Science and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC)
The principal purpose of the STAC is to provide the Barnegat Bay Partnership (BBP) with objective, expert advice, and peer review for overall scientific and technical matters related to National Estuary Program activities and goals, such as those specified in the Partnership’s Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. It works with the Advisory Committee to identify and prioritize science and technical needs within the Barnegat Bay, and assists with the BBP office to raise awareness and resources for addressing these needs. Members of the STAC also participate and facilitate communication among other specialized science and technical committees, and recommends forming and disbanding new STAC sub-committees and technical workgroups as needed, i.e. Pathogen Work Group, Shellfish Work Group, Stormwater Work Group, and Estuarine Habitat Work Group. Learn more about STAC members’ areas of expertise.
STAC Members
Dr. Elizabeth Lacey (Chair) Stockton University
Gregg Sakowicz (Co-Chair), Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (JCNERR)
Dr. James Vasslides, Barnegat Bay Partnership
Dr. L. Stanton Hales, Jr., Barnegat Bay Partnership (ex officio)
Rob Karl, Brick Municipal Utilities Authority
Will Ruocco, Brick Municipal Utilities Authority (Alternate)
Dr. Swarna Muthukrishnan, Clean Ocean Action
Dr. Tom Grothues, JCNERR (Alternate)
Jim Nickels, Monmouth University
Kimberly Cenno, NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Bob Schuster, NJ Department of Environmental Protection (Alternate)
Dr. Peter Rowe, New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium
Michael J. Danko: New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (Alternate)
Jessie Murray, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
Keith Hanson, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (Alternate)
Colleen Adams, Ocean County College
John Protonentis, Ocean County Department of Health
Victoria Pecchioli, Ocean County Department of Planning
Mark Villinger, Ocean County Department of Planning (Alternate)
Christine Raabe, Ocean County Soil Conservation District
Kristin Adams, Ocean County Soil Conservation District (Alternate)
Robert Shertenlieb, Ocean County Utilities Authority
Keith Marcoon, Ocean County Utilities Authority (Alternate)
Charles Caruso, Esq., Pinelands Preservation Alliance
Bill Walsh, ReClam the Bay
Dr. Steven Yergeau, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Ocean County
David Steinmann, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Barbara Spinweber, US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2
Joseph Smith, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Danielle McCulloch, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Christine Wieben, US Geological Survey
Related Documents
STAC Meeting Minutes
STAC Charter
STAC Members’ Areas of Expertise
STAC Statement on the Scientific Justification for Fertilizer Ordinances
STAC Statement on Soil Health
STAC 2010 Research Prospectus
STAC 2017 Research Prospectus
