Committee provides advice on agencys navigation services
January 14, 2016 – NOAA administrator Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D., has appointed five members to theHydrographic Services Review Panel, a federal advisory committee that gives NOAA independent advice for improving a range of services and products that support navigation and coastal resilience.
New members of the panel are:
Lindsay Gee, hydrographic and strategic development consultant, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Kim Hall, director of technical and regulatory affairs, operational and security, Cruise Lines International Association, Washington, D.C.
Anne McIntyre, maritimepilot, Columbia River Pilots, Portland, Oregon
Edward Saade, president, Fugro (USA) Inc., and regional director Americas survey, Houston, Texas
Gary Thompson, chief, North Carolina Geodetic Survey, Raleigh, North Carolina
Developing and modernizing tools for the next generation of navigation products and services is essential to keep commerce flowing through our nations ports, said Russell Callender, Ph.D., acting director ofNOAAs National Ocean Service. The Hydrographic Services Review Panel provides NOAA with important perspectives on commercial maritime needs and hydrographic data that are tremendously valuable to us as we work to increase safety, capacity and economic efficiency in U.S. ports and increase coastal resiliency over the coming years.
The new members join these current members:
Larry Atkinson, Ph.D., Slover professor of oceanography, Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
Lawson W. Brigham, Ph.D., University of Alaska at Fairbanks
William Hanson, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, Washington, D.C.
Edward Kelly, Maritime Association of the Port of NY/NJ, New York, New York
Carol Lockhart, Geomatics Data Solutions LLC, San Diego, California
David Maune, senior project manager, Dewberry, Fairfax, Virginia
Joyce Miller, retired oceanographer, Honolulu, Hawaii
Scott R. Perkins, Surveying and Mapping LLC, Overland, Kansas
Capt. Salvatore Rassello, director of nautical operations, Carnival Cruise Lines, Miami, Florida
Susan Shingledecker, vice president and director of environmental programs, BoatUS Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia
The new members will join the panel at theirnext public meeting, March 15-17, in Galveston, Texas.
The Hydrographic Services Review Panel is composed of experts in hydrographic surveying, vessel pilotage, port administration, tides and currents, coastal zone management, geodesy, recreational boating, marine transportation, and academia. Admiral Gerd F. Glang, director of theOffice of Coast Survey, is the panels designated federal official. The directors of the NOAA/University of New Hampshire Joint Hydrographic Center, NOAAsNational Geodetic Survey, and NOAAsCenter for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services serve as nonvoting members.
NOAA established the Hydrographic Services Review Panel in 2003 as directed by the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 2002. The panel functions in accordance with theFederal Advisory Committee Act, and advises the NOAA administrator on matters related to NOAAs hydrographic and navigation services.
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