PMEP Committees

The work of the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership (PMEP) is overseen by a Steering Committee made up of volunteers representing local, state, tribal, and federal governments and non-governmental and private organizations. PMEP also has a series of sub-committees that manage work of the organization. See below for a list of current members.

  • Bryant Chesney, Chair, NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region
  • Todd Zackey, Past Chair, Marine and Nearshore Program Manager, The Tulalip Tribes
  • Bill Pinnix,Fish Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Jena Carter,  Oregon Marine and Coast Director and West Coast Regional Marine Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy
  • Andy Lanier, Marine Affairs Coordinator, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development
  • Sarah Beesley,  Fisheries Biologist, Yurok Tribal Fisheries Program
  • John Netto,  Fish Passage and Habitat Partnerships Coordinator, US Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Katie Nichols, California Coastal Conservancy
  • Stephanie Messerle, District Fish Biologist, Coos Bay District Bureau of Land Management
  • Megan Wilson, Salmon Monitoring Data Steward, Puget Sound Partnership
  • Irma Lagomarsino, NOAA/NMFS
  • Marina Cazorla, California Parks Department
  • Tish Conway-Cranos, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • Kristi Foster, Executive Director, Tillamook Estuaries Partnership
  • Clare Arre, Program Manager, MPA Collaborative Network
  • Scott Groth, Resources Assessment and Management Section Leader, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • Bryant Chesney, Chair, NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region
  • Todd Zackey, Past Chair, Marine and Nearshore Program Manager, The Tulalip Tribes
  • Bill Pinnix, Fish Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Kristi Foster, Executive Director, Tillamook Estuaries Partnership
  • Nick DaSilva, California Parks Department
  • Kevin O’Connor, Chair, Central Coast Wetlands Group
  • Scott Heppell, Past Chair, Oregon State University
  • Bill Pinnix,  US Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Correigh Greene, NOAA Fisheries
  • Dayv Lowry, NOAA
  • Eric Grossman, US Geological Survey
  • Kate Sherman, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
  • Laura Brophy, Estuary Technical Group – Institute for Applied Ecology
  • Steve Rumrill, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • Van Hare, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
  • Walter Heady, The Nature Conservancy
  • Beth Sanderson, NOAA Fisheries
  • Brett Holycross, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
  • Andy Lanier, OR Department of Land Conservation and Development
  • Phil Dionne, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • Nick DaSilva, California Parks Department
  • Colin Jones, Tillamook Estuaries Partnership
  • Melodie Grubbs, Executive Director, Morro Bay National Estuary Program
  • Kaysha Kenney, Marine Restoration Director, Orange County Coastkeeper
  • Lisa Kaufman, Northwest Straits Foundation
  • Ali Helms, South Slough NERR
  • Irma Lagomarsino, NOAA/NMFS
  • Van Hare, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
  • Sabra Comet, South Slough NERR
  • Kaysha Kenney, Orange County Coastkeeper
  • Joan Drinkwin, PMEP Coordinator