Gulf of Mexico Regional Panel Membership

As a first order of business in mid-2002, the membership on the Gulf of Mexico Regional Panel was established. The following are the current members and their affiliations. Note that several seats are currently not filled. Efforts continue to locate individuals who will be willing to serve on the Panel to fill vacant seats. This panel roster is current as of May 30, 2006.

FEDERAL
EPA Gulf of Mexico Program	Bryon Griffith
National Park Service	Jim Long
Food and Drug Administration	Tom Herrington
National Marine Fisheries Service	Tom Jackson
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	VACANT
U.S. Coast Guard	John Meyers
US Geological Survey	Pam Fuller
US Navy	Bob Stender
USFWS Region 2	Bob Pittman
USFWS Region 4	Jay Troxel
US Army Corps of Engineers	Al Cofrancesco
Department of Agriculture	VACANT
STATE
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department	Earl Chilton
Louisiana Dept. Wildlife and Fisheries	Harry Blanchet
Mississippi Dept. of Marine Resources	Dale Diaz
Mississippi Dept. Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks	Dennis Riecke
Mississippi Dept. of Environmental Quality	VACANT
Alabama Dept. Conservation and Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division	Leslie Hartman
Alabama Dept. Conservation and Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries	Steve Rider
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission	Scott Hardin
Florida Department of Environmental Protection	Don C. Schmitz
Georgia Department of Natural Resources	Ted Hendrickx
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources	Steve de Kozlowski
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources	Dale Theiling
REGIONAL COMPACT
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission	TBA
ENVIRONMENTAL/USER GROUP
Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain	George Ramseur
Gulf Restoration Network	Cynthia Sarthou
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
Galveston Bay Foundation	Jim Lester
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL
Aquaculture	John Teem
Ports and Harbors	Paul Carangelo
UNIVERSITY/RESEARCH
Louisiana State University	Bruce Thompson
University of Southern Mississippi IMS/GCRL	Harriet Perry
TRIBAL
VACANT
INTERNATIONAL
Mexico	Porfirio Alverez
Mexico	Roberto Mendoza
SEA GRANT
	Marilyn Barrett-O’Leary
NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAMS
	David Yeager
AT-LARGE
	Herb Kumpf Walter Cortenay, Jr. Jim Kruse

A cooperative program of state, federal agencies and the private sector administered by the
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission.*

* Current site content modified from original content developed by the University of Southern Mississippi/College of Marine Sciences/Gulf Coast Research Laboratory through a grant administered by the Gulf of Mexico Program.