Conference Committees

Steering Committee Members

Dr. Noel Brown - Friends of the United Nations; Director, IOI-Canada

Dr. Christopher D'Elia - Regional Associate Vice Chancellor, Research and Graduate Studies, University of
South Florida St. Petersburg; Director, IOI-USA

Dr. Rebecca Harris (Managing Chair) - Assistant Academic Director, Patel Center for Global Solutions, University of South Florida Tampa

Dr. Mark Luther - Associate Professor; Director, Ocean Modeling & Prediction Lab, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida St. Petersburg

Dr. Mark Amen - Academic Director, Patel Center for Global Solutions, University of South Florida Tampa

E. Howard Rutherford - Executive Director, The Pier Aquarium

Emily Stehle, APR - PR/Marketing Director, The Pier Aquarium

Ann Wykell - Manager, Cultural Affairs & International Relations, City of St. Petersburg

Sally Harkness

Amanda Moore

Conference Sub-Committees

Program - Dr. Mark Luther; Dr. Mark Amen; Dr. Jyotika Virmani - Florida Institute of Oceanography, FLCOOS Consortium Executive Director; Daniel Yeh - Assistant Professor and Patel Research Fellow, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida; Dano Roelvink - Professor of Coastal Engineering and Port Development, UNESCO-IHE

Fundraising - Dr. Chris D'Elia

Hospitality - Sally Harkness, Erica Moulton

Volunteers - Amanda Moore

Marketing - E. Howard Rutherford, Emily Stehle, Amy Blake - Blake & Barancik Communications

Conference Secretariat

Mara Hendrix
Executive Assistant
International Ocean Institute - USA
c/o University of South Florida St. Petersburg
140 7th Ave. South, Bayboro 205 A
St. Petersburg, FL 33701

p) 727-873-4745
f) 727-873-4889

www.stpt.usf.edu/ioiusa