Management Committee

Purpose

The Management Committee is comprised of representatives of the Long Island Sound Study Management Conference, established by Congress in 1985 to develop a Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for restoring and protecting Long Island Sound. Management Committee members help develop the annual work plan for the Long Island Sound Study and oversee the implementation of CCMP goals and objectives.

Meetings

See Events & Meetings web page for announcements of upcoming committee meetings for MC, STAC, CAC, and HRSWG.

Management Committee Members

• Mark Tedesco, US Environmental Protection Agency Long Island Sound Office, Chair
• Rick Balla, EPA Region 2
• Christoper Bellucci, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
• Mel Coté, EPA, New England Region
• Sylvain De Guise, PhD, Connecticut Sea Grant
• Holly Drinkuth, The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut, CT Citizens Advisory Committee Co-chair
• Jonathan Hoffman, New York City Department of Environmental Protection
• Nancy Ferlow,  US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service Connecticut District
• James Hagy,  EPA Office of Research and Development, Atlantic Ecology Division
• Arthur Johnson, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
• Kamazima Lwiza, Stony Brook University/Science and Technical Advisory Committee, NY Co-chair
• Jonathan Morrison, US Geological Survey Connecticut District
• Suzanne Paton, US Fish and Wildlife Service
• Evelyn Powers, Interstate Environmental Commission
• Todd Randall, US Army Corps of Engineers
• Nancy Seligson, Citizens Advisory Committee NY Co-chair
• Rebecca Shuford, New York Sea Grant
• Julia Socrates, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Marine Resources
• Jennifer Street, New York State Department of State Department of Coastal Resources
• Susan Sullivan, NEIWPCC
• Brian Thompson, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
• Susan Van Patten, New York State Department of Environmental Protection
• Penny Vlahos, PhD, University of Connecticut/Science and Technical Advisory Committee Co-chair
• Gary Wikfors, PhD, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA Milford Laboratory