USC Sea Grant has an active and interested Advisory Council. We work to keep our Council informed about our research and outreach progress and consult with members on an annual basis.

 

Current Advisory Council Members

Mariela Paz Carpio-Obeso
Ocean Unity Chief, Division of Drinking Water
State Water Resources Control Board		 Rita Kampalath
Chief Sustainability Officer
Los Angeles County
Jennie Dean
Vice President of Education and Conservation
Aquarium of the Pacific		 Jenny Krusoe
Executive Director
AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles
Candice Dickens-Russell
President and CEO
Friends of the Los Angeles River		 Michael Lee
Executive Director
California Aquaculture Association
Mas Dojiri
Assistant General Manager
City of Los Angeles Department of Sanitation & Environment		 Capt. J. Kipling Louttit
Executive Director
Marine Exchange of Southern California
John Dorsey
Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
Loyola Marymount University		 Chris Mobley
Superintendent
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Jenn Eckerle
Executive Director, Ocean Protection Council and Deputy Secretary for Oceans and Coastal Policy
California Natural Resources Agency		 Craig Moyer
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Lesley Ewing
Senior Coastal Engineer (retired; consultant)
California Coastal Commission		 Rebecca Smyth
West Coast Director/Regional Division Chief
NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Russell Galipeau
Superintendent (retired)
Channel Islands National Park; Lecturer,
California State University Channel Islands		 Stephen Weisberg
Executive Director
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Lisa Gilbane
Environmental Analysis Section Chief
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of Interior		 Jono Wilson
Director of Ocean Science
The Nature Conservancy in California
Phyllis Grifman
Former Executive Director
The University of Southern California Sea Grant Program		 Claire Zeigler
Environmental, Social and Governance Integration Lead
Capital Group
Mark Gold
Director, California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography