2023 Election Results
The results are in and we would like to welcome the following people to the 2023-2024 NMEA Board of Directors! See all of our board members here.
Officers
Welcome to our newly-elected President-elect, Tara Hicks-Johnson. The outgoing President-elect (Lindsay Patterson) and President (Laura Diederick) will move into the roles of President and Past President, respectively.
Tara Hicks-Johnson, President-elect
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Lindsay Patterson, President
Charleston County Parks & Recreation, Charleston, SC
Laura Diederick, Past President
NOAA Fisheries, Silver Spring, MD
Directors
We will be electing four new directors in each of the next three elections (2023-2025), for an eventual total of 12 Directors. Any vacancies created by Directors moving into different elected positions will be included in the ballot as needed.
Maggie Allen
NOAA's Office of Education, Silver Spring, MD
Sandra Bilbo
Grand Bay NERR, Moss Point, MS
Valerie Cournoyer
Amity High School, Seymour, CT
Joanna Philippoff
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI
Director Vacancy - 2023-2025
Don Pinkerton
BioEd Collaborators, Swampscott, MA
We would like to thank all of our outgoing elected Board Members. We appreciate your service and dedication to our organization during your elected term and beyond!
David Christopher, Past President
Alyssa Irizarry, Director
Lynn Tran, Director