Steering Committee

 
 

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Committee Role

 

Members of the Steering Committee bring the perspective, experience, and commitment of their respective organization to form a partnership that works collaboratively to address estuarine and watershed issues on a holistic, cross-jurisdictional scale.

We are currently growing our Steering Committee membership.

Members

 
 

Chair - Caitlin Chaffee*, Reserve Manager, Narragansett Bay Estuarine Research Reserve

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

Rachel Calabro, Programming Services Officer, Climate Change Policy, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Joe Callahan, President, Taunton River Watershed Alliance

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

Stefanie Covino, Blackstone Watershed Manager, Blackstone Watershed Collaborative

Richard Friesner, Director of Water Quality Programs
NEIWPCC

Walter Galloway, Public Member

Ben Greenstein, Public Member

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

Topher Hamblett*, Executive Director, Save The Bay

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*, Deputy 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

Tom Kutcher, Wetlands Scientist, Rhode Island Natural History Survey

Alicia Lehrer, Executive Director, Woonasquatucket River Watershed 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, Mass Audubon

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

Koty Sharp, Director, Center for Economic and Environmental Development (CEED), Roger Williams University

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

Donna Williams, Board Member, Blackstone River Coalition, Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor

(*) indicates member of the Executive Committee

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Meeting Schedule

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