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 Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for the Piscataqua Region estuaries and coastal watershed.
Read the Management Committee Bylaws
Photo by Scott Ripley
Management Committee members as of April 2026
- Katie Ambrose, City of Rochester, NH
- Jon Balanoff, Acton Wakefield Watersheds Alliance (CHAIR)
- Michael Bobinsky, City of Somersworth, NH
- Dea Brickner-Wood, Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership
- Arthur Capello, Town of Berwick, ME
- *Erik Chapman, NH Sea Grant/UNH
- *Steve Couture, NH Department of Environmental Services Coastal Program (VICE CHAIR)
- Jennifer Czysz, Strafford Regional Planning Commission
- Rayann Dionne, Seabrook-Hampton Estuaries Alliance (SHEA)
- Brianna Group, The Nature Conservancy (NH Chapter)
- Brianna Hagan, Town of Hampton, NH
- Jessa Kellogg, Town of Kittery, ME
- *Regina Lyons, US Environmental Protection Agency
- *John Maleri, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
- Chris Meaney, US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Kristen Murphy, Town of Exeter, NH
- Melanie Nash, Southern Maine Planning & Development Commission
- Melissa Paly, Great Bay Piscataqua Waterkeeper
- *Cory Riley, Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Tim Roache, Town of Stratham, NH
- Todd Selig, Town of Durham, NH
- John Storer, City of Dover
- Kate Swails, NOAA Office of Coastal Management
- David Walker, Rockingham Planning Commission
- *Caitlyn Whittle, US Environmental Protection Agency
*indicates a standing seat on the Management Committee