OR&R Field Staff Locations and Contact Information
The following information will help you locate and contact the field staff for the Office of Response and Restoration's four divisions:
- Emergency Response Division Scientific Support Coordinators (SSCs) and Regional Response Officers (RROs).
- Assessment and Restoration Division Regions.
- Marine Debris Division regional staff.
- Disaster Preparedness Program regional staff.
Scientific Support Coordinators (SSCs)
OR&R's Emergency Response Division (ERD) consists of an interdisciplinary scientific team that responds to oil and chemical spills in U.S. waters and helps the On-Scene Coordinator make timely operational decisions. The team is headquartered at NOAA's campus in Seattle; however ERD's Scientific Support Coordinators (SSCs), located around the country, lead the team at spills, drawing on the team's spill trajectory estimates, chemical hazards analyses, and assessments of the sensitivity of biological and human-use resources. OR&R staff members also represent NOAA and the DOC on the National Response Team and Regional Response Teams.
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District 1 Email: william.whitmore@noaa.gov |
District 5 Sectors: Delaware Bay, Maryland NCR, Hampton Roads, North Carolina, and District 1/Sector New York Frank Csulak Email: frank.csulak@noaa.gov |
District 7 Sectors: Charleston, Jacksonville, Miami, Key West, St. Petersburg, San Juan Bradford Benggio Email: brad.benggio@noaa.gov |
| District 8 Sectors: Houston-Galveston, Corpus Christi Paige Doelling Email: paige.doelling@noaa.gov Sector: New Orleans Brandi Todd, NOAA SSC Email: brandi.todd@noaa.gov Email: katherine.mitchell@noaa.gov Sectors: Upper Mississippi, Lower Mississippi, Ohio Valley, Mobile Adam Davis Email: adam.davis@noaa.gov |
District 9 Sectors: Lake Michigan, Buffalo, Sault Ste. Marie, Detroit, LCDR Rachel Pryor Email: ssc.greatlakes@noaa.gov |
District 11 Sectors: San Francisco, Los Angeles-Long Beach, San Diego Jordan Stout Email: jordan.stout@noaa.gov
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| District 13 Sectors: Puget Sound, Columbia River CDR Faith Knighton Email: faith.knighton@noaa.gov LTJG Kyle Vincent Email: kyle.vincent@noaa.gov |
District 14 Sectors: Honolulu, Guam Ruth Yender Email: ruth.yender@noaa.gov |
District 17 Sectors: Juneau, Anchorage Catherine Berg Email: catherine.berg@noaa.gov |
Contact ERD National Response Staff:
| NOAA SSC Supervisor West Coast and Great Lakes Doug Helton Email: doug.helton@noaa.gov |
NOAA SSC Supervisor East and Gulf Coasts [Vacant] Email: |
NOAA Regional Operations Branch Chief
John Tarpley Email: john.tarpley@noaa.gov |
ARD Regions
OR&R's Assessment and Restoration Division (ARD) protects and restores coastal habitats and resources affected by hazardous materials releases or ship grounding. All of ARD's efforts, from assessment to restoration, are coordinated at a regional level. ARD's Regional Resource Coordinators (RRCs) are NOAA environmental scientists who work to provide the technical foundation for assessments of ecological risk and environmental and economic injury from contamination at hazardous waste sites and to improve coordination among trustee agencies.
For general assessment and restoration regional issues, contact ARD Regional Branch Chiefs:
| Northeast & Great Lakes Branch Diane Evers NOAA/ARD 290 Broadway New York NY 10007 Phone: 240.338.3411 |
Southeast Branch Kevin Kirsch NOAA/ARD 263 13th Ave S Saint Petersburg, Florida 33712 Phone: 727.551.5619 |
| West Coast Branch Amy Merten NOAA/ARD 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, Washington 98115 Phone: 206.526.6829 |
Spatial Data Branch Michele Jacobi NOAA/ARD 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, Washington 98115 Phone: 206.526.6830 |
For ARD oil spill coordinators:
| West Coast/Pacific Branch Sectors: Alaska; Backup California and Pacific Islands Sarah Allan Sectors: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Backup California and Pacific Islands Marla Steinhoff Sectors: California, Hawaii, Pacific Islands Ben Shorr Sectors: Backup (Alaska, Washington, and Oregon) Troy Baker |
Northeast & Great Lakes Branch Sectors: Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York (excluding Staten Island) Ken Finkelstein Sectors: Staten Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, (no Great Lakes), Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia Dan Takaki Sectors: Great Lakes states (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania) Greg Baker |
Southeast/Gulf Branch Bryand Duke Phone: 727.304.0304 Sectors: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Dan Hahn Sectors: Southeast Region Susan Snyder
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Contact Spatial Data Branch Liaisons:
| West Coast/Pacific Branch
Zach Winters-Staszak |
Northeast & Great Lakes Branch
Matt Dorsey |
Southeast/Gulf Branch
George Graettinger Jay Coady |
Marine Debris Division Staff
OR&R's Marine Debris Division, headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, has regional staff members positioned around the country to support local coordination efforts, track progress of projects, review performance measures, and conduct regional marine debris outreach to local audiences.
Contact information for the Marine Debris Division's field staff members is available on the Marine Debris Contact Us page.
Disaster Preparedness Program Staff
OR&R's Disaster Preparedness Program has regional staff members positioned in the Southeast and Gulf of Mexico regions to support disaster preparedness and coordination across the National Ocean Service and its partners.
Contact Disaster Preparedness Program Staff:
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DPP Chief Kate Wheelock Email: kate.wheelock@noaa.gov |
DPP Southeast Region Kyla Breland Email: kyla.breland@noaa.gov |
| DPP Gulf of Mexico Region NOAA Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center Charlie Henry Email: charlie.henry@noaa.gov |
DPP Northeast Region William Whitmore Email: william.whitmore@noaa.gov |