Data Management Advisory Committee (DMAC)

The Data Management Advisory Committee (DMAC) provides guidance to the Gulf of Mexico Alliance to facilitate the efficient preservation and use of data for promoting the ecological and economic health of the Gulf of Mexico. The DMAC is made up of two representatives from each PIT, one Subject Matter Expert, and one data management representative. The goals of the DMAC are to develop, implement, and maintain an evolving plan for the efficient preservation, discovery, and use of data and information in the Gulf of Mexico Alliance (GOMA), and to enable collaboration in the area of data management among the Priority Issue Teams.

Priority Issue Team Representation

Water Quality


Steve Wolfe

Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Phone: (850) 245-2102
Email: steven.wolfe@dep.
state.fl.us

Matt Howard
Texas A&M University, Gulf of Mexico Coastal Observing System
Phone: (979) 862 4169
Email: mkhoward@tamu.edu

Ecosystem Integration and Assessment

James Gibeaut
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Harte Research Institute
Phone: (361) 825-2060
Email: james.gibeaut@tamucc.edu

David Palandro
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission
Phone: (727) 896-8626 x3056
Email: david.palandro@myfwc.com

Environmental Education


Amy Gohres

Weeks Bay
Phone: (251) 990-5004
Email: amy@weeksbay.org

Chris Simoniello
University of South Florida, Gulf of Mexico Coastal Observing System
Phone: (727) 332-1318
Email: simo@marine.usf.edu

Habitat Conservation and Restoration

James Pahl
Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection & Restoration
Phone: (225) 342-2413
Email: james.pahl@la.gov

Coastal Community Resilience

Carol Parsons Richards
Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection & Restoration
Phone: (225) 342-9430
Email: carol.richards @la.gov

Grant Larson
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
Phone: (225) 342-2413
Email: Grant.Larsen@dmr.ms.gov

Nutrient and Nutrient Impacts

Melanie Morris
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Phone: (601) 961-5044
Email: Melanie_Morris
@deq.state.ms.us

Natalie Segrest
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Phone: (601) 961-5150
Email: Natalie_segrest
@deq.state.ms.us





Representation

Co-Chairs

Dave Reed
Florida Institute of
Oceanography
Phone: (727) 896-8626
Email: Dave.Reed
@MyFWC.com

James Gibeaut
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Harte Research Institute
Phone: (361) 825-2060
Email: james.gibeaut
@tamucc.edu

Federal Facilitator

Julie Bosch
NOAA Coastal Data Development Center
Phone: (228) 688-3841
Email: Julie.bosch
@noaa.gov

Special Members

Vembu Submamanian
University of South Florida
Phone: (727) 553-1625
Email: vembu
@marine.udsf.edu

Stephen Sempier
MS-AL Sea Grant Consortium
Phone: (228) 818-8830
Email: stephen.
sempier@usm.edu

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