SECOORA Membership

We have over 40 dues-paying members as well as 4 affiliate members. They include academic institutions, state agencies, other non-profits, business and industry, and individuals with coastal and ocean interests.

Members of SECOORA, their representatives, states, and join dates.

Institutional Members	Representative	Director?	State	Date Joined
Coastal Carolina University	Kevin Xu	N	SC	5/2/2008
Dialytics	Cliff Merz	Y	FL	12/12/2007
Duke University Marine Laboratory	Joe Ramus	N	NC	1/4/2008
East Carolina University	J.P. Walsh	N	NC	7/1/2008
Florida Atlantic University	Manhar Dhanak	N	FL	4/15/2008
Florida COOS Consortium	Michael Kindel	N	FL	3/24/2008
Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute	Kathleen O'Keife	N	FL
Florida Institute of Oceanography	Jyotika Virmani	Y	FL	1/31/2008
Florida Institute of Technology	George Maul	Y	FL	1/9/2008
Florida International University School of Environment, Arts and Society	Mike Heithaus	N	FL	7/1/2011
Florida Sea Grant	Mike Spranger	Y	FL	4/23/2008
Florida State University	Georges Weatherly	Y	FL	11/28/2007
Georgia Aquarium	Greg Bossart	N	GA	6/10/2010
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute	Shirley Pomponi	Y	FL	4/20/2008
Indian River State College	Edwin Massey	N	FL	12/31/2010
Jacksonville University Marine Science Research Institute	Quinton White	N	FL	3/17/2008
Kennesaw State University	Lisa Adams	N	GA	2/15/2009
Lockheed Martin	Jason Nichols	Y	MD	2/21/2008
North Carolina State University	Ruoying He	N	NC	2/21/2008
Nova Southeastern University	Dick Dodge	Y	FL	11/28/2007
Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc	Mitch Roffer	Y	FL	1/2/2008
SAIC	Peter Hamilton	Y	NC	4/15/2008
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources	Bob VanDolah	N	SC	3/19/2008
South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium	Rick DeVoe	Y	SC	12/5/2007
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography	Jim Nelson	Y	GA	1/4/2008
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council	Roger Pugliese	Y	SC	7/17/2007
University of Florida	Peter Sheng	Y	FL	4/9/2008
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill	Harvey Seim	Y	NC	1/15/2007
University of North Carolina-Wilmington	Lynn Leonard	Y	NC	12/5/2007
University of North Florida	Pat Welsh	Y	FL	1/9/2008
University of South Carolina College of Arts and Sciences	George Voulgaris	N	SC	3/27/2008
University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health	Dwayne Porter	N	SC	9/7/20/11
University of South Florida College of Marine Science	Bob Weisberg	Y	FL	2/25/2007
WeatherFlow	Steve Woll	Y	VA	2/25/2008
University of Central Florida	Graham Worthy	N	FL

Sustaining Members	Representative	Director?	State	Date Joined
Florida International University-International Hurricane Research Center	John Proni	Y	FL	3/1/2007
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science	Nick Shay	Y	FL	12/5/2007

Individual Members	Organization	State	Date Joined
Jacqui Michel	RPI, Inc.	SC	9/17/2009
Rick Cole	RDSea International	FL	7/1/2011
Freda Zifteh-NortekUSA	Freda Zifteh
John R. Dunnigan	John R. Dunnigan

Affiliate Members	Representative	Director?	State	Date Joined
NOAA Southeast and Caribbean Regional Team	Geno Olmi	N	SC	5/10/2009
NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory	Alan Leonardi	N	FL	4/2/2008
Southeast, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Region of the Office of the National Marine Sanctuaries	George Sedberry	N	GA	8/7/2007
U.S.G.S.	Eric Strom	N	SC	7/14/2008

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Meet our members:

Research Planning, Inc. (RPI)

RPI, represented by Jaqui Michel. Research Planning, Inc. (RPI) is a science technology company that has worked in coastal and marine systems in over 50 countries. They are currently conducting a data search and literature synthesis of the geological, physical, chemical, and biological resources of the South Atlantic Bight for the Minerals Management Service.

Rick Cole, RDSEA International

Rick Cole is President of RDSEA International, Inc., a Florida-based oceanographic consulting company founded in 2002. After twenty-one years with the University of South Florida (USF), Rick retired to focus his attention on RDSEA to bridge gaps within the ocean community between federal agencies, universities and the private sector on scientific, engineering and environmental monitoring endeavors. RDSEA offers over thirty-years of experience on, in and under our oceans on a wide range of projects from the beach on out to over 5000 meters depth (including bays and estuaries) with a focus on air-sea interaction and ocean circulation. RDSEA's most recent project involved the design, development, manufacture and deployment of several moored buoy systems for the First Institute of Oceanography, Qingdao, China and the Administration of Marine Fisheries Research, Jakarta, Indonesia on the "Research Moored Array for African-Asian-Australian Monsoon Prediction Program (RAMA, a subcomponent of the Indian Ocean Observing System, IndOOS). This is a partnership that involves fellow SECOORA member Jeff Kinder, Managing Director of Down East Instrumentation, LLC.

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SECOORA is one of 11 Regional Associations established nationwide through the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®). IOOS is a multi-agency, cooperative effort based on a continuously operating network of buoys, ships, satellites, underwater vehicles, and other platforms that routinely collect real-time data and manage historical information. These data are needed for rapid detection and timely prediction of changes in our nation's ocean and coastal waters.
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SECOORA Membership

Members of SECOORA, their representatives, states, and join dates.

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