Speakers and Guests
Kim Anderson
Oregon State University
Joe Banta
Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council
Eric Baumgartner
Louisiana Public Health Institute
Michael Blum
Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research
Bruce Brackin
Mississippi State Department of Health
Ayanna Buckner
Community Health Cooperative
Rex Caffey
Louisiana Sea Grant and Louisiana State University
Anita Chandra
RAND Corporation
Craig Colten
Louisiana State University and The Water
Institute of the Gulf
Robert Dickey
UT Marine Science Institute
Cornelis Elferink
University of Texas Medical Branch
David Gauthé
Bayou Interfaith Shared Community Organizing
Sharon Gauthé
Bayou Interfaith Shared Community Organizing
Angela Grajeda
American Red Cross–MS Region
Jennifer Horney
Texas A&M University
John Hosey
Gulf Coast Restoration Corps
Andrew Kane
University of Florida
Barbara Kirkpatrick
GoM Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS)
Shirley Laska
University of New Orleans
Maureen Lichtveld
Tulane University
Susan Lovelace
South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
Brian Mayer
University of Arizona
Aubrey Miller
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Alexandra Nolen
University of Texas Medical Branch and Episcopal
Health Foundation
Kristina Peterson
Lowlander Center
Troy Pierce
U.S. EPA Gulf of Mexico Program
Richard Powers
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ashley Ross
Sam Houston State University
Paul Sandifer
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Michael Schaffer
Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services
Tracie Sempier
Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and
Gulf of Mexico Alliance
Umair Shah
Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services
Christina Simoniello
GoM Coastal Ocean Observing System and GOMA
Environmental Education Network
John Stegeman
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Greg Steyer
U.S. Geological Survey
Linda Usdin
Swamplily, LLC
William Vocke
Interagency Coordinating Committee
on Oil Pollution Research
Ann Hayward Walker
SEA Consulting Group
Chuck Wilson
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative
Steven Wolfe
Florida Institute of Oceanography
Workshop Planning Committee/Advisory Group Members
Lynn Goldman
George Washington University
Bernard Goldstein
University of Pittsburgh
Linda McCauley
Emory University
J. Stephen Picou
University of South Alabama
LaDon Swann
Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant
Consortium/Auburn University
James Ziglar
Van Ness Feldman
Gulf Research Program Staff
Chris Elfring
Executive Director
Bethany Mabee
Research Associate
LeighAnne Olsen
Senior Program Officer
Steve Olson
Consultant
Evonne Tang
Senior Program Officer
Teri Thorowgood
Manager, Administrative Services
Maggie Walser
Senior Program Officer
