Director's Office
Carl Gouldman, Director (Federal)
Email: carl.gouldman@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 533-9454
Krisa Arzayus, Ph.D., Deputy Director (Federal)
Email: krisa.arzayus@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 533-9455
Laura (Griesbauer) Gewain, Executive Assistant to the Director (ISS)
Email: laura.gewain@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 533-9456
Sarah Nickford, IOOS Ocean Science and Technology Partnership Fellow (Sea Grant)
Email: sarah.nickford@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 653-9162
Kelli Paige, Equity, Partnerships, and Service Delivery Lead (Federal)
Email: kelli.paige@noaa.gov Tel: (202) 350-0508
Ralph Rayner, U.S. IOOS Industry Liaison (London School of Economics) (Consultant)
Email: ralph@ralphrayner.com
Operations Division
Derrick Snowden, Division Chief (Federal)
Email: derrick.snowden@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 533-9467
Kathleen Bailey, Oceanographer/Physical Scientist (Federal)
Email: kathleen.bailey@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 533-9449
Zack Baize, Ocean Enterprise/New Blue Economy Program Manager (Federal)
Email: zack.baize@noaa.gov
Mathew Biddle, Data Management Analyst (Federal)
Email: mathew.biddle@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 533-9470
Gabrielle Canonico, IOOS Biology Lead and MBON Manager (Federal)
Email: gabrielle.canonico@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 533-9452
LCDR Aaron Colohan, NOAA Corps (Federal)
Email: aaron.d.colohan@noaa.gov Tel: (251) 207-1020
Tracy Fanara, Ph.D., NOS Coastal Modeling Portfolio Manager (Federal)
Email: tracy.fanara@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 533-9461
Michael Lalime, Technical Analyst (ISS)
Email: michael.lalime@noaa.gov Tel: (202) 964-1232
Michelle Lander, Ph.D., ATN Network Coordinator (Federal)
Email: michelle.lander@noaa.gov Tel: (206) 526-4012
Hassan Moustahfid, Ph.D., Marine Biologist (Federal)
Email: hassan.moustahfid@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 533-9468
Tiffany C. Vance, Ph.D., Physical Scientist & Data Manager (Federal)
Email: tiffany.c.vance@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 533-9445
Micah Wengren, Physical Scientist & Data Manager (Federal)
Email: micah.wengren@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 533-9441
Brian Zelenke, Surface Currents Program Manager (Federal)
Email: brian.zelenke@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 533-9440
[vacant], DMAC Program Coordinator (Federal)
Email: Tel:
[vacant], QARTOD National Coordinator (ISS)
Email:
Regions, Budget, and Policy Division
Email: dave.easter@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 533-9453 Becky Baltes, Strategic Planning Manager (Federal) Email: becky.baltes@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 533-9469 [vacant], IOOS Regional Ocean and Coast Fellow (Sea Grant) Email: Tel: Kate Culpepper, Communications Specialist (Federal) Email: kate.culpepper@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 533-9457 Nicholas Dawson, Program Analyst for Grants and Regional Coordination (ISS) Email: nick.dawson@noaa.gov Tel: (202) 367-4148 Becca Derex, Legislative Affairs Lead (Federal) Email: becca.derex@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 533-9462 Courtney Edwards, Program Analyst (ISS) Email: courtney.edwards@noaa.gov Tel: (202) 936-5742 Debra Esty, Management and Program Analyst (Federal) Email: debra.esty@noaa.gov Tel:(240) 533-9446 Susan Fox, Regional Coordinator (Federal) Email: susan.fox@noaa.gov Tel: (843) 481-0288 Rosa González, Environmental Compliance Coordinator (Federal) Email: rosa.gonzalez@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 621-1911 Jennifer Hinden, Cooperative Programs Specialist (Federal) Email: jennifer.hinden@noaa.gov Tel: (202) 936-5991 Kelly Jasion, Financial Management Specialist (Federal) Email: kelly.jasion@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 533-9465 Torie Ketcham, Webmaster (ISS) (Consultant) Email: torie.ketcham@noaa.gov Maria Murray, Regional Coordinator (Federal) Email: maria.murray@noaa.gov Tel: (202) 936-6114 Izella Murry, Program Analyst (ISS) Email: izella.murry@noaa.gov Tel: (305) 699-5124 Amira Ofosu-Garrison, Office Manager (ISS) Email: amira.ofosu-garrison@noaa.gov Tel: (202) 649-0844 Ali Sanjabi, Financial Management Specialist (Federal) Email: ali.sanjabi@noaa.gov Tel: (240) 624-0649
Staff Duties
Director's Office:
Carl Gouldman, Director (Federal)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- NOAA representative to the Interagency Ocean Observation Committee (IOOC)
- U.S. Representative to the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Regional Alliances Council
- Chair of the U.S. IOOS GOOS Regional Alliance
- Congressional visits and legislative engagement
Krisa Arzayus, Deputy Director (acting) (Federal)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- Compliance with NOS guidelines and policies (e.g. safety, awards, IT, personnel)
- Oversee program office Risk Management
- Designated Federal Official (DFO) for the IOOS Federal Advisory Committee
- Pay Pool Manager for the IOOS CAPS Paypool
- Program Planning and Execution
Laura (Griesbauer) Gewain, Executive Assistant to the Director (ISS)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- Director's and Deputy Director's calendars
- Director and Deputy Director travel
- Director and Deputy Director correspondence
- Staff support to the Director for International Activities, GOOS, and AmeriGEOSS
- Manage IOOS Social Media channels
- Staff support to Director and Deputy projects
- Special projects as assigned by the Director and Deputy
Sarah Nickford, IOOS Coastal Enterprise/New Blue Economy Fellow (Sea Grant)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- Assists with IOOS New Blue Economy initiatives
- Supports IOOS Inflation Reduction Act projects
- Executive secretary for the NOS Water Team
- Member of the Benefits of Ocean Observing Catalog (BOOC) development team
- Supports the Environmental Information Services Working Group (EISWG)
- IOOS liaison for the Department of Energy Ocean Observing Prize
- Supports IOOS in the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Regional Alliance Council
- Office co-lead for data call response and tracking
Kelli Paige, Equity, Partnerships, and Service Delivery Lead (Federal)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- Inflation Reduction Act implementation support through Regional Association and partner engagement
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and Accessibility (DEIJA) planning and implementation
- Coordination of IOOS program with NOAA and other national DEIJA initiatives
Ralph Rayner, U.S. IOOS Industry Liaison (London School of Economics) (Consultant)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- Project Lead for Benefits of Ocean Observing Catalog (BOOC)
- Project support for the Ocean Enterprise Study
- Global Partnerships, connecting IOOS with GeoBlue Planet, Copernicus, IMOS, etc.
Operations Division:
Derrick Snowden, Division Chief (Federal)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- Lead the Operations Divisions efforts to establish and maintain the national IOOS system
- Overall lead for DMAC design and implementation activities including regional implementation and national coordination agreements
Kathleen Bailey, Oceanographer/Physical Scientist (Federal)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- Tracking flow of data through various elements of the DMAC system (Regional Data Assembly Centers, IOOS Catalog, NDBC, CO-OPS)
- DMAC Implementation and user engagement
- Lead for the Glider Program
- IOOS Member of the QARTOD Board of Advisors
- DMAC lead for Regional Association Certification
Zack Baize, Ocean Enterprise/New Blue Economy Program Manager (Federal)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- Support NOS New Blue Economy activities
- Project Lead for IRA funding activities associated with Ocean-based Climate Resilience Accelerators
- Support NOAA environmental economics activities and ocean enterprise studies
Mathew Biddle, Data Management Analyst (Federal)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- IOOS POC for NCEI data archival
- MBON Portal and biological data and products liaison
- DMAC project support (ERDDAP, biological data standards)
- IOOS products and services analytics and outreach
Gabrielle Canonico, IOOS Biology Lead and MBON Manager (Federal)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- Program Manager for the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON)
- Coordinating stronger representation of biological observations in IOOS
- Development of the MBON Portal
- USG representative for MBON to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the Group on Earth Observations
- Co-Chair, NOPP Interagency Biodiversity Working Group
LCDR Aaron Colohan, NOAA Corps (Federal)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- Assistant lead for the Glider Program
- Program Assistant lead for the US HF RADAR network
- IOOS Acquisitions Officer
- Inflation Reduction Act Request for Applications point of contact for IOOS
- Property Accountability Officer
Tracy Fanara, Ph.D., NOS Coastal Modeling Portfolio Manager (Federal)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- Program Manager for the IOOS Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed
- Manage the development of operational coastal models across NOS program offices
- Stakeholder management for coastal ocean modeling and product development
Michael Lalime, Technical Analyst (ISS)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- Supports IOOS coastal modeling cloud sandbox development and testing
- Stakeholder outreach planning and engagement for coastal ocean modeling
- Project management support for Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation Coastal modeling projects
Michelle Lander, Ph.D., Animal Telemetry Network Coordinator (Federal)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- Manage the development of the Data Assembly Center (DAC)
- Coordinate the implementation of the network and grow the network into a sustainable observing system
Hassan Moustahfid, Ph.D., Marine Biologist (Federal)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- Serve as scientific and technical point of contact for marine biological programs
- Facilitate partnership building between biological programs in NOS, NOAA, the Regional Associations and the larger IOOS Enterprise
Tiffany C. Vance, Ph.D., Physical Scientist and Data Manager (Federal)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- DMAC implementation and architecture
- Ocean Technology Transition (OTT) Program Manager
- Functional POC for geospatial, cloud computing, and GIS activities
- OOS co-lead for biogeochemical, ocean acidification, and HAB related data
- Project management for IOOS/Axiom activities
- Transition Manager for the Pacific Northwest HAB Bulletin and IOOS representative to the HAB Tech Team
- Project manager for the IOOS cloud computing sandbox for ocean models
Micah Wengren, DMAC System Architect (Federal)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- DMAC System Architect: lead design and implementation of the IOOS Data Management and Cyberinfrastructure system
- Lead the national DMAC Community of Practice including regional engagement, annual meetings and code sprints, and technology platforms - IOOS GitHub organization and 'ioos_tech' community forum
- Technical lead for: IOOS ERDDAP Implementation project, IOOS Catalog, commercial cloud data ingest and data management architecture development
- Representative to NOAA cloud, geospatial, and data management working groups
Brian Zelenke, Surface Currents Program Manager (Federal)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- Program and Technical Lead for the US HF Radar network
- Stakeholder management for coastal circulation observing and product development
- Point of Contact for Radio Frequency Allocation issues
- Manage the HF Radar Data Assembly Center
- Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR)
[vacant], DMAC Program Coordinator (Federal)
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- Coordinates Data Management and Cyberinfrastructure (DMAC) planning, budgets, and activities
- Supports DMAC team in project management, RA certification, stakeholder engagement, and technical coordination
[vacant], QARTOD National Coordinator
Programmatic Responsibilities:
- IOOS Point of Contact for Quality Assurance/Quality Control of Real Time Ocean Data (QARTOD)
Regions, Budget, and Policy Division:
Dave Easter, Division Chief (Federal) Programmatic Responsibilities: Becky Baltes, Strategic Planning Manager (Federal) Programmatic Responsibilities: [vacant], IOOS Regional Ocean and Coast Fellow (Sea Grant) Programmatic Responsibilities: Kate Culpepper, Communications Specialist (Federal) Programmatic Responsibilities: Nicholas Dawson, Program Analyst for Grants and Regional Coordination (ISS) Programmatic Responsibilities: Becca Derex, Legislative Affairs Lead (Federal) Programmatic Responsibilities: Courtney Edwards, Program Analyst (ISS) Programmatic Responsibilities: Debra Esty, Management and Program Analyst (Federal) Programmatic Responsibilities: Susan Fox, Regional Coordinator (Federal) Programmatic Responsibilities: Rosa González, Environmental Compliance Coordinator (Federal) Programmatic Responsibilities: Jennifer Hinden, Cooperative Programs Specialist (Federal) Programmatic Responsibilities: Kelly Jasion, Financial Management Specialist (Federal) Programmatic Responsibilities: Torie Ketcham, Webmaster (ISS) (Consultant) Programmatic Responsibilities: Maria Murray, Regional Coordinator (Federal) Programmatic Responsibilities: Izella Murry, Program Analyst (ISS) Programmatic Responsibilities: Amira Ofosu-Garrison, Office Coordinator Programmatic Responsibilities: Ali Sanjabi, Financial Management Specialist (Federal) Programmatic Responsibilities: