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Board of Directors

The role of the Board of Directors is to guide overall policy direction for the SECOORA enterprise, ensure staffing of Policy Committees, elect SECOORA officers, maintain a high quality of Board performance, review SECOORA finances, and report Board activities to the general membership.  Specific roles and responsibilities related to attendance, policy and planning, membership and voting, committee activities, SECOORA personnel, and budget are described in the by-laws. 

SECOORA Board Members

Industry/Private Sector : Term Limit (yr)
Cliff Merz3 (as of 7/1/2010)cmerz@dialytics.com
Mitch Roffer3 (as of 7/1/2009)roffers@bellsouth.net
Peter Hamilton3 (as of 7/1/2011)peter.hamilton@saic.com
Steve Woll3 (as of 7/1/2009)swoll@weatherflow.com
 
Academic/Research/Education Sector : Term Limit (yr)
Dick Dodge3 (as of 7/1/2009)dodge@nova.edu
Georges Weatherly3 (as of 7/1/2011)weatherly@ocean.fsu.edu
Lynn Leonard3 (as of 7/1/2011)lynnl@uncw.edu
Peter Sheng3 (as of 7/1/2011)pete@coastal.ufl.edu
Shirley Pomponi3 (as of 7/1/2010)pomponi@hboi.edu
 
Public Agencies/Non Profit/Other Sector : Term Limit (yr)
Jyotika Virmani3 (as of 7/1/2011)jyotika@fio.usf.edu
Lundie Spence3 (as of 7/1/2010)lundie.spence@scseagrant.org
Mike Spranger3 (as of 7/1/2010)spranger@ufl.edu
Rick DeVoe3 (as of 7/1/2009)Rick.Devoe@scseagrant.org
Roger Pugliese3 (as of 7/1/2010)roger.pugliese@safmc.net
 
At-Large : Term Limit (yr)
Bob Weisberg (FL)3 (as of 7/1/2011)weisberg@marine.usf.ed
George Maul (FL)3 (as of 7/1/2011)gmaul@fit.edu
Harvey Seim (NC)3 (as of 7/1/2009)hseim@email.unc.edu
Jim Nelson (GA)3 (as of 7/1/2010)jim.nelson@skio.usg.edu
Pat Welsh (FL)3 (as of 7/1/2010)pat.welsh@unf.edu
 
Public Seats : Term Limit (yr)
Conrad C. Lautenbacher3 (as of 7/1/2009)clautenbache@csc.com
 
Affiliate Seats : Term Limit (yr)
 
Sustaining Seats : Term Limit (yr)
John Proni3 (as of 7/1/2010)john.proni@fiu.edu
Nick Shay3 (as of 7/1/2010)nshay@rsmas.miami.edu