Members

Chair - Caitlin Chaffee*, Chief, Narragansett Bay Estuarine Research Reserve, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Vice Chair - Dave Monti*, Recreational fisherman, charter captain, journalist, No Fluke Charters

Molly Allard, District Manager, Northern Rhode Island Conservation District

Walter Berry, Representative, Rhode Island Rivers Council

Richard Carey*, Director, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Watershed Planning Program

Peter Coffin, Coordinator, Blackstone River Coalition

Stefanie Covino, Executive Director, Blackstone Watershed Collaborative

Richard Friesner, Director of Water Quality Programs,
NEIWPCC

Ben Greenstein, Public Member

David Gregg, Executive Director, Rhode Island Natural History Survey

Sam Haines, South Coastal Regional Coordinator, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

Allison Hamel, Environmental Scientist, Rhode Island Department of Transportation

Robert Johnston, Professor of Economics and Director, George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University

Cristina Kennedy, Coastal Wetlands Restoration Specialist, Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, Division of Ecological Restoration

Susan Kiernan*, Administrator, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Office of Water Resources

Hillary King, Central Regional Coordinator, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program

Alicia Lehrer, Executive Director, Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council

Bruce Lofgren, Coastal Policy Analyst, Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council

Regina Lyons*, Chief, National Estuary Program and Marine Protection Section, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Region 1

Eliza Moore, Senior Environmental Scientist, Narragansett Bay Commission

Bill Napolitano, Rivers, Trails, and Watershed Coordinator, Old Colony Planning Council

John O’Brien, Policy/Partnership Specialist,
The Nature Conservancy – Rhode Island Chapter

E. Heidi Ricci*, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Mass Audubon

Karla H. Sangrey, Engineer-Director/ Treasurer,
Upper Blackstone Clean Water

Alicia Schaffner, Executive Director, Salt Ponds Coalition

Eric Schneider, Principal Marine Biologist, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Marine Fisheries

Steve Silva, Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program Lead, Taunton River Watershed Alliance

Jed Thorp, Director of Advocacy, Save The Bay

Nate Vinhateiro, Associate Director, University of Rhode Island – Coastal Institute

Peter Wong*, Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Roger Williams University

(*) indicates member of the Executive Committee