Board Members

The Board has 20 members who hail mainly from Alaska, Washington and Oregon. Its staff and home office are located in Anchorage, Alaska.

Executive Committee

David Benton (Chair)
Marine Conservation Alliance
431 N Franklin St, Suite 305 | Juneau, AK 99801 | 907 523 0731

Eric Olson (Vice Chair)
North Pacific Fishery Management Council
605 West 4th Avenue, Suite 306 | Anchorage, AK 99501-2252
tel 907 271 2809 | Fax 907 271 2817

Douglas DeMaster
Science and Research Director, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center
7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 4 | Seattle, WA 98115
tel 206 526 4000 | fax 206 526 4004
Alternate: Peter Hagen
tel 907 789 6096 | fax 907 789 6608

John Hilsinger
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
PO Box 115526 | Juneau, AK 99811-5526
tel 907 267-2324

Ned Smith
Alaska SeaLife Center
301 Railway Ave | Seward, AK 99664
tel 907 224 6349 | fax 907 224 6360

Other Members

Nancy Bird
Oil Spill Recovery Institute
PO Box 705 | Cordova, AK 99574
tel 907 424 6800, ext 225 | fax 907 424 5820

CAPT Mike Cerne
17th District US Coast Guard
PO Box 25517 | Juneau, AK 99802
tel 907 463 2223 | fax 907 463 2216

Dorothy Childers
Alaska Marine Conservation Council
PO Box 101145 | Anchorage, AK 99510
tel 907 277 5357 | fax 907 277 5975

(vacant)
Office of Naval Research
875 N Randolph St | Arlington, VA 22203-1073
tel 703 696 4590 | fax 703 696 3390

Michele Eder
Attorney at Law LLC
4 SW High St | PO Box 1530 | Newport, OR 97365
tel 541 265 EDER | fax 541 265 6633
Alternate: Lawson Brigham
tel 907 271 4577 | fax 907 271 4578

John Gauvin
Groundfish Forum, Inc.
4241 21st Avenue W, Suite 302 | Seattle, WA 98199
tel 206 213-5270 | fax 206 213 5272

Justin Grubich
Office of Oceans Affairs, US Dept of State
2201 C St NW, Room 5806 | Washington, DC 20520
tel 202 647 3883 | fax 202 736 9099

Leslie Holland-Bartels
US Geological Survey
1011 E Tudor Rd | Anchorage, AK 99501
tel 907 786 3385 | fax 907 786 3636

Howard Horton
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR 97331
tel 541 737 1974

John Iani
Van Ness Feldman
719 Second Ave, Suite 1150 | Seattle, WA 98104
tel 206 829 1812 | fax 206 623 4986

Paul MacGregor
Mundt MacGregor LLP
999 Third Ave, Suite 4200 | Seattle, WA 98104
tel 206 624 5950 | fax 206 5469

Steve MacLean
The Nature Conservancy
715 L Street, Suite 100 | Anchorage, AK 99501
tel 907 276-3133

Gerry Merrigan
Prowler Fisheries
PO Box 1989 | Petersburg, AK 99833
tel 907 772 4835 | fax 907 772 9385

Pamela Pope
BP Exploration Alaska
PO Box 196612 | Anchorage, AK 99519
tel 907 762 1644 | fax 907 564 5011

Denis Wiesenburg
UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
PO Box 757220 | Fairbanks, AK 99775
tel 907 474 7210 | fax 907 474 7204

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