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Executive Planning Team Meeting


GSAA Executive Planning Team Meeting

May 1-2, 2014 in Charleston, SC

GSAA Funding Requirements and Private Partnership Overview 

Kristine Cherry
Coordinator, Governors’ South Atlantic Alliance

Barbara Neale
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Regional Resilience Roundtable Discussion 

Federal Relationship to Resilience
Eric Strom
Dept. of Interior, United States Geological Survey

Regional Ocean Partnership Experiences with Resilience
Laura Bowie
Gulf of Mexico Alliance

Kris Ohleth
Mid Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean

Perspectives on Resilience in the South Atlantic
Mary Conley
The Nature Conservancy

Jeff Payne
Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Charles Chestnutt
United States Army Corps of Engineers

Katie Peek
Western Carolina University

Norman  Levine
College of Charleston

Lance Gunderson
Emory University

Coastal Zone Management Learning Session

Coastal Zone Management Act Overview
Kelly Samek
Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Florida CZM Program
Kelly Samek
Florida Department of Environmental Protection

North Carolina CZM Program
Braxton Davis
North Carolina Department of Natural Resources

South Carolina CZM Program
Barbara Neale
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Georgia CZM Program
Brad Gane
Georgia Department of Natural Resources