The North Carolina Sea Grant Advisory Board consists of representatives from state agencies, industry, local government and nongovernmental stakeholders. The board members bring their expertise to bear in support of Sea Grant’s priority needs. These include identifying program research and outreach investment priorities, communicating program impacts and needs to a broad constituency, and supporting program development initiatives to continue to deliver program excellence.

Contact the advisory board here.

Members

• Braxton Davis, Director, N.C. Division of Coastal Management
• Kenny Flowers, Assistant Secretary for Rural Economic Development, N.C. Department of Commerce
• Debbie Hamrick, Director of Specialty Crops, N.C. Farm Bureau
• Suzette Kimball, Retired Director, U.S. Geological Survey
• Dave Meyer, NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Beaufort Laboratory
• Trish Murphey, Watershed Manager, Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership
• Jot Owens, Charter Boat Captain
• Philip Prete, Senior Planner, City of Wilmington (RETIRED)
• Joseph Ramus (Chair), Board Member, N.C. Coastal Federation
• Michael P. Remige, Director, Jennette’s Pier at Nags Head
• Linda Rimer, North and South Carolina Liaison, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Brian Roth, Mayor, Town of Plymouth
• Ann Cary Simpson, Nonprofit Consultant
• Laura Taylor, Director, Center for Environmental and Resource Policy, NC State University

Updated Jan. 26, 2017