Chair:

Dr. Eric J. Barron
Dean, Jackson School of Geosciences
University of Texas
Email: ebarron@jsg.utexas.edu

Vice-Chair

Dr. Shirley A. Pomponi
President and CEO
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
Email: pomponi@hboi.edu

Treasurer:

Dr. Brian Taylor
Dean, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Email: taylorb@hawaii.edu

Secretary:

Amy L. Castner, M.A.
Secretary of the Board
Joint Oceanographic Institutions
Email: acastner@joiscience.org

Transitional Trustees:

Dr. Marcia K. McNutt
President and CEO
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Email: mcnutt@mbari.org

Dr. Mark R. Abbott
Dean, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
Oregon State University
Email: mark@coas.oregonstate.edu

One-Year Term
(May 2007 to May 2008)

Dr. Donald F. Boesch
President, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Email: boesch@umces.edu

Dr. Gary B. Griggs
Director, Institute of Marine Sciences
University of California, Santa Cruz
Email: griggs@ucsc.edu

Dr. Steven E. Lohrenz
Chair and Professor of Marine Science
University of Southern Mississippi
Email: steven.lohrenz@usm.edu

Dr. Cindy L. Van Dover
Professor of Marine Biology
Director, Duke University Marine Laboratory
Email: c.vandover@duke.edu

Two-Year Term
(May 2007 to May 2009)

Dr. David O. Conover
Dean and Director
Marine Sciences Research Center
Stony Brook University
Email: dconover@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Dr. Anthony F. Michaels
Director, Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies
University of Southern California
Email: tony@usc.edu

Dr. G. Michael Purdy
Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Email: mpurdy@ldeo.columbia.edu

Dr. Nancy M. Targett
Dean, College of Marine and Earth Studies
University of Delaware
Email: NTargett@udel.edu

Three-Year Term
(May 2007 – May 2010)

Dr. Eric J. Barron
Dean, Jackson School of Geosciences
UT/Jackson School of Geosciences
Email: ebarron@jsg.utexas.edu

Dr. Otis B. Brown
Dean, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
University of Miami
Email: obrown@rsmas.miami.edu

Dr. Shirley A. Pomponi
President and CEO
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
Email: pomponi@hboi.edu

Dr. Brian Taylor
Dean
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Email: taylorb@hawaii.edu