(2002). Previously, Terry worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Park Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Forest Service. Dr. Schaefer’s interests include recruitment dynamics of marine populations, experimental statistics, coastal zone management, and marine policy.

Yvonne Forsbergh was a research assistant for the Board on Earth Science and Resources. Previously, she was a program analyst for the Office of Grants and Special Programs at Howard Hughes Medical Institute for both the Precollege Science Education Program and the Graduate Science Education Program. She has also held a position with the Board on Science and Technology for International Development as consultant and program administrator. She holds a B.S. from the University of Tennessee in microbiology and education, and she is currently a M.Ed. candidate at George Mason University in instructional technology.

Byron Mason is a senior project assistant for the Division on Earth and Life Studies. He received a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Florida. During his time at the NRC he has assisted with the completion of two reports: Implementing Climate and Global Change Research (2004) and A Geospatial Framework for the Coastal Zone: National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting (2004).

Alison Schrum was a project assistant with the Ocean Studies Board through much of 2002, where she was primarily involved with organizational aspects of the National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting study.