SGA Board of Directors
Darren Lerner, Hawaii Sea Grant (SGA President 2023-24)
Erik Chapman, New Hampshire Sea Grant (SGA President Elect 2023-24)
Susan White, North Carolina Sea Grant (SGA Past-President, 2023-24)
Stephanie Showalter Otts, Sea Grant Legal Program, (PMC Chair, 2023-24)
Christopher Winslow, Ohio Sea Grant (Secretary, 2024-25)
Sherry Larkin, Florida Sea Grant (Treasurer, 2024-25)
Tomas Hook, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (Ethics Committee chair, 2023-24)
Ginny Eckert, Alaska Sea Grant (At large member, 2024-25)
Gayle Zydlewski, Maine Sea Grant (At large member, 2023-24)
SGA Parliamentarian: John Downing, Minnesota Sea Grant
Program Mission Committee
Stephanie Showalter Otts, Sea Grant Legal Program (PMC Chair, 2023-24)
Darren Lerner, Hawaii Sea Grant (SGA President)
Silvia Newell, Michigan Sea Grant (Research Delegate)
Susan Lovelace, South Carolina Sea Grant (Marine Extension Delegate)
Joanna York, Delaware Sea Grant (Communications Delegate)
Mark Risse, Georgia Sea Grant (Education Delegate)
Peter Rowe, New Jersey Sea Grant (Fiscal Officers Delegate)
Tracey Dalton, Rhode Island Sea Grant (Legal Delegate)
Kristin Fussell, Ohio Sea Grant (Chair, Research Coordinators’ Network) ex officio, non-voting
Jill Jentes Banicki, Ohio Sea Grant (Chair, Communicators’ Network) ex officio, non-voting
Tina Miller-Way, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant (Chair, Education Network) ex officio, non-voting
Steve Sempier, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant (Chair, Extension Assembly) ex officio, non-voting
Sara Karlsson, Georgia Sea Grant (Chair, Fiscal Officers Network) ex officio, non-voting
Catherine Janasie, National Sea Grant Law Center (Chair, Legal Network) ex officio, non-voting
External Relations Committee
Gayle Zydlewski, Maine Sea Grant (Chair)
Darren Lerner, Hawaii Sea Grant (SGA President)
Erik Chapman, New Hampshire Sea Grant (SGA President-elect)
Sylvain DeGuise, Connecticut Sea Grant (Member)
Ginny Eckert, Alaska Sea Grant (Member)
LaDon Swann, Mississippi/Alabama Sea Grant (Member)
Sarah Whitney, Pennsylvania Sea Grant (Member)
Becky Shuford, New York Sea Grant (Member)
Pam Plotkin, Texas Sea Grant (Member)
Shauna Oh, California Sea Grant (Member)
Julie Lively, Louisiana Sea Grant (Member)
Tracey Dalton, Rhode Island Sea Grant (Member)
John Downing, Minnesota Sea Grant (Member)
Jim Hurley, Wisconsin Sea Grant (Member)
Karina Nielsen, Oregon Sea Grant (Member)
Networks Advisory Council
Melissa Daigle, Louisiana Sea Grant (Chair, 2023-24)
Kristen Fussell, Ohio Sea Grant (Chair, Research Coordinators Network, 2023-24)
Jill Jentes Banicki, Ohio Sea Grant (Chair, Communicators Network, 2023-24)
Tina Miller-Way, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant (Chair, Educators Network, 2023-24)
Steve Sempier, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant (Chair, Extension Assembly, 2023-24)
Sara Karlsson, Georgia Sea Grant (Chair, Fiscal Officers Network, 2023-24)
Catherine Janasie, National Sea Grant Law Center (Chair, Legal Network, 2022-24)
Darren Lerner, Hawaii Sea Grant (SGA President, 2023-24) ex officio, non-voting
Stephanie Showalter Otts, Sea Grant Legal Program (PMC Chair, 2021-23) ex officio, non-voting
Erik Chapman, New Hampshire Sea Grant, (SGA President Elect, 2023-24) ex officio, non-voting
Nominating Committee
Susan White, North Carolina Sea Grant (Chair)
Erik Chapman, New Hampshire Sea Grant
Shauna Oh, California Sea Grant
Ethics Committee
Tomas Hook, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (Chair)
Sarah Whitney, Pennsylvania Sea Grant (Sea Grant Association Appointed Delegate)
Karla Heidelberg, USC Sea Grant (Sea Grant Association Appointed Delegate)
Niki Pace, Louisiana Sea Grant (Networks Advisory Council Appointed Member, Legal Network)
Sam Chan, Oregon Sea Grant (Networks Advisory Council, Appointed Member, Extension Assembly)
Terra Bowling, National Sea Grant Law Center (Networks Advisory Council Appointed Member, Legal Network)
Sarah Kolesar, Oregon Sea Grant (Invited Ex-Officio, Representative of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Community of Practice)