Jocelyn Runnebaum is a Marine Scientist with The Nature Conservancy’s Maine Chapter. She is focused on increasing the sustainability of Gulf of Maine ecosystems, contributing to the social-ecological sciences used in marine conservation and management, and empowering stakeholders to become active and valued partners in the policy and management of marine resources. Jocelyn has a Ph.D. in Marine Biology from the University of Maine in Orono, where she worked collaboratively with commercial harvesters to evaluate conservation measures for bycatch of a species of concern in the lobster fishery. Jocelyn also recently served on the NOAA Fisheries Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee.

Sean Simmons’s love of freshwater started at an early age, spending most of his summer swimming or fishing. At university he continued to follow his freshwater passion, completing a Masters of Environmental Science at the University of Northern British Columbia studying Tabor Lake. After graduating Sean began publishing fishing maps of lakes and to this day continues to promote the freshwater world. Sean Simmons started The Angler’s Atlas in 1999 from his base in Prince George, British Columbia. Sean is President of the AFS Washington-British Columbia Chapter.

Mark Chandler is National Coordinator of NOAA Fisheries’ National Cooperative Research Program. Mark also coordinates the Center for Independent Experts at NOAA Fisheries.

Treasurer: George Maynard

Since completing his PhD at the University of Maine, George Maynard has worked with commercial fishermen in New England to study topics ranging from halibut reproduction to reducing seal interactions with fishing gear. Throughout his career, George’s focus has been on applied research, working closely with stakeholder groups including fishing tournament organizers, municipal, state, and federal governments, First Nations, hydropower companies, and the fishing industry. His primary focus is the Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps and Large Trawlers (eMOLT) project, but he also supports the Bottom Longline Survey and other Cooperative Research Branch projects.