The Sea Grant Advisory Council — the statewide external advisory body to the Delaware Sea Grant College Program — was created in 1974. Its members, listed below, hail from marine-oriented business and industry, resource management and engineering firms, state government, public interest groups, the pre-college educational sector, and the media.
Working within the national priorities identified by the National Sea Grant College Program, the council helps further define priority coastal issues relevant to Delaware. In 1975, the Sea Grant Advisory Council spearheaded the request to the Delaware General Assembly for a $250,000 line in the state budget earmarked for the University of Delaware Sea Grant College Program. Since then, the council has assisted in maintaining and increasing this initial appropriation as well as helped us identify potential partners for accomplishing specific research and outreach objectives.
Current Sea Grant Advisory Council Executive Committee:
Ms. Jennifer Adkins , Executive Director
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
Mr. Gene R. Bailey, Executive Director
Diamond State Port Corporation
Hon. Joseph W. Booth
Delaware State Senator
Mr. Jeff Bundy, Senior Publicist
WHYY-TV
Hon. George H. Bunting, Jr.
Delaware State Senator
Hon. V. George Carey
Delaware State Representative
Ms. Carol R. Collier, Executive Director
Delaware River Basin Commission
Hon. Dori Connor
Delaware State Senator
Ms. Sarah W. Cooksey, Program Administrator
Delaware Coastal Programs
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Ms. Patricia L. Deptula
Sussex County Assistant Director of Public Works
Hon. Bruce C. Ennis
Delaware State Senator
Mr. Gerard Esposito, President
Tidewater Utilities Inc.
Ms. Lorraine Fleming, Board Member
Delaware Nature Society Inc.
Mayor James L. Ford, III
Mayor of Lewes, Delaware
Mr. Daniel Furlong, Executive Director
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
Ms. Jeanie Harper, Secretary-Treasurer
Dawson's Seafood Inc.
Mr. A. Richard Heffron, Senior VP for Government Affairs
Delaware State Chamber of Commerce
Hon. Gerald W. Hocker
Delaware State Representative
Mr. James T. Johnson Jr., Executive Director
Delaware River and Bay Authority
Dr. David R. Legates, Associate Professor
Geography Department, University of Delaware
Mr. Edward A. Lewandowski, Executive Director
Center for the Inland Bays
Dr. Ann Masse, Safety Health and Environment Manager
DuPont Chamber Works
Hon. David B. McBride
Delaware State Senator
William Miller, Chairman, retired
Delaware River and Bay Authority
Mr. Collin O'Mara, Secretary
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Mr. Gary B. Patterson, Executive Director
Delaware Petroleum Council
Ms. Betsy Reamer , Executive Director
Lewes Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Dennis Rochford, President
The Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay
Dr. Paul E. Sample, Consultant
Samples Inc.
Mr. Edward Santoro, Monitoring Coordinator
Modeling and Monitoring Division
Delaware River and Basin Commission
Mr. John Schneider, Program Manager
Watershed Assessment Section, Division of Water Resources
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Hon. Peter C. Schwartzkopf
Delaware State Representative
Dr. Janice A. Seitz, Associate Dean and Director
Cooperative Extension
University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Dr. Edward M. Simek, Principal
Environmental Resources Management Inc.
Hon. F. Gary Simpson
Delaware State Senator
Hon. Liane Sorenson
Delaware State Senator
Dr. Halsey Spruance, Executive Director
Delaware Museum of Natural History
Mr. Douglas Van Rees, President
Taylor Marine Center
Ms. Katherine Ward, Executive Director
Delaware Press Association
Mr. Stuart Widom, Senior Environmental Consultant
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Delaware Sea Grant researcher Art Trembanis speaks to the members of the Sea Grant Advisory Council in his laboratory on the University of Delaware campus in Newark, Del.
