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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.<\/p>\n

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Current Advisory Council Members<\/strong><\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mariela Paz Carpio-Obeso<\/strong><\/b>
\nOcean Unity Chief, Division of Drinking Water<\/em>
\nState Water Resources Control Board<\/td>\n		Rita Kampalath
\n<\/strong><\/b>Chief Sustainability Officer<\/em><\/i>
\nLos Angeles County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jennie Dean
\n<\/strong><\/b>Vice President of Education and Conservation<\/em>
\nAquarium of the Pacific<\/td>\n		Jenny Krusoe
\n<\/strong><\/b>Executive Director<\/em><\/i>
\nAltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Candice Dickens-Russell
\n<\/strong><\/b>President and CEO
\n<\/em><\/i>Friends of the Los Angeles River<\/td>\n		Michael Lee
\n<\/b><\/strong>Executive Director<\/em>
\nCalifornia Aquaculture Association<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mas Dojiri<\/strong><\/b>
\nAssistant General Manager<\/em><\/i>
\nCity of Los Angeles Department of Sanitation & Environment<\/td>\n		Capt. J. Kipling Louttit<\/strong><\/b>
\nExecutive Director<\/em><\/i>
\nMarine Exchange of Southern California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Dorsey
\n<\/strong><\/b>Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science<\/em><\/i>
\nLoyola Marymount University<\/td>\n		Chris Mobley
\n<\/strong><\/b>Superintendent<\/em><\/i>
\nChannel Islands National Marine Sanctuary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jenn Eckerle
\n<\/strong><\/b>Executive Director, Ocean Protection Council and Deputy Secretary for Oceans and Coastal Policy
\n<\/strong><\/b><\/em><\/i>California Natural Resources Agency<\/td>\n		Craig Moyer
\n<\/strong><\/b>Partner<\/em><\/i>
\nManatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lesley Ewing
\n<\/strong><\/b>Senior Coastal Engineer (retired; consultant)
\n<\/em><\/i>California Coastal Commission<\/td>\n		Rebecca Smyth<\/strong><\/b>
\nWest Coast Director\/Regional Division Chief<\/em><\/i>
\nNOAA Office for Coastal Management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Russell Galipeau<\/strong><\/b>
\nSuperintendent (retired)<\/em><\/i>
\nChannel Islands National Park; Lecturer<\/em><\/i>,
\nCalifornia State University Channel Islands<\/td>\n		Stephen Weisberg
\n<\/strong><\/b>Executive Director
\n<\/strong><\/b><\/em><\/i>Southern California Coastal Water Research Project<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lisa Gilbane
\n<\/strong><\/b>Environmental Analysis Section Chief<\/em>
\n<\/b>Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of Interior<\/td>\n		Jono Wilson
\n<\/strong><\/b>Director of Ocean Science<\/em>
\nThe Nature Conservancy in California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phyllis Grifman
\n<\/strong><\/b>Former Executive Director<\/em>
\nThe University of Southern California Sea Grant Program<\/td>\n		Claire Zeigler
\n<\/strong><\/b>Environmental, Social and Governance Integration Lead<\/em>
\nCapital Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark Gold
\n<\/strong><\/b>Director, California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI)<\/em>
\n<\/b>Scripps Institution of Oceanography<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-192","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAdvisory Council - USC Sea Grant<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/advisory-council\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Advisory Council - USC Sea Grant\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/advisory-council\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"USC Sea Grant\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-13T15:10:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/advisory-council\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/uscseagrant\/advisory-council\/\",\"name\":\"Advisory Council - 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