Management Committee

Purpose

The Management Committee is comprised of representatives of the Long Island Sound Partnership Management Conference, established by Congress in 1985 to develop a Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for restoring and protecting Long Island Sound. Management Committee members help develop the annual work plan for the Long Island Sound Partnership and oversee the implementation of CCMP goals and objectives.

Meetings

See Events & Meetings web page for announcements of upcoming committee meetings for MC, STAC, CAC, and HRSWG.

Management Committee Members

• Nicole Tachiki, US Environmental Protection Agency Long Island Sound Office, Chair
• Cassie Bauer, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Marine Resources
• Christoper Bellucci, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
• Johnathan Bumgarner, US Geological Survey New England Water Science Center
• Sylvain De Guise, PhD, Connecticut Sea Grant
• Holly Drinkuth, The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut, CT Citizens Advisory Committee Co-chair
• Whitney Fenwick, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• James Hagy,  PhD, EPA Office of Research and Development, Atlantic Ecology Division
• John Harris, The Mohegan Tribe
• Jonathan Hoffman, New York City Department of Environmental Protection
• Kamazima Lwiza, PhD, Stony Brook University/Science and Technical Advisory Committee, NY Co-chair
• Regina Lyons, EPA, New England Region
• Audrey Mayer, US Fish and Wildlife Service
• Thomas Morgart,  US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service Connecticut District
• Evelyn Powers, Interstate Environmental Commission
• Todd Randall, US Army Corps of Engineers
• Nancy Seligson, Citizens Advisory Committee NY Co-chair
• Rebecca Shuford, PhD, New York Sea Grant
• Jennifer Street, New York State Department of State Department of Coastal Resources
• Susan Sullivan, NEIWPCC
• Brian Thompson, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
• Craig Tobias, Connecticut National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Susan Van Patten, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• Penny Vlahos, PhD, University of Connecticut/Science and Technical Advisory Committee Co-chair
• Gary Wikfors, PhD, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA Milford Laboratory