AcousticEcology.org Special Report
Marine Mammal Commission
Advisory Commitee on Acoustic Impacts
on Marine Mammals
Member Lists
This page lists the authors of each of the non-consensus
"caucus statements" submitted to the MMC, as well as
additional Advisory Committee members, alternates,
and other participants.
Federal Caucus
Committee Members
RDML Mark Boensel, Chief of Naval Operations
Environmental Readiness (N45), U.S. Navy
Martin Kodis, Chief, Resource Management Support
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Robert LaBelle, Deputy Associate Director, Offshore Minerals Management
Minerals Management Service (MMS)
Michael Reeve, Ph.D., Head, Integrative Programs Section, Ocean Sciences Division
National Science Foundation
Charles Schoennagel, Deputy Regional Director, Gulf of Mexico Region
MMS
V. Frank Stone, Ph.D., Marine Resources Program Manager, Chief of Naval Operations, Environmental Readiness (N45)
U.S. Navy
Frederick Sutter III, Deputy Regional Administrator, Southeast Region
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
RADM Steven Tomaszeski, Oceanographer of Navy
U.S. Navy
Donna Wieting, Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources
NMFS
James Yoder, Ph.D., Director Ocean Sciences Division
National Science Foundation
Alternate Committee Members
David Bernhart, Assistant Regional Administrator Protected Resources, Southeast Region
NMFS
Diane Bowen, Marine Mammal Coordinator
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
James Kendall, PhD., Chief, Environmental Sciences
MMS
William Lang, Ph.D., Environmental Scientist, Gulf of Mexico Region Office
MMS
Steve Leathery, Permits Division Chief, Office of Protected Resources
NMFS
RADM Tim McGee, Chief of Naval Operations
Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
Alexander Shor, Ph.D., Program Director, Ocean Sciences Division
National Science Foundation
Judy Wilson, Chief, Environmental Compliance Unit
MMS
Environmental Caucus
Committee Members
Sarah Dolman, Science Office
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
Marsha Green, Ph.D., President, Ocean Mammal Institute
Erin Heskett, Senior Program Officer
International Fund for Animal Welfare
Joel Reynolds, Senior Attorney
Natural Resources Defense Council
Naomi Rose, Ph.D., Marine Mammal Scientist
Humane Society of the United States
Alternate Committee Members
Michael Jasny, Senior Policy Consultant
Natural Resources Defense Council
Mark Simmonds, Director of Science
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
Linda Weilgart, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biology
Dalhousie University
Sharon Young, Marine Issues Field Director
Humane Society of the United States
Energy Producers Caucus
G.C. (Chip) Gill, President
International Association of Geophysical Contractors
James P. Ray, Ph.D., President
Oceanic Environmental Solutions, LLC
Bruce A. Tackett, Manager, Legislative and Regulatory Issues
ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences, Inc.
Scientific Research Caucus
Committee Members
Paul E. Nachtigall, Ph.D., Director
Marine Mammal Research Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii
RADM Richard Pittenger (Ret.)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
G. Michael Purdy, Ph.D., Director
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Peter Tyack, Ph.D.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
RADM Richard West (Ret.), President
Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
Peter F. Worcester, Ph.D.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Alternate Committee Members
Daniel P. Costa, Ph.D.
University of California, Santa Cruz
Gerald D’Spain, Ph.D.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Darlene Ketten, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John A. Orcutt, Ph.D.
Deputy Director for Research and Associate Vice Chancellor, Marine Sciences
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Non-consensus statements were also submitted
by the following committee members:
Kenneth C. Balcomb III, Center for Whale Research (Alternate: John Calambokidis, Cascadia
Research)
Kathy Metcalf, Chamber of Shipping of America (Alternate: Joe Cox, Chamber of Shipping of America)
Sara Wan, California Coastal Commission (Alternate: Mark Delaplaine, California Coastal Commission)
Advisory Committee Members who did not participate in caucus statements
David Cottingham, Marine Mammal Commission (Designated Federal Official)
John A. Hildebrand, Marine Mammal Commission and Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Richard D. West, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education; replaced until July 2005 by Penelope Dalton, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
Nina M. Young, The Ocean Conservancy; replaced by Morgan Gopnik, The Ocean Conservancy Independent
Additional Advisory Committee Participants
Alternates
Dan Allen, Chevron Texaco
John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research
Jack Caldwell, oil and gas industry cnsultant
Carole Carlson, International Fund for Animal Welfare
Mark Delaplaine, California Coastal Commission
Philip Fontana, Veritas DGC, Inc
Tim McGee, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
Roger Nolan, Naval Reserve Readiness
Pasquale Roscigno, Minerals Management Service
Gerald D'Spain, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Alexander Shor, National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences
Richard Wildermann, Minerals Management Service
Members who were replaced by their alternates during the course of the process
Laurie K. Allen, National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources
Facilitators (Contracted through the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution)
Suzanne G. Orenstein
Lee M. Langstaff
Linda Manning, SRA International
Additional Subcommittee and Working Group Participants
Melissa Anderson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Daryl Boness, Smithsonian Institution (retired) and Marine Mammal Commission
Colleen Corrigan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Tara Cox, Marine Mammal Commission
Cynthia Decker, Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy
Roger Gentry, National Marine Fisheries Service
Robert Gisiner, Office of Naval Research
Mardi Hastings, Office of Naval Research
Rodger Melton, ExxonMobil
James Miller, University of Rhode Island
Linda Petitpas, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Tim Ragen, Marine Mammal Commission
Brandon Southall, National Marine Fisheries Service
Erin Vos, Marine Mammal Commission
Andrew Wigton, ExxonMobil
Andrew Wright, Marine Mammal Commission and National Marine Fisheries Service
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