COL Strategic Advisory Committee

The Strategic Advisory Committee (SAC) is composed of members elected by affiliate institutions, representing different sectors of the ocean community. The COL director and senior management team meet regularly with the SAC to seek advice on COL’s plans and activities. Together the SAC provides input for COL’s future directions and strategic goals.

Bill Sherrod SAC

Bill Sherrod

Associate Director, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University

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Rob Ellison

Director of Research and Development, Sea-Bird Scientific
 

Leila Hamdan

Leila Hamdan

Associate Vice President for Research, Coastal Operations at the University of Southern Mississippi

Kristen Kleisner

Kristin Kleisner

Lead Senior Scientist and Associate Vice President for Oceans Science (EDF)

Gerhard Kushka

Gerhard F. Kuska

Executive Director, MARACOOS

Gregory Cutter SAC - small

Gregory Cutter

Professor of Oceanography, Old Dominion University

Kanchan Maiti

Kanchan Maiti

Chair of the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Science, Louisiana State University 

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Leonard Pace

Science Program Senior Manager, Schmidt Ocean Institute

Fabrice Veron

Fabrice Veron

Dean of the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware
 

Deborah K. Steinberg

Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

 

Paula Bontempi

University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography