2018 Advisory Board Members
Jerry M. Melillo (NAS) (Chair)
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Kenneth E. Arnold (NAE)
WorleyParsons | K. Arnold Consulting, Inc.
Houston, Texas
Diane E. Austin
The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Patrick A. Barnes
BFA Environmental Consultants
Orlando, Florida
Subrahmanyam Bulusu
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Antonio J. Busalacchi, Jr. (NAE)
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado
Elizabeth (Terry) Fontham
Louisiana State University
New Orleans, Louisiana
Katherine H. Freeman (NAS)
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
VADM Paul G. Gaffney II (NAE)
Monmouth University (Emeritus)
Columbia, South Carolina
William “Monty” Graham
The University of Southern Mississippi
John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
Myron P. Gutmann
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Susan Hanson (NAS)
Clark University
Ripton, Vermont
Kerstin A. Lehnert
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Palisades, New York
Michael Macrander
Shell Alaska (Retired)
Gig Harbor, Washington
William S. Marras (NAE)
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Jean May-Brett
Louisiana Department of Education (Retired)
Kenner, Louisiana
Kathryn Moran
Ocean Networks Canada
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Alonzo L. Plough
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, New Jersey
Liesel A. Ritchie
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Jonathan Samet (NAM)
University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, Colorado
José Sarukhán (NAS)
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
Richard Sears
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Acknowledgments
The GRP would like to acknowledge and thank the numerous individuals who assisted and contributed to its work in 2018 as collaborators, advisors, participants in workshops and consensus studies, and grant and fellowship application reviewers—all of whom acted in a volunteer capacity. Without their efforts the work of the GRP would not be possible.
In addition, we would like to offer a special thanks to seven departing GRP Advisory Board members whose terms ended in 2018: Kenneth Arnold, Patrick Barnes, Terry Fontham, Katherine Freeman, Myron Gutmann, William Marras, and José Sarukhán. These members played an integral role in guiding the GRP.
Thank you to this entire community of amazing people for their time, service, and dedication working for the benefit of communities and ecosystems in the Gulf and beyond.
ABOUT THE GULF RESEARCH PROGRAM
Over its 30-year duration, the GRP seeks to enhance offshore energy system safety and protect human health and the environment by catalyzing advances in science, practice, and capacity to generate long-term benefits for the Gulf of Mexico region and the nation.
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CONTACT THE GULF RESEARCH PROGRAM
Phone: (202) 334-1973
Email: gulfprogram@nas.edu
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