Governing Board, Committees & Staff

Governing Board

President 2011-2013
Walter Boynton, President 
University of Maryland,
Center for Environmental Science -
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
410-326-7275
boynton@cbl.umces.edu

President-Elect
Kenneth L. Heck, Jr.
Daupin Island Sea Lab
Dauphin Island, AL
kheck@disl.org

Past President
Susan L. Williams
Bodega Marine Laboratory, UC–Davis
Bodega Bay, CA
707-875-1950
slwilliams@ucdavis.edu

Secretary
Linda Blum
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

Treasurer, Finance & Investment Committee Chair
Chris Tanner
St. Mary's College of Maryland 
St. Mary's City, MD 20686

Member at Large, 2011-2015
James Hagy
Research Ecologist
Gulf Breeze, FL
 

International Member at Large, 2011-2015
Alejandro Yanez-Arancibia
Institute of Ecology A.C. (CPI-CONACYT)
Xalapa, Ver., Mexico
 

Members at Large, 2009-2013
Robert Díaz
College of William and Mary
Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Janet Nestlerode
Research Ecologist
Gulf Breeze, FL

Affiliate Society Representatives

ACCESS
Melisa Wong
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Dartmouth NS, Canada

AERS
Mark J. Brush
Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences (VIMS)
College of William and Mary
Gloucester Point, VA

CAERS
Sharon Herzka
Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion
Superior de Ensenada (CICESE)
Ensenda, Baja California, Mexico

GERS
Ruth H. Carmichael
University of South Alabama and Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Dauphin Island, AL
 

 

NEERS
John Brawley
Woods Hole Group
East Falmouth, MA

PERS
Gary L. Williams
G.L. Williams and Associates, Ltd.
Coquitlam, BC, Canada

SEERS
Robert W. Virnstein
East Palatka, FL

Journal Officials

Co-Editors in Chief
Iris C. Anderson 
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Gloucester Point, VA
 

Wayne S. Gardner
Marine Science Institute
Port Aransas, TX


Taylor Bowen, Editorial Coordinator

  

CESN Managing Editor
Merryl Alber
University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Science Writer
Nancy Steinberg
Newport, Oregon

CERF Committees

Education Committee Chair
Janet Nestlerode

Policy and Public Outreach Committee
Robert Díaz and Susan Williams

International Relations Committee
Alejandro Yanez-Arancibia

Publications Committee
James Hagy

Membership & Communications Committee
Ken Heck

Scientific Awards Committee
Bob Christian

Executive Committee
Walter Boynton

 

CERF 2012 Conference Co-Chairs

Oscar Iribarne
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata Argentina
osiriba@mdp.edu.ar

Paulina Martinetto
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata Argentina
pmartin@mdp.edu.ar

Rober Christian
East Carolina University
christianr@ecu.edu

CERF 2013 Conference Co-Chairs

Steve Weisberg
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
stevew@sccwrp.org

Jan Newton
University of Washington
newton@ocean.washington.edu

CERF Staff

East Coast Office
P.O. Box 510
Port Republic, MD 20676
Fax: 410-326-7466

Executive Director
Mark Wolf-Armstrong
509-997-0888 (West Coast Office)
mark@erf.org

Program Manager
Alejandra (Ally) Garza
410-326-7467
ally@erf.org

Office Manager
Paula Evans-Duncan
509-997-0888
paula@erf.org

Web Master
Adam Haile
410-474-0319

Membership Services
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5400 Bosque Blvd., Suite 680
Waco, TX 76710
254-776-3550