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   Steering Group Members
   Federal Agency Co-Chairs
   Executive Planning Team

   Steering Group Members

Dee Freeman – Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Earl S. Hunter – Steering Group Chair and Commissioner
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

John E. Frampton – Director
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

Chris Clark – Commissioner
Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Robert Ballard – Deputy Secretary
Florida Department of Environmental Protection - Land and Recreation

   Federal Agency Co-Chairs

Dr. Paul A. Sandifer – Interim Science Advisor to the Administrator
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce

Dr. Jess D. Weavor – Chief Executive
Office of Water, SE Region, U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Department of the Interior

Dr. James D. Giattina – Director
Water Management Division, Region 4
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

   Executive Planning Team

Carolyn Boltin-Kelly – Executive Planning Team Chair and Deputy Commissioner,
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control - Ocean and Coastal Resource Management

Ron Baird – University of North Carolina-Wilmington Center for Marine Science

Robert Boyles – Director, S.C. Department of Natural Resources - Marine Resources Division

Mary Conley – Southeast Marine Director, The Nature Conservancy

Louis Daniel – Director, N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Division of Marine Fisheries

Camille Destafney – Southeast Region Environmental Program Manager, U.S. Navy

Rick DeVoe – Executive Director, S.C. Sea Grant Consortium

Craig Diamond – Chief, State Planning, Florida Department of Community Affairs

Michelle Duval – Executive Assistant for Councils, N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Division of Marine Fisheries

Lee Edmiston – Director, FL Department of Environmental Protection - Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas

Ginny Fay – Senior Policy Analyst, NOAA

Paul Friday – Director, Government and External Relations, MCI-East

Jim Gregson – Director, N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Division of Coastal Management

Debra Hernandez – Executive Director, Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association

Christine Laporte – Coordinator, South Atlantic Regional Research Project - University of Georgia

James Leutze – Chancellor Emeritus, University of North Carolina-Wilmington

Ellen McCarron – Assistant Director, FL Department of Environmental Protection - Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas

Gil McRae – Director, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Roger Pugliese – Senior Fishery Biologist, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council

Chris Russo – Organizational Effectiveness Director, N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Susan Shipman – Director, GA Department of Natural Resources - Coastal Resources Division

Eric Strom – Director, U.S. Geological Survey, South Carolina Water Center

Tom Wellborn – Chief, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4, Wetlands Planning and Coastal Protection Section

Nick Wiley – Executive Director, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

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