National Sea Grant Office
NOAA’s National Sea Grant Office administers funding to the Sea Grant colleges throughout the nation and oversees several national funding competitions. They also facilitate both the Department of Commerce designation of Sea Grant College Programs and the Sea Grant program assessment process.
Sea Grant is made up of 34 programs, a national Sea Grant Library, and a network of thousands of professionals working in every coastal and Great Lakes state as well as in Guam and Puerto Rico. Additional projects extend Sea Grant’s professional network to the Virgin Islands, Marianas Islands and other U.S. territories as well as to U.S. inland states.
The disciplines of Sea Grant professionals are all grounded in supporting coastal and Great Lakes communities, and they range broadly — coastal ecology and biology, fisheries biology, aquaculture technology and business, climate change science, community resilience to natural change, economics, social science, youth and adult education, and more.
Sea Grant professionals may specialize in research, extension, education, communications or other functional areas.
Meet the Team
Nikola Garber
Deputy Director
Kola currently serves as the Deputy Director of the National Sea Grant Office and National Sea Grant College Program.
Lacy Alison
Program Officer & National Water Resources Lead
Lacy Alison serves as the mid-Atlantic and Southeast Region Federal Program Officer and National Water Resources Lead for the NOAA National Sea Grant College Program in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Rebecca Briggs
Program Officer & National Research Lead
Becky is a scientific program manager with nearly two decades of leadership experience working in the government and academic research sectors.
Joshua Brown
Environmental Literacy & Workforce Development Lead
Joshua liaises with the Sea Grant Education Network as well as the broader NOAA Education community as Sea Grant’s representative on the NOAA Education Council. Additionally, he serves as a program officer.
Jessica Dupree
Publications Coordinator
Jessica Dupree is a Communications Specialist and Publications Coordinator for the National Sea Grant Office.
Jonathan Eigen
Assistant Director for Operations
Jon Eigen serves as the Assistant Director for Operations in the National Sea Grant Office, overseeing all aspects of budget and administrative duties.
Stuart Goldberg
Environmental Compliance Coordinator
Stu Goldberg is our Environmental Compliance Coordinator and assists with grant activities for Alaska, California, Guam, Hawaiʽi, Oregon, and Washington.
Susan Holmes
Designated Federal Officer & Evaluation Lead
Susan Holmes is the Designated Federal Officer for the National Sea Grant Advisory Board and Evaluation Lead.
Maddie Kennedy
Student Opportunities Coordinator
Maddie facilitates the administration of the Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship and NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship.
Alison Krepp
Program Officer & Social Science and Economics Lead
Alison Krepp is is the Social Science and Economics Lead and serves as the Program Officer for the Maine, New Hampshire, MIT, Woods Hole, and Rhode Island Sea Grant programs.
Hallee Meltzer
Communications Coordinator
Hallee oversees the release of all announcements by the National Sea Grant Office and coordinates communications among the 34 Sea Grant programs.
Summer Morlock
Assistant Director for Programs
Summer oversees the program officers for the Sea Grant programs and relevant areas such as Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation (PIE), grants, and environmental compliance.
Christopher Petrone
Extension Lead
Chris Petrone serves as the National Sea Grant Office Extension Lead–a one-year, 50% IPA position
Patricia Razafindrambinina
Program Assistant
Patricia Razafindrambinina is a Program Assistant for the National Sea Grant Office.
Mary Robinson
Administrative Assistant
Mary Robinson serves as the Administrative Assistant for the National Sea Grant Office.
Kelly Samek
Gulf Regional Lead & Federal Program Officer
Kelly Samek is the Gulf Regional Lead & Federal Program Officer for Florida Sea Grant, Louisiana Sea Grant, the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, the National Sea Grant Law Center, and Texas Sea Grant.
Jennifer Stokes
Financial Analyst
Jennifer Stokes is a Financial Analyst at the National Sea Grant College Program.
Kaitlyn Theberge
Knauss Fellow
Kaitlyn Theberge is the 2023 Seafood Resources Knauss Fellow at the National Sea Grant Office.
Chuck Weirich
Aquaculture Manager
Chuck Weirich serves as Aquaculture Manager at the National Sea Grant Office.
Connect
Leadership
Director: Jonathan Pennock, Ph.D.
Deputy Director: Nikola M. Garber, Ph.D.
Contact
Phone: 301-734-1066, Fax: 301-713-0799
Email: sgweb@noaa.gov