GSAA 4th Annual Meeting
Presentations
**Please note that the perspectives expressed by invited speakers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the GSAA or its member organizations**
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Gil McRae
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation CommissionGary Raulerson
Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve
GSAA Products and Progress
Clean Coastal and Ocean Waters
Diane Reid
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural ResourcesDisaster-Resilient Communities
Tancred Miller
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural ResourcesHealthy Ecosystems
Amber Whittle
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation CommissionWorking Waterfronts
April Turner
South Carolina Sea Grant ConsortiumHazard Vulnerability Assessment
Chester Jackson
Georgia Southern University
State of the South Atlantic
Moderator
Jeff Payne
Acting Director, NOAA Coastal Services CenterPanelists
Courtney Hackney
Director of Coastal Biology, University of North FloridaFrank Knapp
President, CEO and Co-founder, SC Small Business Chamber of CommerceJames Murley
Executive Director, South Florida Regional Planning CouncilGavin Smith
Executive Director, University of North Carolina Center for the Study of Natural Hazards and Disasters
Intersections in Resilience and Marine Planning
Moderator
Rick Devoe
Executive Director, South Carolina Sea Grant ConsortiumPanelists
Jamie Monty
Manager, Coral Reef Conservation Program, Florida Department of Environmental ProtectionJayentha Obeysekera
Chief Modeler, Hydrologic & Environmental Systems Modeling, South Florida Water Management DistrictRay Toll
ODU, Navy, NOAA Liaison, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion UniversityStephanie Bailenson
Senior Policy Advisor for Oceans and Coasts, The Nature ConservancyGeorge Sedberry
Science Coordinator, NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries
Working Waterfronts – Clean and Resilient Marinas
Brenda Leonard
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Healthy Ecosystems and Clean Coastal and Ocean Waters – Water Quality Databases
Kate Muldoon
Florida Department of Environmental ProtectionChristine Laporte
University of Georgia
World Ocean Council – Governors’ South Atlantic Alliance Joint Industry Forum
Facilitators
Programs Director, World Ocean Council
Kristen Fletcher
Principal, Fletcher Coastal ConsultingPanelists
Brent Greenfield
Executive Director, National Ocean Policy CoalitionScott Skinner
Manager of Environmental Compliance, Jacksonville Port Authority
Launching the GSAA EPA Grant Projects
Kristine Cherry
Coordinator, GSAACheryl Mannel
NE Florida Aquatic Preserves Restoration Coordinator, Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR
IATT Final Reports
Clean Coastal and Ocean Waters
Diane Reid
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural ResourcesDisaster-Resilient Communities
Tancred Miller
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural ResourcesHealthy Ecosystems
Amber Whittle
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation CommissionWorking Waterfronts
April Turner
South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium