CeNCOOS Governing Council

2010-11 Council Members


These 15 individuals were elected by the CeNCOOS community in an attempt to represent the diversity of marine organizations and interests in our region. Throughout the year and at Public bi-annual meetings, the Council helps guide the progress of CeNCOOS. View the Council list as a pdf document.


Steven Bograd
Supervisory Research Oceanography
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, ERD
1352 Lighthouse Ave
Pacific Grove, CA 93950 
Phone: (831) 648-8314
Email: steven.bograd@noaa.gov
Newell Garfield
Associate Professor
SFSU/Romberg Tiburon
3152 Paradise Rd
Tiburon, CA 94920
Phone: 415-338-3713 (RTC) 415-338-1209 (SFSU)
Email: garfield@sfsu.edu
Erika McPhee-Shaw
Associate Professor
Moss Landing Marine Labs
8272 Moss Landing Road
Moss Landing, CA 95039
Phone: 831-771-4400
Email: eshaw@mlml.calstate.edu

Mark Carr
Professor EE Biology
Partnership for Interdisciplinary
Studies of Coastal Ocean Research
UC Santa Cruz
Center for Ocean Health
100 Shaffer Road
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: (831) 459-3958
Email: carr@biology.ucsd.edu
Churchill Grimes
Director
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
110 Schaffer Road
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: 831-420-3931
Email: Churchill.Grimes@noaa.gov


Karina Nielsen
Associate Professor
CSU Council on Ocean Affairs, Science and Technology (COAST)
Sonoma State University
1801 E Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Phone: (707) 664-2962
Email: karina.nielsen@sonoma.edu
Francisco Chavez
Senior Scientist
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 7700 Sandholdt Rd.
Moss Landing, CA 95039
Phone: 707-875-1930
Email: chfr@mbari.org


Raphael Kudela
Associate Professor
Ocean Sciences and IMS
UC Santa Cruz
1156 High St.,
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phone: 831-459-3290
Email: kudela@ucsc.edu


Sheila Semans
CA State Coastal Conservancy
Ocean Protection Council
P.O. Box 1173
Mendocino, CA 95460
Phone: 707-964-0176
Email: ssemans@scc.ca.gov


Dan Costa
Professor of EE Biology
Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP)
UC Santa Cruz, Institute of Marine Sciences, Long Marine Lab
100 Shaffer Road
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: (831) 459-2786
Email: costa@biology.ucsc.edu
Rikk Kvitek
Professor, Science and Environ. Policy 
Director, Seafloor Mapping Lab
CSU Monterey Bay
100 Campus Center
Seaside, CA 93955
Phone: (831) 582-3529
Email: rikk_kvitek@csumb.edu

Frank Shaughnessy
Professor of Botany, Vice Chair
Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University
Arcata, CA 95521
Phone: 707-826-4133
Email: fjs3@humboldt.edu


Pat Coulston
Marine Resource Program Manager
California Depart. of Fish and Game
20 Lower Ragsdale Dr, Monterey, CA 93940
Phone: 831.649.7193
Email: PCoulston@dfg.ca.gov
John Largier
Professor
UC Davis
Bodega Marine Lab
Bodega Bay CA 94923
Phone: (831) 775-1709
Email: jlargier@ucdavis.edu
Dean Wendt
Associate Professor of Biology, CCMS
Director, SLOSEA
Biological Sciences Department and CCMS Cal Poly State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Phone: 805-756-2988
Email: dwendt@calpoly.org