Management Committee
roles & responsibilities
Our Management Committee is our principal governing body that develops and implements our Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP). This plan details strategies and actions to tackle environmental challenges and promote sustainable estuary and watershed resources. The Committee functions like a board and is made up of scientists, municipal staff, business owners, state and federal partners, and watershed advocates. The Management Committee meets quarterly.
Visit our 2010 Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for the Piscataqua Region estuaries and coastal watershed.
Next Meeting Date: December 10, 2024
Time: 8:45AM - 11:30AM
Location: Hampton Beach (details forthcoming)
Management Committee members as of September 2024
- Katie Ambrose, City of Rochester
- Jon Balanoff, Acton Wakefield Watersheds Alliance (CHAIR)
- Erik Beck, US Environmental Protection Agency
- Michael Bobinsky, City of Somersworth
- Dea Brickner-Wood, Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership
- *Erik Chapman, NH Sea Grant/UNH
- Jim Chase, Seacoast Science Center
- *Alaina Chorman, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
- *Steve Couture, NH Department of Environmental Services Coastal Program (VICE CHAIR)
- Jennifer Czysz, Strafford Regional Planning Commission
- Rayann Dionne, Seabrook-Hampton Estuaries Alliance (SHEA)
- *Diane Foster, School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, UNH
- Brianna Group, The Nature Conservancy (NH Chapter)
- Brianna Hagan, Town of Hampton
- Jessa Kellogg, Town of Kittery
- *Regina Lyons, US Environmental Protection Agency
- Chris Meaney, US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Kristen Murphy, Town of Exeter
- Melissa Paly, Great Bay Piscataqua Waterkeeper
- *Cheri Patterson, NH Fish and Game Department
- *Cory Riley, Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Tim Roache, Rockingham Planning Commission
- Todd Selig, Town of Durham
- John Storer, City of Dover
- Kate Swails, NOAA Office of Coastal Management
*indicates a standing seat on the Management Committee