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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