Delaware Sea Grant College Program
Newark, DE 19716 USA
Phone: 302-831-8083
E-mail: marinecom@udel.edu
Delaware Sea Grant Advisory Council
The Sea Grant Advisory Council — the statewide external advisory body to the Delaware Sea Grant College Program — was created in 1974. Its members, listed below, hail from marine-oriented business and industry, resource management and engineering firms, state government, public interest groups, the pre-college educational sector, and the media.
Working within the national priorities identified by the National Sea Grant College Program, the council helps further define priority coastal issues relevant to Delaware. In 1975, the Sea Grant Advisory Council spearheaded the request to the Delaware General Assembly for a $250,000 line in the state budget earmarked for the University of Delaware Sea Grant College Program. Since then, the council has assisted in maintaining and increasing this initial appropriation as well as helped us identify potential partners for accomplishing specific research and outreach objectives.
Sea Grant Advisory Council Members
Ms. Jennifer Adkins , Executive Director
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
Mr. Gene R. Bailey, Executive Director
Diamond State Port Corporation
Ms. Sarah W. Cooksey, Program Administrator
Delaware Coastal Programs
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Mr. Gerard Esposito, President
Tidewater Utilities Inc.
Thomas J. Fikslin, Ph.D., Manager
Modeling, Monitoring & Assessment Branch, Delaware River Basin Commission
Ms. Lorraine Fleming, Board Member
Delaware Nature Society Inc.
Mayor James L. Ford, III
Mayor of Lewes, Delaware
Ms. Jeanie Harper, Secretary-Treasurer
Dawson's Seafood Inc.
Mr. A. Richard Heffron, Senior VP for Government Affairs
Delaware State Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Edward A. Lewandowski, Executive Director
Center for the Inland Bays
Dr. Ann Masse, Safety Health and Environment Manager
DuPont Chamber Works
William Miller, Chair emeritus, retired
Delaware River and Bay Authority
Mr. Gary B. Patterson, Executive Director
Delaware Petroleum Council
Ms. Betsy Reamer , Executive Director
Lewes Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Paul E. Sample, Consultant
Samples Inc.
Mr. John Schneider, Program Manager
Watershed Assessment Section, Division of Water Resources
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Hon. Peter C. Schwartzkopf
Delaware State Representative
Dr. Janice A. Seitz, Associate Dean and Director
Cooperative Extension
University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Dr. Edward M. Simek, Principal
Environmental Resources Management Inc.
Hon. F. Gary Simpson
Delaware State Senator
Dr. Halsey Spruance, Executive Director
Delaware Museum of Natural History
Ms. Katherine Ward, Executive Director
Delaware Press Association
Mr. Stuart Widom, Senior Environmental Consultant
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Delaware Sea Grant researcher Art Trembanis speaks to the members of the Sea Grant Advisory Council in his laboratory on the University of Delaware campus in Newark, Del.
