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Panel Member List

Ray Fernald - Chair

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
P.O. Box 90778

7870 Villa Park Drive

Henrico, VA 23228-0778

ray.fernald@dgif.virginia.edu

Mike Allen - Vice Chair

Maryland Sea Grant

4321 Hartwick Road Suite 300

College Park, MD 20740

mallen@mdsg.umd.edu

Hannah Martin - Coordinator

District of Columbia

Vacant
D.C. Department of
Environment

Fisheries & Wildlife Division
51 N St., NE 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20002

Delaware

Edna Stetzar
Delaware Department of
Natural Resources and
Environmental Control

4876 Hay Point Landing Road
Smyrna, DE 19977
302-735-8658
Edna.Stetzar@state.de.us

William McAvoy (alternate)
William.McAvoy@state.de.us  

Maryland

Jonathan McKnight
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Wildlife & Heritage Service
Tawes State Office Bldg, E-1
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-260-8539
jonathan.mcknight@maryland.gov
Ron Klauda(alternate)
410-260-8610
Rklauda@dnr.state.md.us

Kerrie Kyde
Maryland Invasive Species Council

Maryland Department of Natural Resources
11960 Clopper Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
301-948-8243
kkyde@dnr.state.md.us

New Jersey

Lisa Barno
New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife

PO Box 400
Trenton, NJ 08625
609-292-8642
Lisa.barno@dep.state.nj.us

New York

Catherine McGlynn
Department of Environmental Conservation
Invasive Species Coordination Unit
625 Broadway Floor 5
Albany, NY 12233
518-408-0436
catherine.mcglynn@dec.ny.gov
David Adams (alternate)
dave.adams@dec.ny.gov

North Carolina

Rob Emens
North Carolina Department of
Environmental Quality 

1611 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1611
rob.emens@ncdenr.gov
919-707-9012

Pennsylvania

Bob Morgan
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
450 Robinson Lane
Bellefonte, PA 16823
robemorgan@pa.gov
James Grazio (alternate)
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Tom Ridge Environmental Center
301 Peninsula Drive, Suite 4
Erie, PA 16505
Jagrazio@pa.gov

Virginia

Ray Fernald
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

P.O. Box 90778
7870 Villa Park Drive
Henrico, VA 23228-0778
804-367-8364
Ray.Fernald@dgif.virginia.gov  

Tom Smith, Natural Heritage
Program
Department of Conservation
and Recreation

217 Governor Street
Richmond, VA 23219
804-786-4554
Tom.Smith@dcr.virginia.gov
Kevin Heffernan (alternate)
804-786-9112
Kevin.Heffernan@dcr.virginia.gov

West Virginia

Bret Preston
WVA Division of Natural
Resources

1900 Kanawha Blvd.

E. Charleston, WVA. 25305

304-558-2771

bret.a.preston@wv.gov

Federal

Marian Norris
National Park Service

National Capital Region 
Center for Urban Ecology
Natural Resources and Science
4598 MacArthur Blvd., NW
Washington, D.C. 20007
marian_norris@nps.gov
Jil Swearingen (alternate)
202-342-1443 ext. 218
Jil_swearingen@nps.gov  

Steve Kendrot
USDA APHIS
2145 Key Wallace Drive
Cambridge, MD 21613
410-221-7857
Stephen.R.Kendrot@aphis.usda.gov

Steve Minkkinen
USFWS Maryland Fisheries Resource Office
177 Admiral Cochrane Drive
Annapolis, MD 21401
Steve_Minkkinen@fws.gov
Sandra Keppner (alternate)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
1101 Casey Rd
Balsom, NY 14013
585-948-7039
Sandra_Keppner@fws.gov

Susan Pasko
NOAA-Sustainable Fisheries
1315 East West Highway, Room 15719
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 427-8682
susan.pasko@noaa.gov

John Darling
EPA-National Exposure Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
513-569-7865
Darling.John@epa.gov

Anne Timm
USDA Forest Service, NRS
Baltimore Field Station
5523 Research Park
Baltimore, MD 21228
altimm@fs.fed.us

Regional

Jim Cummins
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin

51 Monroe Street Suite PE-08
Rockville, MD 20850
301-984-1908 ext. 106
Jcummins@icprb.org

Matthew Shank
Susquehanna River Basin
Commission

1721 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17102-2391
717-238-0423 ext. 113
fax: 717-238-2436
mshank@srbc.net  

Vacant
Chesapeake Bay Program, Chesapeake Research Consortium

Vacant
USGS Eastern Regional Office

Vacant
U.S. Coast Guard

Vacant
ACOE North Atlantic Division 

Vacant
USDA NRCS

University

Gloria Putnam
North Carolina Sea Grant
Box 8605, NC State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8605
919-513-0117
Gloria_Putnaml@ncsu.edu
Barbara Doll  (alternate)
919-515-5287
Barbara_doll@ncsu.edu

Roger Mann
Virginia Institute of Marine
Science

PO Box 1346 Rt. 1208 Greate Road
Gloucester Point, VA 23062
804-684-7108
fax: 804-684-7614
rmann@vims.edu

Mike Allen
Maryland Sea Grant

4321 Hartwick Road, Suite 300
College Park, MD 20740
301-405-6372
fax: 301-314-5780
mallen@mdsg.umd.edu
Fredrika Moser (alternate)
301-405-7500
moser@mdsg.umd.edu

Sarah Whitney
Pennsylvania Sea Grant

PO Box 67000
1601 Elmerton Ave
Harrisburg, PA 17106
swhitney@psu.edu
Ann Faulds
1350 Edgmont Ave. Suite 2570
Chester, PA 19013
afaulds@psu.edu
Sara Grisé (alternate)
301 Peninsula Drive, Suite 3
Erie, PA 16505
814-602-4383
Sng121@psu.edu

Chuck O'Neill
New York Sea Grant
Morgan II, SUNY College
Brockport, NY 14420
585-395-2638
Cro4@cornell.edu

Gregory Ruiz
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

PO Box 28
647 Contees Wharf Road
Edgewater, MD 21037
443-482-2227
ruizg@si.edu


 
 

Interested Parties
(Non-Voting)

John Christmas
George Mason University

jchristm@gmu.edu

Kirk Mantay
Daft-McCune-Walker, Inc
.
410-296-3333
Kmantay@dmw.com

Howard Hankin
202-690-0082
Howard.hankin@wdc.usda.gov

Richard B. Minnis, PhD
301-734-8281
Richard.B.Minnis@aphis.usda.gov

Dr. Greg Lutz
National Aquaculture Association

Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
LSU Ag Center
Knapp Hall
PO Box 25100
Baton Rouge, LA 70894-5100
225-578-4141
glutz@agctr.lsu.edu

AC Carpenter
Potomac River Fisheries
Commission

PO Box 9
Colonial Beach, VA 22443
804-224-7148
fax: 804-224-2712
PRFC@verizon.net

Karl Roscher
National Association of State Aquaculture

50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-841-5724
roschekr@mda.state.md.us

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