GCAN Executive Committee and Working Groups

GCAN Steering Chair
Dr. Kimberly Yates
GCAN Executive Committee
Dr. Jorge Brenner, Executive Director, Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS)
Dr. Dwight Gledhill, Deputy Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Acidification Program (OAP)
Dr. Kimberly Yates, Senior Research Oceanographer, United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Jennifer Vreeland-Dawson, Research Associate, GCOOS
GCAN Coordinator
Jennifer Vreeland-Dawson
Working Groups
Working group engagement is interchangeable and dependent on projects. Working group members do not need to be members of GCAN to participate in a project. Please contact the GCAN Coordinator Jennifer Vreeland with questions regarding participation.
Science Working Group
Dr. Xinping Hu, Texas A&M University (TAMU-CC) Corpus-Christi/ Harte Research Institute
Dr. Luticia Barbero, NOAA/University of Miami
Dr. Emily Osborne, NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AMOL)
Dr. Kathryn Shamberger, TAMU
Dr. Emily Hall, Mote Marine Laboratory (MML)
Dr. Stephan Howden, University of Southern Mississippi (USM)
Dr. Nancy Rabalais, Louisiana State University (LSU) College of the Coast and Environment
Dr. Beth Stauffer, University of Louisiana (UL) at Lafayette
Ed Sherwood, Tampa Bay Estuary Program (TBEP)
Dr. Frank E. Muller-Karger, University of South Florida (USF) / Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON)
Policy Working Group
Kelly Samek, J.D., NOAA SeaGrant
Dr. Sophie J. McCoy, Florida State University (FSU)
Ryan Ono, Ocean Conservancy (OC)
Stakeholder Working Group
Dr. Angela Collins, NOAA/Florida SeaGrant/UF
Dr. Stephan Howden, USM
Dr. Frank Muller-Karger, USF/MBON
Tim Rummage, Ringling College of Art and Design
Kelly Samek, NOAA SeaGrant
Ed Sherwood, TBEP
Ryan Ono, OC