Administrative Commissioner

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June 2015 Commissioner Manual 1

MAINE

Patrick C. Keliher

Appointed 2011

Maine Department of Marine Resources

21 State House Station August, ME 04333-0021 207.624.6553

207.287.9975 FAX

[email protected]

Patrick Keliher took the oath of office to serve as Commissioner of the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) in January 2012.

Mr. Keliher has served as Deputy Commissioner and Director, Bureau of Sea Run Fisheries and Habitat within DMR since 2007. He has served, most recently as Acting Commissioner, and has been serving in this capacity since July 2011. Prior to joining DMR, Keliher served as Executive Director of the Atlantic Salmon Commission and Executive Director of the New England States of the Coastal Conservation Association, Greater New England. Mr. Keliher has also served as a licensed Coast Guard Captain and is a Registered Maine Guide.

Ongoing Proxy

Terry Stockwell

Maine Department of Marine Resources

21 State House Station Augusta, Maine 04333-0021 207.624.6553

207.624.6024 FAX

[email protected]

Mr. Stockwell serves as Director of External Affairs for the Maine Department of Marine Resources. He serves on several professional organizations, including Portland Fish Exchange Authority Board. He has represented Maine on the North East Large Whale Recovery Implementation Team, the Large Whale Take Reduction Team, and the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Team among others. He serves as the Commissioner’s designee to the New England Fishery Management Council.

Mr. Stockwell received his B.A. in government and studio art from Connecticut College and has attended the Maine Maritime Academy, Maine Harbor Master Program. He has received the US Department of Commerce Certificate of Merit, Maine Lobstermen’s Association Leadership Award, the Gulf of Maine Visionary Award and the William Twarog Manager of the Year Award.

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Legislative Commissioner

Senator Brian Langley

Appointed 2015

11 South Street

Ellsworth, Maine 04605

[email protected]

Senator Brian Langley was elected by the people of District 28 to represent them in the Maine Senate on November 2, 2010. Senator Langley currently chairs the Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee. He is also a member of the Marine Resources Committee.

Senator Langley served one term in the Maine House of Representatives. While in the House, he served on the Taxation Committee.

Langley is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine and Syracuse

University. He is an entrepreneur, chef, and educator, having spent the more than 27 years teaching culinary arts at Hancock County Technical Center. Brian also owns the Union River Lobster Pot restaurant in Ellsworth. He is involved with Boy Scout Troop 86; a board member of the First Congregational Church of Ellsworth and treasurer of the American Culinary Federation’s Down east chapter.

Senator Langley and his wife, Jane Bromley, have two children, David and Sarah.

Governor’s Appointee Commissioner

Stephen R. Train

Appointed 2012 33 Vernon Road Long Island, ME 04050-3116 207.766.5738 Phone [email protected]

A full time commercial lobsterman for 23 years, Stephen has also been actively involved in the fisheries management process at both the state and interstate level. He has served for 16 years on the Board of Directors of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association and has served as a member and Chair of the Maine Lobster Advisory Council. He also sat on the Maine Department of Marine Resources Advisory Council, Maine Scallop Advisory Council, and the Commission’s American Lobster Advisory Panel. Mr. Train attended Northeastern University and has a 100-ton Captain’s license. He lives in Long Island, Maine with his wife Marci and two daughters, Hattie and Rosie.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE

Administrative Commissioner

Douglas E. Grout

Appointed 2008

Commission Vice Chair 2013 to present Chief, Marine Fisheries Division New Hampshire Fish and Game

225 Main Street

Durham, NH 03824-4732 603.868.1095

603.868.3305 FAX

[email protected]

Mr. Grout is the Chief of the New Hampshire Division of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department where he has worked for 30 years. He has been actively involved in the Commission process for many years, beginning in 1988 serving on ASMFC’s Management and Science Committee. Prior to becoming a Commissioner, he served on numerous technical committees for the Commission. He received the Commission’s Award of Excellence in the Scientific/Technical/Advisory category in 2005. As a Commissioner he has chaired the Northern Shrimp Section and the American Lobster Board.

Mr. Grout received his M.S. and B.S. (graduating Cum Laude) in Zoology from the University of New Hampshire. He is an NAUI certified SCUBA diver. In 1992, the American Fisheries Society named him a Certified Fisheries Scientist.

Legislative Commissioner

Senator David H. Watters

Appointed 2010

Department of English, University of New Hampshire Director, Center for New England Culture

State Senator, District 4 19 Maple Street

Dover, NH 03820 603.271.8567

[email protected]

Prior to being elected State Senator (2012), David H. Watters was a Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, serving District 4, Dover since 2008. Since 1978 he has been a Professor of English at the University of New Hampshire, teaching in the areas of Early American Literature and New England Literature and Culture. He has held the position of Director at the Center for New England Culture since 2002. (continued)

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Senator Watters received his Ph.D. from Brown University and his B.A. from Dartmouth College. He has authored and coauthored a number of books and articles involving New England history and culture.

Senator Watters has been active on the Boards and committees of various organizations, including the Joint Legislative Historical Committee of the N.H. State Legislature and the N.H. Democratic Party at both the state and local level. He currently serves on the Senate Transportation Committee and the Executive Departments and Administration Committee.

Ongoing Proxy

Dennis Abbott

199 Ash Swamp Road Newmarket, NH 03857-2073 603.659.3175 Phone

[email protected]

Dennis Abbott served as Legislative Commissioner to the ASMFC from 1997 through 2010. He currently serves as co-chair of the AMFSC Legislators and Governors Appointees Committee and also serves on the Executive Committee. Mr. Abbott has supported fisheries conservation and management activities along the Atlantic coast as both an ASMFC Commissioner and a New Hampshire state legislator. In May 2012 he received the ASMFC Annual Award of Excellence for his Legislative contributions.

Mr. Abbott served as Member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives serving District 12 in Rockingham County for six terms, from 1994-2000 and 2004-2010. He chaired the House Fish & Game Committee and previously served on the Natural Resources Committee. He has fifteen years of municipal government service, including being a member of Zoning Board of Adjustment, Water Commissioner, Budget Committee member and Town Councilor. He was born in Exeter, New Hampshire and is a lifelong resident of the coastal community of Newmarket. Mr. Abbott graduated from Newmarket High School and attended the University of New Hampshire. He served in the U.S. Air Force as an electronics technician maintaining communications equipment in northern Labrador and later maintaining satellite tracking electronics in the early 1960’s. He worked for the Department of Defense for thirty years as an electronics technician specializing in submarine sonar systems and later as a Chief Test Engineer managing Submarine Weapons Systems testing, retiring in 1993.

Mr. Abbott is a lifelong recreational fisherman, primarily freshwater, and a hunter. He is a member of the American Legion; NH Audubon Society; Atlantic Salmon Federation, Local Historical Society, Coastal Conservation Association and LC Smith Collectors Association.

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Governor’s Appointee Commissioner

G. Ritchie White

Appointed 2000 30 Lang Road. Rye, NH 03870-2328 603.964.2211 603.964.2212 FAX [email protected]

Mr. White serves as the Governor and Council appointee to the Advisory Committee on Marine Fisheries. He currently is a consultant to Pease

Development Authority as coordinator of the Commercial Fishermen’s Revolving Loan Fund. Mr. White previously served as the coastal commissioner for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Commission.

In May 2012, Mr. White was the recipient of the ASMFC Annual Award of Excellence for Management and Policy.

Mr. White received his B.S. from the University of New Hampshire and

participates in continuing education programs to maintain his license as a State of New Hampshire Licensed Forester.

Mr. White presently serves on the Board of Directors of Coastal Conservation Association of New Hampshire, and is a founding member of Rescue Great Bay. He has served on many other conservation organizations, including State of New Hampshire Chair of Ducks Unlimited, the American Tree Farm System, New Hampshire State Forestry Advisory Board and Conservation Commissions of Bow and Rye, New Hampshire.

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MASSACHUSETTS

David E. Pierce, Ph.D.

Acting Director, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries

251 Causeway Street Boston, MA 02114-2119 617.626.1532

617.626.1509 FAX [email protected]

Dr. Pierce currently serves as the Acting Director of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. Dr. Pierce oversees the Massachusetts’ Division of Marine Fisheries’ bureau for interjurisdictional commercial and recreational policy and management as well as fisheries research in support of fisheries management and habitat protection. He is Massachusetts’ representative to both the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Councils.

Dr. Pierce has his B.S. in Marine Biology from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. He has an M.S. in Marine Biology also from the University of

Massachusetts, Dartmouth. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Dr. Pierce received ASMFC’s Annual Award of Excellence in Management and Policy in 2008. He is an Adjunct Professor for the University of Massachusetts School for Marine Science and Technology.

Massachusetts

Board-Specific Proxy

Daniel J. McKiernan

Deputy Director, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries

251 Causeway Street Boston, MA 02114-2119 617.626.1536

617.626.1509 FAX

[email protected]

Board-specific proxy for American eel; American lobster; Atlantic striped bass; Atlantic sturgeon; bluefish; and horseshoe crab

Mr. McKiernan develops agencies policies and provides expert representation at interstate and federal fishery management forums and administers nearly all aspects of the DMF’s in-state management and regulations for fisheries management. Mr. McKiernan has a B.S. in Marine Biology from Southeastern Massachusetts University and a M.S. from Auburn University including studies in fisheries biology, biostatistics, computer programming and technical writing. He is SCUBA certified and coaches youth soccer. He received the Massachusetts Pride in Performance Award, as well as the Massachusetts Lobsterman’s Association “Ralph W. Maling” Award of Excellence for dedicated service on behalf of the Commonwealth’s lobster industry.

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Board-Specific Proxy

Dr. Michael Armstrong

Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries

30 Emerson Avenue

Gloucester, MA 01930-2555 617-727-3336 X109

[email protected]

Board-specific proxy for northern shrimp and shad and river herring

Dr. Armstrong is an Assistant Director at the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries. He is also Laboratory Chief for the Annisquam River Marine Fisheries Station in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and has worked for the Division for 18 years. He currently heads up the Fisheries Biology Section which encompasses all biological studies, surveys, and stock assessments conducted by the Division. He serves as adjunct professor in the Department of Fisheries Oceanography at UMass-Dartmouth and for the Intercampus Graduate School of Marine Science – UMass. Dr. Armstrong received a B.S. in Biology from the University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth, an M.S. in Marine Science from College of William and Mary/Virginia Institute of Marine Science and a Ph.D. in Marine Zoology from the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Armstrong has an extensive background in fish biology, analysis of fishery data, and many aspects of estuarine, wetland, and coastal ecology. He has published papers on a number of aquatic species including river herring, winter flounder, striped bass, goosefish, Atlantic herring, weakfish, American lobster, northern shrimp, and bluefish.

Dr. Armstrong currently serves on the Management and Science Committee and has previously served on a number of ASMFC technical and stock assessment committees including Atlantic herring, Atlantic menhaden, weakfish, bluefish, fluke, scup, black sea bass, and northern shrimp. He enjoys playing guitar and coaching lacrosse.

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Legislative Commissioner

Representative Sarah K. Peake

Appointed 2009

7 Center Street

Provincetown, MA 02657-2309 617.722.2090 Phone

[email protected]

Representative Peake represents Massachusetts’ 4th Barnstable District consisting of seven towns on Cape Cod. She was elected in 2007. She is currently the House Chair of the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government.

Representative Peake received her J.D. from Pace University and her A.B from Colgate University. She is a member of the American Bar Association, as well as the Massachusetts and Barnstable County Bar Associations.

Representative Peake was raised in Bronxville, NY. She is a member of Elder Services of Cape Cod & the Islands, Advisory Council; Lower Cape Outreach Council, Honorary Board Member; and the Provincetown Chamber of Commerce. She spent her summers on Cape Cod, learning to sail and developing a love of nature and of Cape Cod that endures.

Massachusetts

Ongoing Proxy

Jocelyn Cary

Legislative Aide

State House, Room 195 Boston, MA 02133 or 69 Ridgewood Road Concord, MA 01742 617.722.2015 Phone

[email protected]

Jocelyn Cary works with marine and fisheries issues. She previously worked with Rep. Peake during her campaign which allowed her to learn about the fishing industry on the Outer and Lower Cape.

Ms. Cary is a graduate from Syracuse University with a major in History and minors in Art History and Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

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Governor’s Appointee Commissioner

William (Bill) Adler

Appointed 1996 PO Box 397 Green Harbor, MA 02041-0397 781.545.6984 781.545.7837 FAX [email protected]

Mr. Adler has owned and operated a lobster business and continues to fish on a limited basis. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association and serves on the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission (state regulatory body), formerly as its Chair and Vice-Chair. Mr. Adler received a B.A. in English from Stonehill College. He received his M.A. in English from Northeastern University Graduate School. He taught school from 1967-74 and was Teacher of the Year in 1973-74.

Mr. Adler remains active in many fisheries organizations including the Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary Advisory Council and the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance Board of Trustees. Mr. Adler serves as current Chairman of the Board of Advisors for the Lobster Institute of the University of Maine, a member of NMFS Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team, and the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation-Board of Directors. He is currently a member of the Massachusetts Fishermen’s Partnership, SEAPLAN (Ocean Planning Partnership), and the Northeast Consortium Advisory Committee (distribution of federal funds for fishing research projects).

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RHODE ISLAND

Bob Ballou

Appointed 2009

Assistant to the Director

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

235 Promenade Street Director’s Office - 4th Floor Providence, RI 02908-5734 401.423.1926

Mr. Ballou is Acting Chief of the Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife. He is responsible for all programs and activities pertaining to marine fisheries in Rhode Island. He also serves as Chair to the RI Marine Fisheries Council. He has worked for the RI Department of Environmental Management in various positions since 1989, including twelve years in the Director’s Office where he served as both Assistant to the Director and Chief-of-Staff.

Mr. Ballou has a B.A. in Psychobiology from Hamilton College and an M.A. in Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island, with focus on fisheries law and management, environmental law and coastal zone management.

Mr. Ballou received the RI Department of Environmental Management’s Distinguished Service Award in 1997. He has been active in several community organizations including the Narragansett Conservation Commission, the Narragansett Land Conservancy Trust, the Narragansett Harbor Management Commission, and Common Cause of Rhode Island.

Ongoing Proxy

Mark Gibson

Deputy Chief for Marine Fisheries

Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife

3 Fort Wetherill Road Jamestown, RI 02835 401.423.1935 Phone [email protected]

Mr. Gibson has served with the Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife since 1978 as a biologist and as deputy chief since 2000. He administers the budget of a $7.6 million dollar Division marine, freshwater and hunting program. He still

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conducts advanced technical research and assessment as needed. He has served on many of the Commission’s technical committees over the years and has served as chair of the Striped Bass Management Board. He has also published many technical papers on fisheries stocks.

Mr. Gibson received his B.S. in natural resources from the University of Rhode Island. He has taken a US Fish and Wildlife Service course in fish health and further graduate studies in statistics and population dynamics at the University of Rhode Island.

Mr. Gibson also serves as the Rhode Island representative to the New England Fishery Management Council. He is the Chair Designee of the RI DEM Director to the RI Marine Fisheries Council. He has received the RI DEM Distinguished Service Award and ASMFC’s Scientific Award of Excellence.

Legislative Commissioner

Senator Susan Sosnowski

Appointed 2013 680 Glen Rock Rd West Kingston, RI 02892-1717 401.2224200 401.222.1306 [email protected]

First elected to the Rhode Island Senate on November 5, 1996, Senator V. Susan Sosnowski was born on December 20, 1955. She is married to Michael Sosnowski and has four children, Ronald, Deborah, Stephen, Michael, Jr.

Senator Sosnowski graduated from Chariho Regional High School and attended the Ocean State Business Institute. She is a self employed farmer at Sosnowski Farms. In addition, Senator Sosnowski is a member of the Northeast Organic Farming Association; the Richmond Grange; the South Kingstown Farmer’s Market

Association; the Wakefield Rotary; and the RI Nursery and Landscape Association. She also serves on the Clean Water Finance Agency and the Coastal Resources Management Council; the South Kingstown Democratic Town Committee; and since 1995 has served on the Agricultural Adivsory Committee to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM). She was moderator for Richmond Voting District 1 in 1984; a member of the South Kingstown Planning Board from 1993-1996; and served on the Governor’s Advisory Council on the Environment in 1997.

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Rhode Island

Governor’s Appointee Commissioner

David Borden

Appointed 2014

38D Mullin Hill Road

Little Compton, RI 02837-1957 508.208.1668 [email protected]

Ongoing Proxy

Eric Reid

P.O. Box 3293

Narragansett, Rhode Island 02882 401.440.1885

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CONNECTICUT

David Simpson

Appointed 2008

Director, CT Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection Marine Fisheries Division

PO Box 719

Old Lyme, CT 06371-0719 860.434.6043

Mr. Simpson was named Director of Connecticut’s Marine Fisheries in December 2008. He is a 32-year veteran of Connecticut’s Department of Environmental Protection. He previously served on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Conservation Engineering Committee from 1990-1992 and Management and Science Committee from 1992-2008.

Mr. Simpson received his B.A. in Biology from the University of Rhode Island and his M.S. from the Southern Connecticut State University.

Mr. Simpson is a published scientist. He has been a member of the New England Fishery Management Council since June 2004 where his concerns have involved bycatch reduction methodology, habitat, and Atlantic herring.

Ongoing Proxy

Mark Alexander

Supervising Fisheries Biologist

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

PO Box 719

Old Lyme, CT 06371-0719 860.434.6043

Mr. Alexander currently serves a Supervising Fisheries Biologist with the Connecticut DEP, Marine Fisheries Division. Mark has worked for the Marine Fisheries Division since 1982. He is a member of ASMFC’s Management and Science Committee and ACCSP’s Coordinating Council, as well as ongoing proxy for Connecticut’s Administrative Commissioner. He has also been Connecticut’s designee to the New England Fishery Management Council since November of 2008.

Mr. Alexander received his B.S. in Marine Biology from Nicholls State University, Summa cum laude, and his M.S. in Marine Environmental Science from the Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

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Legislative Commissioner

Representative Craig A. Miner

Appointed 2009

House Republican Office

L.O.B. Room 4200, 300 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 01606

860.240.8700 860.240.0207 FAX

[email protected]

Representative Miner is serving his fifth term representing the constituents of the 66th District in Connecticut. The District is comprised of Bethlehem, Litchfield, Morris and Woodbury. He serves as Ranking Member (House Republican Leader) of the General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee. He is also a member of the Planning and Development Committee and Environment Committee.

Representative Miner served as First Selectman to the Town of Litchfield from 1991-2001 until he assumed his new legislative duties. His administration has successfully promoted open government and maintained a stable tax base throughout the 1990s. Representative Miner attended Upsala College, has held sales and management positions in several local automotive dealerships since 1977, and has served as Chairman of the Litchfield Hills Council of Elected Officials.

Governor’s Appointee Commissioner

Lance Stewart, Ph.D.

Appointed 1995

110 Knollwood Drive Coventry, CT 06238-1925 860.884.7220 Cell

Dr. Stewart is active on the Commission’s Habitat Committee and serves on several ASMFC northern species boards and the ACCSP Biological Review Panel Committee. He established The Sea Grant Marine Advisory Service at the University of Connecticut in 1974 and served as its director from 1979-1985. In 1985, he was instrumental in establishing NOAA’s National Undersea Research Center at the UConn Avery Point and served as Science Director for the program until 1994. Dr. Stewart received a B.S. in Biochemistry from Tufts University, a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Marine Zoology from the University of Connecticut. His teaching expertise includes marine ecology, aquaculture, environmental pollutant impacts, fisheries management and underwater diving technology and photography. Dr. Stewart is a member of the World Aquaculture Society, the Marine Technology Society, Southern New England Fishermen’s Association, Connecticut Commercial Fishermen’s Association, Connecticut Aquacultural Trade Association, and is a founding member of the Connecticut Seafood Council. Dr. Stewart served as an Associate Extension Professor for the University of Connecticut, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Avery Point Campus prior to retiring from that position.

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NEW YORK

James (Jim) Gilmore

Appointed 2007

Director, Marine Resources

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

205 N Belle Mead Road #1 E Setauket, NY 11733-3456 631.444.0430

631.444.0434 FAX

[email protected]

Mr. Gilmore currently serves as director of NYSDEC’s Bureau of Marine Resources overseeing all marine fisheries management, marine habitat, and shellfish management and public health programs. He previously served as the Natural Resources Supervisor for DEC’s New York City Region. Mr. Gilmore has more than thirty-eight years of experience in natural resources management and environmental assessments to share with the Commission. He also served as Regional Emergency Response Coordinator for DEC and was integral in helping to coordinate the agency’s response on many events, including September 11th. Prior to his State service, he worked eleven years for an international environmental consulting firm primarily involved with assessment impacts from power generation construction and operation on fisheries and aquatic environments.

Mr. Gilmore received his M.S. in Marine Science/Fisheries Management from the University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY); his B.A. in Biology from the University of New York at Plattsburgh, and his A.A.S. in Biological Technology from the University of New York at Farmingdale. He was a New York State Sea Grant Scholar and a member of the Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society. He is a member of the faculty at SUNY Stony Brook where he holds an adjunct position teaching graduate level fisheries management.

Mr. Gilmore is a NAUI certified SCUBA diver; has advanced certification in hazardous waste site investigation; is certified to be an Incident Commander in the Incident Command System, and has NOAA Advanced Oil Spill Response training and certification.

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Legislative Commissioner

Senator Phil Boyle

Appointed 2013 4th Senate District

69 West Main Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 631.665.2311

www.boyle.nysenate.gov

A life-long resident of New York’s Fourth State Senate District, Phil Boyle was born in Southside Hospital and grew up in East Islip. He and his wife, Victoria Ryan, reside in Bay Shore with their toy fox terrier, Livvy. Phil is the proud stepfather to Patrick and Sarah Ryan.

Phil received a B.S. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, after previously attending the State University of New York at Geneseo. He continued his education by earning a law degree from Albany Law School and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany. After graduate school, Phil served four

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Ongoing Proxy

Stephen W. Heins

Section Leader, Finfish & Crustaceans

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Marine Resources

205 N Belle Mead Road, Suite 1 E Setauket, New York 11733-3400 631.444.0435

Mr. Heins coordinates the marine finfish and crustacean program for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. He has been with the departmentsince 1988. He serves on the Management and Science Committee and the NEAMAP Board. He serves as Director James Gilmore’s representative to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council He has served as Chair of ASMFC Artificial Reef Committee.

Mr. Heins has a B.S. in Marine Science from Southampton College and an M.S. in Marine Environmental Science from the State University of New York, Marine Sciences Research Center (now School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences). He proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Governor’s Appointee Commissioner

Emerson C. Hasbrouck

Appointed 2014

Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program

423 Griffing Avenue, #100 Riverhead, New York 11901-3071 631-727-7850 extension 319 631-727-7130 FAX

[email protected]

Mr. Hasbrouck is a Senior Natural Resources Specialist, and former Marine Program Director, with Cornell University Cooperative Extension’s Marine Program based at the Cornell Cooperative Extension offices of Suffolk County, Riverhead, N.Y. No stranger to the fisheries management arena he has worked with New York’s fishing industry for over 40 years. The Marine Program is known and respected nationally and internationally, in its mission to protect the waters

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years as Legislative Director to the late Congressman Frank Horton (R-Rochester), then later as campaign manager and Chief of Staff to former Congressman Rick Lazio (R-Brightwaters).

Subsequent to his time working in Washington, Phil was elected to the New York State Assembly in a Special Election in 1994. He represented the 8th Assembly District, which encompassed portions of the Suffolk County Towns of Islip and Babylon. During his tenure in the New York State Assembly, Phil was considered one of the most fiscally conservative members of that body while also consistently maintaining one of the Assembly’s highest pro-environment voting records. Phil was elected to the New York State Senate in November of 2012. He currently serves as Chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee, Chairman of the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, as well as a member of the Senate Standing Committees on Housing, Construction and Community Development; Commerce, Economic Development, and Small Business; Codes; Local Government; Racing, Gaming and Wagering; and Consumer Protection.

Phil Boyle was a founding partner in the law firm of Steinberg & Boyle, LLP, and he is now an attorney with the leading tax certiorari law firm of Cronin, Cronin, Harris and O’Brien, P.C., headquartered in Uniondale, New York.

Actively involved in his community, Phil serves as a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Sierra Club, as well as an active volunteer firefighter and former Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) with the Great River Fire Department.

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New York

and marine resources of Long Island. Emerson has been with the Marine Program for 26 years and previously worked for the National Marine Fisheries Service.

Emerson plans, develops and implements extension programs relative to the effective conservation and utilization of NY marine and natural resources. These include fisheries data, fisheries management and fisheries economic development for New York’s commercial and recreational fishing industries as well as the business that support these industries. He conducts applied cooperative research programs and demonstration projects that help address critical fisheries and natural resource issues for the Mid-Atlantic/Southern New England areas and works with fishermen from Massachusetts to New Jersey. He was instrumental in the formation of the Squid Trawl Network and the Butterfish Avoidance Network and helped with the development and support the L.I. Sport Fishing Education Center. Over the past decade Emerson has been focusing on conservation engineering gear technology in cooperation with the fishing industry to develop gear modifications and fishing practices that reduce the bycatch of species of concern while allowing important viable fisheries to continue at a sustained level.

Emerson received his M.S. in Marine Science/Fisheries Management from the State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY), and his B.S. in Marine Science from Southampton College of Long Island University.

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NEW JERSEY

David Chanda

Appointed 2006

Director, New Jersey Fish and Wildlife

PO Box 400

Trenton, NJ 08625-0400 609.292.9410

609.292.8207 FAX

[email protected]

Mr. Chanda is a certified wildlife biologist and has been with the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife for more than 25 years. During his tenure as Assistant Director, he was involved with a multitude of wildlife management programs. He helped develop a coldwater fisheries management plan, established a Farm Bill program to encourage private landowners to protect and enhance habitat, and worked with the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation to educate stakeholders about marketing and communication products for the fishing and boating industry. Mr. Chanda has an M.S. in Public Administration from Rutgers University and a B.S. in wildlife management from Cook College-Rutgers University. He is a certified public manager. He is working toward an M.S. in ecology from Rutgers University. Mr. Chanda’s early interest was in wildlife education and communication. He was responsible for a statewide program of fish and wildlife information and education. He was also instrumental in bringing the popular Becoming an Outdoors Woman

program to New Jersey. Dave served as a technical advisor on the Division’s latest documentary about striped bass entitled Jersey Gold. He also serves as treasurer of the NE Directors’ Fish and Wildlife Association. He is an avid turkey hunter.

New Jersey

Board-Specific Proxy

Russ Allen

New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife Bureau of Marine Fisheries

P. O. Box 418

Fort Republic, NJ 08241 609.748.2037

609.748.2032 FAX

[email protected]

Board-specific proxy for American eel, Atlantic striped bass, Atlantic sturgeon, shad and river herring, weak-fish, Atlantic menhaden, Horsehoe crab, Tautog, NEAMAP, and South Atlantic Management Boards

Mr. Allen has been with the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife since 1984, currently serving as a Supervising Biologist. During his tenure he has worked on

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a variety of fisheries programs and has been actively involved on more than 15 different ASMFC Committees including the Management and Science, Multispecies, and various species’ Technical Committees and Stock Assessment Subcommittees. He also chaired the Weakfish and Shad and River Herring Technical Committees during the amendment and assessment processes for those species.

Mr. Allen received his B.S. in Biology from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

Board Specific Proxy

Tom Baum

New Jersey Fish and Game Nacote Creek Research Station

P. O. Box 418

Port Republic, NJ 08241-0418 609.748.2020

609.984.2032 FAX

[email protected]

Board-specific proxy for Bluefish, summer flounder, scup and black sea bass; American lobster, Atlantic herring, spiny dogfish and coastal sharks, winter flounder and the ACCSP Coordinating Council

Tom has been with the New Jersey Bureau of Marine Fisheries since 1986, currently serving as a Supervising Biologist. He was recently assigned as NJ’s State represen

-tative to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. He has worked on several

striped bass monitoring, restoration and compliance projects in addition to serving on

several ASMFC technical committees and ACCSP Committees.

Tom earned his degree in Marine Science at The Richard Stockton College of NJ. His previous experience includes working for NMFS as a Foreign Fisheries Observer; a technician for the NJ Bureau of Shellfisheries; and for an Environmental Consultant assessing the impingement and entrainment effects of the cooling system for a NJ

Power Plant. While at school, he interned as a technician, collecting and bleeding

horseshoe crabs in order to produce Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate (LAL).

He lives in Egg Harbor Township (South Jersey) with his wife Jackie. They have three grown children; their son manages a local pizza shop, a daughter who is a NJ State Trooper, and another daughter who is attending Virginia Tech. Tom is an avid runner, bicyclist and saltwater angler.

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Board-Specific Proxy

Brandon Muffley

New Jersey Fish and Game Nacote Creek Research Station P. O. Box 418

Port Republic, NJ 08241-0418 609.748.2020

609.984.2032 FAX

[email protected]

Board-specific proxy for ISFMP Policy Board and Executive Committee

Brandon Muffley is currently the Acting Administrator for the Marine Fisheries Administration within the Division of Fish and Wildlife. He has been with the Division since 2003 and started out as a Research Scientist conducting statistical analysis and stock assessments for striped bass, bluefish, menhaden and blue crabs. Prior to becoming Acting Administrator, we was the Bureau Chief for the Bureau of Marine Fisheries where he oversaw the bureau’s operations, budgets, personnel, regulation development, and fisheries research and management programs. He has also served on, and chaired numerous ASMFC technical, assessment and science committees.

He has a Bachelor’s degree from Rider University in Marine Science and a Master’s degree in Fisheries Science from the University of Maryland.

Legislative Commissioner

Assemblyman Sgt. Robert Andrzejczak

Appointed 2014

New Jersey First Legislative District

Schoolhouse Office Park

211 South Main Street, Suite 104

Cape May Court House, New Jersey 08210 609.465.0700

[email protected]

In May, Sgt. Robert (Bob) Andrzejczak was appointed New Jersey’s legislative representative to the Commission. Elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 2013, Bob is a resident of Middle Township and is a Lower Township and Cape May County native. A retired Army Sergeant, Bob joined the Army in 2005 as infantry and went through basic training in Georgia. He was then briefly stationed in Hawaii before being deployed for the first time to Iraq in 2006 and again in 2008. Just two months into his second deployment, his convoy was attacked and he was badly wounded, losing his leg when an enemy grenade was hurled at the vehicle in which

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Ongoing Proxy

Adam Nowalsky

40 Pomona Avenue

Port Republic, New Jersey 08241-0366 609.618.0366

[email protected]

Captain Adam Nowalsky, owner/operator of the charter boat KAREN ANN II, has been fishing the waters of South Jersey for 20 years and has over 25 years of saltwater fishing experience. After growing up fishing the waters of Raritan Bay and North Jersey, Capt. Nowalsky worked his way through college working on various South Jersey party and charter boats. He also spent countless hours working in the local bait and tackle shop and boat liveries.

Recognized for his knowledge of the fisheries, the industry and the management process that regulates them, he has been elected Chairman of the Recreational Fishing Alliance’s New Jersey chapter and Vice President of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association. He serves on the Save the Summer Flounder Fishery Fund’s Board of Directors and as an advisor to the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council on multiple committees. In addition to speaking at many local clubs, organizations and shows, Capt. Nowalsky is a regular presenter at The Fisherman Magazine’s seminars and was an instructor for the Saltwater Sportsman 2010 National Seminar Series.

Capt. Nowalsky holds a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the Richard Stockton College of New jersey with course wok in Marine Science and presently holds a United States Coast Guard 100 Ton Master’s License.

New Jersey

Robert Andrzejczak, continued

he was riding. Bob received a host of medals for his service and heroism, including the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Bob also received two Army Achievement medals, an Army Good Conduct medal, a National Service of Defense medal, a Global War on Terror medal, an Iraq Campaign medal with a Campaign Star, an Army Service Ribbon, and a Combat Infantry Badge.

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Governor’s Appointee Commissioner

Tom Fote

Appointed 2008

Served as Governor’s Appointee in 1990-1996 and 2002-2005

22 Cruiser Court

Toms River, NJ 08753-6246 732.270.9102

Mr. Fote has been concerned and involved in fisheries conservation for most of his life. He has been involved with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission since the 1980s. He helped start and served as the first Chairman of the ASMFC Habitat Committee and served on this committee until 2006. He was medically retired from the US Army as an Army Captain in 1970. This has allowed him to volunteer his time on many fisheries and environmental issues over the years. Mr. Fote has a B.A. in Business from Hofstra University as well as an M.B.A. in Marketing and Management from Hofstra University.

Mr. Fote has been an avid angler since he was four years old. He is most proud of his work on environmental issues, as well as his accomplishments on fisheries management issues. He serves as a volunteer on the Board of Directors of the NJ Environmental Federation, Board of Directors and Executive Committee for the Marine Fish Conservation Network, Board of Director for the NJ Coast Anglers Association and numerous other organizations.

Ongoing Proxy

Christopher Zeman

579 Hamilton Place

River Vale, New Jersey 07675 617.461.3212 phone

[email protected]

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PENNSYLVANIA

John A. Arway

Appointed 2010 Executive Director

Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission

PO Box 67000

Harrisburg, PA 17110-7000 717.705.7801

Mr. Arway is the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, where he has served for thirty years in various capacities. For more than twenty of those years he was head of the Environmental Services Division and advisor to the Executive Director and agency staff. He represents the Fish and Boat Commission on numerous boards and committees.

Mr. Arway is a native of North Huntington. He is a member of many organizations, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Fisheries Society, North American Benthological Society, Ducks Unlimited, PA Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, National Trout Unlimited, and the SONS of Lake Erie. Mr. Arway has a M.S. in Biology from the Tennessee Technological University and a B.S. in Biology from the University of Pittsburgh.

Ongoing Proxy

Leroy Young

Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission

450 Robinson Lane Bellefonte, PA 16823-7437 814.359.5177

Mr. Young has worked for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) in various roles since 1981 and has served as Director of the Bureau of Fisheries since 2007. His work has included cold water, warm water and diadromous fisheries management; and environmental protection related to hydropower development and water withdrawals. While in that role, he helped lead an interagency team to develop a computer model which has been used in water allocation permit reviews by assessing the effects of flow alterations on Pennsylvania’s wild trout streams. Besides serving on the ASMFC, Mr. Young represents the PFBC on a number of interstate committees including the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council,

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Legislative Commissioner

Representative Mike Vereb

Appointed 2012 146 Main Capitol Harrisburg, PA 17120-2150 717.705.7164 717.260.6522 FAX [email protected]

Representative Mike Vereb was elected to represent the 150th Legislative District in Montgomery County in November 2006. He was elected by his House Republican colleagues to serve as a member of the House Republican Leadership team in the position of House Republican Caucus Secretary for the 2011-12 legislative session. As Caucus Secretary, Mike is responsible for helping to establish a legislative agenda and recording all official legislative activities in the House of Representatives.

As a state lawmaker, he was selected in 2008 to serve on the Speaker’s Commission on Legislative Reform to change the way the Legislature conducts business. He has authored legislation to transfer the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement to the Office of the Attorney General. He served as president of the West Norriton Board of Commissioners and as a board member-at-large for the West Norriton Little League. Mike is a member of the Hancock Fire Company, a member of the Pastoral Council for Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a board member for Visitation BVM Children Youth Organization and an advisory board member for the Norristown Police Athletic League.

Representative Vereb graduated from the Montgomery County Police Academy in 1986. He has 20 years of combined law enforcement and corporate security experience, including 10 years with the West Conshohocken Police Department, and corporate security work at both Comcast, and Day and Zimmerman Security Services.

Mike and his wife are raising their family in West Norriton, where Mike is a lifelong resident.

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the Ohio River Fisheries Management Team, the Delaware River Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative Policy Committee, and the Council of Great Lakes Fishery Agencies.

Mr. Young received his B.S. in Biology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in Zoology from Southern Illinois University. He resides in Coburn, PA along Penns Creek, one of Pennsylvania’s premier wild brown trout streams, where he enjoys fly fishing when not in the office.

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Governor’s Appointee Commissioner

Loren W. Lustig

Appointed 2009

Carroll County Department of Recreation & Parks

300 S. Center Street

Westminster, MD 21157-5364 410.386.2103, 410.876.8284 FAX and 795 Stone Jug Road

Biglerville, PA 17307-9790 [email protected]

Mr. Lustig has worked full time as a wildlife biologist, resource manager and environmental educator in Maryland since 1971. He has also served leadership positions in the conservation field, including Commissioner with the PA State Conservation Commission, Past President of the Association of Nature Center Administrators, and Chairman of the Boating Advisory Board, PA Fish and Boat Commission. He has taught college courses in conservation for 10 years as an adjunct instructor at Frederick Community College in Maryland.

Mr. Lustig received his B.S. in Biology and History from Wheaton College in PA; his M.S. in Nature Interpretation from the University of Maryland and has an Advanced Graduate Specialist Certificate in Environmental Education from the University of Maryland.

Mr. Lustig lives with his wife on a 100 acre farm near Gettysburg, PA. He has a lifelong interest in nature, conservation and wildlife, and enjoys fishing, hunting, hiking, boating and camping. He also served 34 years in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. Pennsylvania

Ongoing Proxy

J. Thomas Moore

P.O. Box 314 Haverford, Pennsylvania 19041 610.246.0664 [email protected]

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DELAWARE

David E. Saveikis

Appointed 2011

Director, Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife

89 Kings Highway Dover, DE 19901 302.739.9910 Phone [email protected]

Mr. Saveikis currently serves as the Director of the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife. He has worked in natural resource management since 1978 in both the public and private sectors, holding positions with the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, Delaware Division of Water Resources and Maryland Department of Agriculture, and as a private environmental consultant. Mr. Saveikis has held biologist, environmental scientist and management positions involving fish and wildlife research, habitat restoration, aquatic resource monitoring, wetlands regulation and policy and water resources policy.

Mr. Saveikis received a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Salisbury University, Salisbury Maryland. He is an avid angler and naturalist, with a passion for tidal river largemouth bass fishing and light tackle saltwater fishing.

Board-Specific Proxy

John Clark

Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife

89 Kings Highway Dover, DE 19901-7305 302.739.9914 or 9108 (direct) [email protected]

Board-specific proxy for American lobster, Atlantic striped bass

Mr. Clark is the Fisheries Administrator for the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife. He has been employed with the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife since 1989. Before becoming the Fisheries Administrator, Mr. Clark conducted many surveys and studies for the Division and oversaw Delaware’s compliance monitoring forAmerican eel and striped bass. He also served on several ASMFC Technical Committees.

Mr. Clark received a B.S. in Biology from SUNY Stony Brook in 1979 and a Masters in Fisheries Science from Texas A&M University in 1986.

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Board-Specific Proxy

Stewart Michels

Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife

89 Kings Highway Dover, DE 19901-7305 302.739.9914

[email protected]

Board-specific proxy for horseshoe crab

Mr. Michels has been employed with the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife since 1989. Much of his work has focused on oversight of Delaware’s trawl survey and horseshoe crab sampling programs. He has served on several technical committees and plan development teams. He serves as Delaware’s representative to the NEAMAP Board.

Mr. Michels received a B.S. in Wildlife Management from Arkansas State University and received his M.S. in Biology from Delaware State University. He is an American Fisheries Society Certified Fisheries Scientist and an avid recreational fisherman.

Delaware

Governor’s Appointee Commissioner

Roy Miller

Appointed 2009 31421 Melloy Court Lewes, DE 19958-3863 302.645.7103 [email protected]

Mr. Miller retired as the Administrator of the Fisheries Section of the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife in 2009. Prior to that, he was a fishery biologist for five years with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission before joining the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife in 1975 where he served for 34 years as Biologist Supervisor, Program Manager and Administrator. He presently works on a part-time basis for the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays as its Policy Coordinator.

Mr. Miller graduated with honors in biology from Lafayette College and has a Master of Science in Fishery Biology from Cornell University. He is an American Fisheries Society-Certified Fisheries Scientist. Mr. Miller was a charter member of the ASMFC Striped Bass, Shad and River Herring, and American Eel Technical Committees. He is a past chairman of the Shad and River Herring, Horseshoe Crab, and Weakfish Boards. In 2009, Roy received the Commission’s Annual Award of Excellence in the area of management and policy for his longstanding commitment to the Commission and its management process. He is an avid sport fisherman, fly caster and fly tier.

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Legislative Commissioner

Rep. William J. Carson

Appointed 2015

Delaware General Assembly 411 Legislative Avenue Dover, Delaware 19901 302.744.4113

[email protected]

Rep. William J. Carson Jr. is a member of the Delaware House of Representatives for the 28th District, which includes portions of Smyrna, Leipsic, Little Creek and Dover. He is a lifelong resident of Smyrna and was elected to represent the 28th district in 2007. He is chair of the Transportation, Land Use & Infrastructure Committee and vice-chair of the Manufactured Housing Committee. He also is a member of the Agriculture, Corrections, Judiciary, Natural Resources, Public Safety & Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs committees.

Rep. Carson works for the Town of Middletown and is retired from the Department of Transportation. He graduated from Smyrna High School. Rep. Carson is a veteran of the Delaware Air National Guard and an Honorary Commander of the Dover Air Force Base. He is a member of the American Legion Post No. 14, where he previously served on the Board of Directors; a member of the American Legion 40/8, the Delaware Veterans Post No. 2 and the Delaware Veterans Coalition; a charter member of the Smyrna-Clayton Moose Lodge; past master of the Harmony Lodge No. 13 AF&AM; a life member, past president and past chief of the Smyrna Fire Company, where he also previously served on the Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees; a life member emeritus of the Smyrna-Clayton Little League, for which he previously served as a coach for 22 years and on the Board of Directors; a member of the Board of Directors of the Mamie A. Warren Senior Center, the Modern Maturity Center and Friends of Belmont Hall; a member of the Smyrna Downtown Renaissance Committee; and a member of the NRA.

Rep. Carson resides in Smyrna with his wife, Betty.

On-Going Proxy

Craig D. Pugh

Appointed 2015 168 Main Street Leipsic, Delaware 19901 302.222.4026 / 302.674.0499 [email protected]

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MARYLAND

Maryland

Dr. David M. Goshorn

Appointed June 2015 Acting Fisheries Director

Maryland Department of Natural Resources Tawes State Office Building, C4

580 Taylor Avenue

Annapolis, Maryland 21401-2397 [email protected]

Dave Goshorn was appointed Assistant Secretary for Aquatic Resources for

the Maryland Department of Natural Resources in May 2013. In this role,

he is responsible for the monitoring and assessment of the State’s water and

geological resources; the policy and management of the state’s recreational

and commercial fisheries; the restoration of the Chesapeake and Coastal bays;

boating services; and the Department’s Integrated Policy and Review Unit.

Dave has worked at the DNR since 1992, serving initially as a member of

the Fisheries Service Striped Bass Project, and later as Chief of the Living

Resource Assessment Program, where he was responsible for Submerged

Aquatic Vegetation restoration, fish community assessments, Coastal Bays

monitoring, and harmful algal bloom response.

In 2003, Dave was named Director of DNR’s Resource Assessment Service

where he managed programs responsible for the monitoring and assessment

of all state waters, the Maryland Geological Survey, and the Power Plant

Assessment Program. From August 2007 through May 2013, Dave directed

the agency’s Office for a Sustainable Future, with responsibility for moving

DNR in particular and Maryland in general toward a sustainable future.

A Towson native, Dave received his Bachelors degree in biology from

Bucknell University in 1984 and his Ph.D. in Marine Biology from the

University of Delaware in 1989. He spent the next three years at the

University of Georgia Marine Institute on Sapelo Island, Ga., as a

post-doctoral faculty member conducting research on juvenile Flounder and Drum.

Dave lives with his wife, Cynthia, and their three sons -- Ben, Alex and Chris

in Arnold, Maryland.

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Maryland

Legislative Commissioner

Delegate Dana Stein

Appointed February 2015 Maryland State Representative

House Office Building, Room 251 6 Bladen Street

Annapolis, Maryland 21401 410.841.3527

[email protected]

Dana Stein grew up in northwest Baltimore County and attended public schools, graduating from Milford Mill High School. He has a B.A. in government from Harvard College, a law degree from Columbia Law School, and a Masters in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.

Dana practiced law for several years at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey in Washington, D.C., working on antitrust, banking, international trade and pro-bono matters. In 1991, he returned to Baltimore to found Civic Works, a nationally-recognized “urban Peace Corps” that transforms the lives of young adults through community service. Participants work to rehab homes, build parks and gardens, tutor and mentor students, and teach disaster preparedness. Dana serves as president and executive director of Civic Works.

Dana has been a leader in community and Democratic activities for many years. He has been chairman of the Baltimore County Democratic Central Committee, and in 2002 he was appointed to the House of Delegates to fill a vacancy in District 11. He has served as president of the Liberty Road Community Council and GrassRoots Recycling, chairman of the social action committee of Temple Oheb Shalom, and vice president of Sudbrook Park, Inc.

Currently, Dana is a board member of the American Jewish Congress—Maryland Chapter. He was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in the year 2006 and serves on the Environmental Matters Committee.

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Maryland

Governor’s Appointeee Commissioner

William (Bill) Goldsborough

Appointed 2007; 1994-2004 Chesapeake Bay Foundation

6 Herndon Avenue

Annapolis, MD 21403-4503 410.268.8816

Mr. Goldsborough was Chair of ASMFC’s Habitat Committee from 1997-2007. Bill has been a scientist with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation since 1984, specializing in fisheries management and conservation, estuarine ecology, aquatic habitat, and environmental advocacy. He currently serves as the Foundation’s Fisheries Program Director, and serves on a wide range of scientific and advisory committees in the Chesapeake region. He has extensive experience in fisheries management and habitat conservation.

Mr. Goldsborough received B.A. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia and his M.S. in Marine, Estuarine and Environmental Science from the University of Maryland.

Mr. Goldsborough has received awards from the Atlantic Estuarine Research Society, Izaak Walton League of America, Virginia Beach Angler’s Club; Outdoor Writers of America, and the American Fisheries Society.

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VIRGINIA

John M.R. Bull

Appointed 2014

Commissioner, Virginia Marine Resources Commission

2600 Washington Avenue, 3rd Floor Newport News, VA 23607-4317 757.247.2247

757.247.8101 FAX

[email protected]

On February 28th, John M.R. Bull was appointed Commissioner for the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC). Mr. Bull joined the VMRC in 2007 as Director of Public Relations and Legislative Liaison, working closely with the agency’s constituent groups, the news media, the Virginia General Assembly on all aspects of agency business. Before joining VMRC, John was an award-winning newspaper reporter at eight different newspapers for over 23 years, most recently as an investigative reporter and Virginia General Assembly reporter for the Newport News Daily Press. He is a journalism graduate from Penn State University. His hobbies include fishing, kayaking and golf. He and his wife, Jane Elizabeth, live in Hampton, Virginia.

Ongoing Proxy

Robert L. O’Reilly

Virginia Marine Resources Commission

2600 Washington Street 3rd Floor Newport News, VA 23607-4317 757.247.2247

757.247.8010 FAX

rob.o’[email protected]

Rob O’Reilly has been with the Virginia Marine Resources Commission since 1987, named Deputy Fisheries Chief in 1993 and Chief of Fisheries Management on June 18, 2012. He is responsible for managing the state’s saltwater fisheries, both finfish and shellfish, recreational and commercial. His department sets the size, season and creel limits for a variety of saltwater species. The department also manages the state’s oyster conservation replenishment program, the artificial reef system, water access projects and the popular Saltwater Fishing Tournament which tracks and awards plaques for remarkable catches.

Rob received his B.A. in Environmental Sciences from University of Virginia and his M.S. in Biology from Old Dominion University. He lives in Gloucester with his wife Sara, a registered nurse at the Army hospital at Ft. Eustis. He has two adult sons, both Army officers, and a daughter attending the University of Virginia. He is an avid jogger, billiards player and saltwater angler.

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Legislative Commissioner

Senator Richard H. Stuart

Appointed 2011

114 Polk Street, P.O. Box 1146 Montross, VA 22520

804.493.8892 804.493.8897 FAX

[email protected]

Senator Richard Stuart has served as Virginia’s state senator since 2008, representing Senate District #28.

Senator Stuart received his B.A. from Virginia Wesleyan College and his J.D. from T.C. Williams School of Law. He is a member of the Northern Neck Bar Association, the American Bar Association and past Chairman of the 6th District Disciplinary Committee for the Virginia State Bar. He has represented Westmoreland County School Board from 2006 to present and is Trustee for the Westmoreland County Volunteer Fire Department. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1984-1992.

Senator Stuart’s Senate Committee involvement includes membership in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee, Commerce and Labor, Courts of Justice, and General Laws and Technology. He and his wife, Lisa, have three children.

Ongoing Proxy

Joe Grist

Virginia Marine Resources Commission

2600 Washington Street 3rd Floor Newport News, VA 23607-4317 757.247.2236

Joe Grist joined the Virginia Marine Resources Commission in 2006, and was named Deputy Chief of the Fisheries Management Division in 2012. Mr. Grist currently serves on numerous committees, to include the ASMFC Striped Bass Technical Committee, and is the chairman of the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee. Before joining VMRC, Joe worked for numerous companies and agencies, to include the ASMFC, the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries, and with a cooperative unit for Virginia Tech and Duke Energy Corporation. Joe received his B.S. in Biology from Christopher Newport University and his M.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife Science from Virginia Tech. He lives in Newport News with his wife Kelly. His hobbies include cooking, fishing, kayaking, and golf.

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Ongoing Proxy

Kyle Schick

Potomac River Fisheries Commission PO Box 400

Colonial Beach, VA 22443-0400 804.224.7232 FAX

[email protected]

Mr. Schick is President and Manager of the Colonial Beach Yacht Center. He serves on ASMFC’s Striped Bass Advisory Panel. He is a licensed Virginia Marine Resources Commission Commercial Waterman, with several fishing licenses. He is a VDGIF Boating Safety Instructor and Watercraft Salesman. He is a member of VMRC, PRFC.

Mr. Schick belongs to the Chesapeake Area Professional Captains’ Association, Friends of Stratford Hall, Calvert Marine Museum Society, Northern Neck Historical Society, Colonial Beach Historical Society and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 14-05.

Mr. Schick has an M.A. in Geography and Planning from East Carolina University and a B.S. in Business Administration, also from East Carolina University.

Mr. Shick serves as ongoing proxy for both Senator Stuart and Cathy Davenport.

Governor’s Appointee Commissioner

Catherine (Cathy) W. Davenport

Appointed 1998

1005 Poplar Neck Road White Stone, VA 22578-2122 804.435.2173 Phone

[email protected]

Ms. Davenport is co-owner and manager of Dymer Creek Seafood, which sells their own, and other watermen’s harvests of many different seafood species. She serves as a representative to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission Commercial Fishing Advisory Board and has done so since 1996. She has been involved with the Virginia Seafood Council for many years.

Ms. Davenport is a graduate of Lancaster High School and Smithdeal-Massey Business College. Ms. Davenport owns and operates Winegar’s Marine Railway, a third-generation boat yard. She has served on ASMFC’s Striped Bass Advisory Panel and is a member of the Virginia Watermen’s Association, the Maryland Watermen’s Association and the Virginia Seafood Council, a non-profit association serving all facets of the seafood industry.

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NORTH CAROLINA

Louis B. Daniel, III, Ph.D

Appointed 2007

Commission Chair 2013 to present Commission Vice Chair 2011-2013

Director, NC Division of Marine Fisheries

PO Box 769

Morehead City, NC 28557-0769 252.726.7021

Dr. Daniel has worked for the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries in various capacities since 1995. Dr. Daniel oversees management of fisheries resources along the Atlantic coast; and had oversight of the Division’s fishery management plan process, coordinating development of long-term management strategies for North Carolina’s most economically significant fisheries. Prior to joining the Division, Daniel worked with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Dr. Daniel received his B.A. in biology from Wake Forest University, his M.S. in marine science from the College of Charleston and his Ph.D. in marine science from the College of William and Mary, School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

Dr. Daniel has served on several of ASMFC’s Weakfish (for which he served as chair 2003-2006), Coastal Sharks, Horseshoe Crab and South Atlantic Board (for which he served as chair 1999-2002). He has also served and Chair and Vice Chair of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council. He has won the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources Distinguished Service Award and the USFWS Outstanding Service Award. He has served as chair of the NC DMF Management Team Review, chaired the ND DMF Biological Review Team and has served as the South Atlantic Representative on the MARFIN Panel.

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Board-Specific Proxy

Chris Batsavage

Special Assistant for Councils

North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries PO Box 769

Morehead City, NC 28557-0769 252.808.8009

252.726.0254 FAX

[email protected]

Board-specific proxy for summer flounder, scup, bluefish and black sea bass

Mr. Batsavage serves as the Special Assistant for Councils and the Protected Resources Section Chief for the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries. He represents Dr. Louis Daniel on the Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council. Mr. Batsavage has held several positions for NCDMF since 1998. As a Fisheries Biologist, he represented NCDMF on the ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass, and the Spiny Dogfish technical committees.

He received his B.S. in Forestry and Wildlife from Virginia Tech, and his M.S. in Biology from East Carolina University.

North Carolina

Ongoing Proxy

Michelle Duval, Ph.D.

Executive Assistant for Councils

North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries

PO Box 769

Morehead City, NC 28557-0769 252.808.8011

252.726.0254 FAX

[email protected]

Board-specific proxy for Atlantic striped bass and shad & river herring; ongoing for all other Boards

Dr. Duval serves as Executive Assistant for Councils. She joined the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries in 2007 and represents Director Dr. Louis Daniel on the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, as well as other in-state and interstate advisory panels and collaborations. She received her B.S. in Biology from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. in Zoology from Duke University.

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North Carolina

Governor’s Appointee Commissioner

Willard (Bill) Cole

Appointed 2008

406 Penrose Court

Greensboro, NC 27410-3114 336.294.3939 Phone [email protected]

Mr. Cole has been working to protect, restore and conserve fisheries resources and their habitats for over 40 years. Most of his career was spent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Florida and North Carolina. In 1986, he worked to establish the FWS South Atlantic Fisheries Coordination Office. He realized the value of participation with other fisheries agencies, specifically the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission for many years, covering many different species, including striped bass along with habitat issues. He and others conceived the Cooperative Winter Tagging Cruise for striped bass, Atlantic sturgeon, and other species, it was begun in 1988 and he served for many years as Chief Scientist for the Cruise. He closed out his FWS career on assignment to the National Marine Fisheries Service as Special Assistant to then Director, Dr. Bill Hogarth.

Mr. Cole received his B.S. in fisheries science from North Carolina State University. Mr. Cole was a 2005 recipient ASMFC’s Award of Excellence in Management and Policy. He is a charter member and ardent supporter of the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP). Bill was most recently a member of ASMFC’s Shad and River Herring, as well as South Atlantic Species, Advisory Panels.

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SOUTH CAROLINA

Robert H. Boyles, Jr.

Appointe