Board & Members Committees

Board Committees:

Executive Committee

Working closely with the President and the executive team, the Executive Committee conducts the business of the corporation on behalf of the Board in between Board Meetings. It is comprised of the Board Chair, the Vice Chair and the Chairs of each of the Board committees.

Nancy Targett, Chair
Rob Dunbar, Vice Chair
Don Boesch
Mike Perfit
Brian Taylor, Treasurer

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee oversees that annual audit of Ocean Leadership’s financial statements and any other audit activities, as requested by the Executive Committee.

Don Boesch, Chair
Susan Avery
Peter Mikhalevsky
Nancy Rabalais
Jim Sanders
Brian Taylor, Treasurer

Board Committee to Make Nominations

The Board Nominating Committee is responsible for nominating Trustees to serve as Officers of the Corporation. The Committee also nominates Trustees to serve on the standing committees of the Board.

Larry Mayer, Chair
Mark Abbott
Charlie Paull
Josie Quintrell
Nancy Rabalais

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee oversees Ocean Leadership’s financial management functions. The Committee works closely with the Chief Financial Officer in monitoring and reporting to the Board on the organization’s investment and debt policies and transactions.

Brian Taylor, Chair
Mark Abbott
Rob Dunbar
Mike Perfit
Josie Quintrell
Jim Sanders

Personnel Committee

The Board of Trustees has placed the Personnel Committee on hiatus.

Public Policy Committee

Working closely with the Director of External Affairs, the Public Policy Committee helps establish the advocacy priorities and policy positions of Ocean Leadership. All Trustees serve on the Committee, as do any Member Representatives with interest in engaging with the organization’s advocacy activities.

Rob Dunbar, Chair
Mark Abbott
Susan Avery
Art Baggeroer
Don Boesch
Chris D’ELia
Rick DeVoe
Manhar Dhanak
David Evans
Gary Griggs
Tony Haymet
Steve Lohrenz
Michele Longo Eder
Larry Mayer
Molly McCammon
Pete Mikhalevsky
Bob Owen
Charlie Paull
Mike Perfit
Shirley Pomponi
Josie Quintrell
Nancy Rabalais
Frank Rack
John Rummel
Jim Sanders
Jerry Schubel
Graham Shimmield
Nancy Targett
Brian Taylor
Denis Wiesenburg

Ocean Leadership Working Group to Develop Future Funding Models for New Ships

The Working Group to Develop Future Funding Models for New Ships has been asked to review existing models to fund and support the academic research fleet and develop alternative approaches that can be prioritized and recommended to the Ocean Leadership Board of Trustees. The Working Group will conduct its review in the context of recent studies of the research fleet by the NRC, UNOLS, and the Federal Oceanographic Facilities Committee.

Mark Abbott, Chair
Vernon Asper
Susan Avery
Rob Dunbar
David Farmer
Steve Lohrenz
Rob Munier
Shirley Pomponi
Nancy Rabalais
Jon Alberts (ex officio)

Ocean Observing Subcommittee

The Ocean Observing Subcommittee was established to enhance the depth of discussion and timely information exchange between the OOI Program Office personnel and the Ocean Leadership Board of Trustees and membership. Any Ocean Leadership Member Representative (or Alternate) with interest in ocean observing is welcome to join the Subcommittee. Currently serving are:

Steve Lohrenz, Co-Chair
Mark Abbott
Ginger Armbrust
Susan Avery
Art Baggeroer
Landry Bernard
Paul Cooper
Monty Graham
Tony Haymet
Ray Highsmith
Gerhard Kuska
Margaret Leinen
Marlon Lewis
Rich Lutz
Molly McCammon
Pete Mikhalevsky
Charlie Paull
Frank Rack
Mike Roman
Nazeeh Shaheen
Brian Taylor
Martin Taylor

Scientific Ocean Drilling Subcommittee

The Scientific Ocean Drilling Subcommittee was established to enhance the depth of discussion and timely information exchange between the USIO and USSSP program managers and the Ocean Leadership Board of Trustees and membership. Any Ocean Leadership Member Representative (or Alternate) with interest in scientific ocean drilling is welcome to join the Subcommittee. Currently serving are:

Rob Dunbar, Chair
Susan Avery
Tim Bralower
Cathy Constable
Chris D’Elia
Bob Duncan
John Farrell
Kate Miller
Charlie Paull
Mike Perfit
Mike Purdy
Terry Quinn
Frank Rack
Brian Taylor

Ocean Leadership: Delivering the Next Generation of Ocean Sciences, A Working Group

This Working Group was established in response to the robust discussion that was inspired by Bob Gagosian’s comments during his President’s Report at the March 2011 Members Meeting. The Group’s charge is to explore and discuss strategies, areas and ways in which the Ocean Sciences community might evolve its current practices, approaches, and business models in order to achieve increased collaboration, efficiencies and leveraging capability in an environment of increased financial constraints that are both internal and external to individual institutions.

Bob Corell (Co-Chair)
Graham Shimmield, Bigelow Labs (Co-Chair)
Mark Abbott, Oregon State University
Larry Atkinson, Old Dominion University
Susan Avery, WHOI
Ivar Babb, University of Connecticut
Don Boesch, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Gary Cherr, Bodega Marine Lab
Cathy Constable, University of California
Davis (Scripps)
Steve D’Hondt, University of Rhode Island
Toby Garfield, Romberg Tiburon Center
John Haines, Research Centers of the USGS
Val Klump, University of Wisconsin WATER Institute
Ian MacDonald, Florida State University
Nancy Rabalais, LUMCON
John Rummel, East Carolina University
David Scott, Dalhousie University
Larry Swanson, Stony Brook University
Nancy Targett, University of Delaware

Members Committees:

Members Committee to Make Nominations

The Member Nominating Committee is responsible for making nominations for the annual election of Trustees, for service on the Membership and Member Relations committees, and for other service, at the request of the Executive Committee.

Chris D’Elia, Chair
Jeff Paduan
Terry Quinn
Larry Mayer, Board Liaison
Jerry Schubel, Associate Member Liaison
Paul Cooper, Affiliate Member Liaison

Member Relations Committee

The Board of Trustees has placed the Member Relations Committee on hiatus.

Membership Committee

The Membership Committee considers applications for admission to Ocean Leadership and nominates prospective new Members.

Jacqueline Dixon
Graham Shimmield, Chair
Martin Taylor, Associate Member Liaison
Pete Mikhalevsky, Affiliate Member Liaison

ad hoc Bylaws Committee

The ad hoc Bylaws Committee is established periodically to review the Ocean Leadership bylaws and recommend to the Members revisions and amendments that clarify, strengthen or otherwise revitalize the bylaws as the governing document of the Corporation. The Committee works closely with the Board Secretary.