Council Members

Council Chair (2022 – 2024)
Lisa Engler
Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

Council Coordinator
Joan LeBlanc
jleblanc@gulfofmaine.org

Jurisdictional Representatives

Nova Scotia

Deputy Minister Geoff MacLellan
Nova Scotia Department of Intergovernmental Affairs

New Brunswick

Christie Ward (obo Minister Gary Crossman)
New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government
christie.ward@gnb.ca

Kim Hughes
Environmental Volunteer
kimth32016@gmail.com

Maine

W. Donald Hudson, Chewonki Foundation
wdonhudson@gmail.com

Kathleen Leyden, Maine Department of Marine Resources
Kathleen.Leyden@maine.gov

New Hampshire

Jim Chase, Seacoast Science Center
j.chase@sscnh.org

Jake Kritzer, Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal and Ocean Observing Systems
jake@neracoos.org

Rene Pelletier (obo Commissioner Robert Scott), New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
Rene.Pelletier@des.nh.gov

Massachusetts

Priscilla Brooks, Conservation Law Foundation
pbrooks@clf.org

John Duff, University of Massachusetts, Boston
john.duff@umb.edu 

Lisa Engler, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
Lisa.Engler@mass.gov

Federal Agencies

Jon Hare, National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration
Jon.Hare@noaa.gov

Wendy Williams, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
wendy.williams@dfo-mpa.gc.ca

Regina Lyons, U.S. Environment Protection Agency
lyons.regina@epa.gov

Geoff Mercer, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Geoff.Mercer@canada.ca

Todd Chaudhry, U.S. Department of the Interior
tchaudhry@usgs.gov

First Nations / Tribal

Sharri Venno, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
envplanner@maliseets.com

Senior Science Advisors

Judith Pederson, MIT Sea Grant
jpederso@mit.edu

Robert Stephenson, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Robert.Stephenson@dfo-mpo.gc.ca