SGA Leadership

Sea Grant Association (SGA) Board of Directors

Erik Chapman, New Hampshire Sea Grant (SGA President, 2025-2026)
Darren Lerner, Hawaii Sea Grant (Immediate Past President, 2023-2024)
Stephanie Otts, National Sea Grant Law Center (Incoming President, 2027-2028)
Matt Charette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant  (Treasurer)
Anne Jefferson, Lake Champlain Sea Grant (Secretary)
Julie Lively, Louisiana Sea Grant College Program (PMC Chair)
Sarah Whitney, Pennsylvania Sea Grant (Ethics Committee Chair)
Shauna Oh, California Sea Grant (At-large)
Karina Nielsen, Oregon Sea Grant (At-large)

List of all Sea Grant Program Directors

SGA Parliamentarian:  John Downing, Minnesota Sea Grant
SGA Fiscal Officer: Mary Beth Barrow (marybeth.barrow@seagrant.org)

  • Julie Lively, Louisiana Sea Grant College Program (PMC Chair)
    Kate Litle, Washington Sea Grant (Communications Liaison)
    Karla Heidelberg, USC Sea Grant (Education Liaison)
    Laura Picariello, Texas Sea Grant (Extension Liaison)
    Peter Rowe, New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (Fiscal Liaison)
    Tracey Dalton, Rhode Island Sea Grant (Legal Liaison)
    Stuart Carlton, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (Research and Fellowships Liaison)

  • Karina Nielsen, Oregon Sea Grant (ERC Chair)
    Steve Sempier, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (ERC Vice Chair)
    Erik Chapman, New Hampshire Sea Grant (SGA President)
    Stephanie Otts, National Sea Grant Law Center (Incoming President)
    Sylvain DeGuise, Connecticut Sea Grant
    Ginny Eckert, Alaska Sea Grant
    Sarah Whitney, Pennsylvania Sea Grant
    Julie Lively, Louisiana Sea Grant
    Tracey Dalton, Rhode Island Sea Grant
    John Downing, Minnesota Sea Grant
    Becky Shuford, New York Sea Grant
    Shauna Oh, California Sea Grant
    Darren Lerner, Hawaii Sea Grant
    Gayle Zydlewski, Maine Sea Grant

  • Melissa Boyce, Wisconsin Sea Grant (NAC Chair)
    Cindy Knapman, Hawaii Sea Grant (Chair, Communications Network)
    Ashley Eaton, Lake Champlain Sea Grant (Chair, Educators Network)
    Julia Peterson, New Hampshire Sea Grant (Chair, Extension Assembly)
    Lori Hans, Delaware Sea Grant (Chair, Fiscal Officers Network)
    Katie Hill, Georgia Sea Grant (Chair, Legal Network)
    Alex Frie, Minnesota Sea Grant (Chair, Research and Fellowship Coordinators Network)

  • Sarah Whitney, Pennsylvania Sea Grant (Ethics Chair)
    Sylvia Newell, Michigan Sea Grant (President appointed member)
    Karla Heidelberg, USC Sea Grant (President appointed member)
    Sam Chan, Oregon Sea Grant (Networks Advisory Council elected member, Extension Assembly)
    Niki Pace, Louisiana Sea Grant (Networks Advisory Council elected member, Legal Network)
    Melissa Daigle, Louisiana Sea Grant (Networks Advisory Council elected member, Legal Network)
    Max Weber, Hawaii Sea Grant (Networks Advisory Council elected member, Fiscal Officers Network)

  • Darren Lerner, Hawaii Sea Grant (Nominating Chair)