mail: matthew_nixon@mail.uri.edu
Willie Whitmore, Chapter Co-President and National Liason
E-Mail: wwhitmore@mail.uri.edu

University of Hawaii
India Clark, Chapter President
E-Mail: India@hawaii.edu
Kaimana Lee, Graduate Student Assistant
E-Mail: kaimana.lee@gmail.com
Harmonee Williams, National Liaison
E-Mail: harmoneew@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

TCS Office 
Judy Tucker, CAE, Executive Director
PO Box 3590
Williamsburg, VA 23185-3590
Fed Ex Delivery:55 Winster Fax, 23185
Ph: (757) 565-0999
Fax: (757) 565-0922
E-Mail: coastalsoc@aol.com

Tax Preparation
Swart, Lalande & Associates, PC (Chas Rannells) 11166 Fairfax Boulevard
Suite 300
Fairfax, VA 22030
Ph: (703) 361-6126
Fax: (703) 591-9595
E-Mail: crannells@slacpa.com

Bulletin Designer and Web Master
Human Dimensions of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
Department of Natural Resource Conservation
311 Holdsworth Natural Resources Center
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003-9285
Ph:(413)545-6641
Fax: (413) 545-4358
Contact: David K. Loomis, PhD, Director
E-Mail: Loomis@nrc.umass.edu