MAMEA Board Members

MAMEA Officers

  • Kristen Sharpe

    PRESIDENT

    Virginia Institute of Marine Science

    knsharpe@vims.edu

    (804) 684-7069

  • Dr. Erika Young

    PRESIDENT-ELECT

    North Carolina Sea Grant

    erika_young@ncsu.edu

    (919) 513-1145

  • Lolita Kiorpes

    PAST-PRESIDENT

    Thomas Stone High School (MD)

    lkiorpes569@gmail.com

    (301) 753-1756

  • Dr. Sarah Nuss

    SECRETARY

    Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia

    mcguire@vims.edu

    (804) 684-7878

  • Jackie Takacs

    TREASURER

    Maryland Sea Grant

    takacs@mdsg.umd.edu

    (240) 393-6508

State and At-Large Representatives

  • Bethany Smith

    VIRGINIA

    Virginia Institute of Marine Science

    bsmith@vims.edu

    (804) 684-7735

  • Gail Lemiec

    NORTH CAROLINA

    NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher

    gail.lemiec@ncaquariums.com

    (910) 772-0546

  • Lisa Swanger

    DELAWARE

    Delaware Center for the Inland Bays

    lswanger@inlandbays.org

    (302) 226-8105 x703

  • Aidan Murphy

    MARYLAND/DC

    National Aquarium

    amurphy@aqua.org

    (410) 659-4215

  • Celia Cackowski

    AT-LARGE

    Virginia Institute of Marine Science

    ccackowski@vims.edu

    (804) 684-7175

  • Shantelle Landry

    AT-LARGE

    The Mariners’ Museum and Park

    slandry@marinersmuseum.org

    (757) 952-0430

  • Kathy Richardson

    AT-LARGE

    Louisa County High School (VA)

    richarkd@lcps.k12.va.us

Committee Chairs

  • Chris Petrone

    ACTION PLAN, FINANCE

    University of Delaware

    petrone@udel.edu

    (302) 645-4308

  • David Christopher

    ARCHIVES, STANDING RULES

    Delaware Sea Grant

    dmchrist@udel.edu

    (302) 645-4193

  • Rachel Riesbeck

    AWARDS

    Virginia Living Museum

    rachel.riesbeck@thevlm.org

    (757) 534-7471

  • Jackie Takacs

    CONFERENCE ADVISORY

    Maryland Sea Grant

    takacs@mdsg.umd.edu

    (240) 393-6508

  • Lisa Lawrence

    FINANCE, MEMBERSHIP, WEBKEEPER

    Virginia Institute of Marine Science

    ayers@vims.edu

    (804) 684-7608

  • Dawn Sherwood

    GRANTS

    Henrico County Public Schools (VA)

    dawnsherwood@att.net

  • Kathy Fuller

    MASTHEAD EDITOR

    Prince George’s County Public Schools (MD)

    mskathyfuller@gmail.com

  • Emily Boyd

    MENTORING, NOMINATING

    National Aquarium

    eboyd@aqua.org

    (410) 576-3871

  • Dawn Sherwood

    GRANTS

    Henrico County Public Schools (VA)

    dawnsherwood@att.net

  • Erika Young

    SCHOLARSHIP

    North Carolina Sea Grant

    erika_young@ncsu.edu

    (919) 513-1145

  • Lauren Fauth

    SOCIAL MEDIA

    National Aquarium

    lfauth@aqua.org