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 Updated September 2, 2004 3:24 PM

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Debbie Larson
Director, Office of Legislative Affairs
202-482-4981/FAX 202-482-4960
e-mail: Debra.Larson@noaa.gov

Brook Davis
Deputy Director
202-482-4981/FAX 202-482-4960
e-mail: Brook.H.Davis@noaa.gov
Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), Fleet Modernization, Aircraft Services, NOAA Corps.

Howard Marks
Special Assistant to the Director
e-mail:
Howard.S.Marks@noaa.gov
202-482-4981/FAX 202-482-4960
Homeland Security issues, Legislative Tracker, Weekly Report.

Luke Nachbar
Congressional Affairs Specialist
e-mail: Luke.Nachbar@noaa.gov
831-648-1442/FAX 831-648-1427
Facilities and Major Projects, Budget and Appropriations Issues, Lease Issues, Consolidations, Visitor Centers and Museums, Cooperative and Joint Institutes, University Federal Affairs Liaison, Marine Education, Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Program (CELP), Pacific Islands Programs.

Carson Bacon
Confidential Assistant to the Director
e-mail: Carson.H.Bacon@noaa.gov
202-482-4981/FAX 202-482-4960
Legislative Informer webmaster.

Jenell Wildgoose
Administrative Support Assistant
e-mail: Jenell.C.Wildgoose@noaa.gov
202-482-4981/FAX 202-482-4960
Tracks Legislative Affairs Office budget, general administrative assistance, and asssistance to Congressional Specialists.

Velna L. Bullock
Legislative Assistant
e-mail: Velna.L.Bullock@noaa.gov
202-482-4981/FAX 202-482-4960
Green Sheet, bill tracking, bill archiving, web site support.

Atmospheric Team

Craig Montesano
Congressional Affairs Specialist
e-mail: Craig.Montesano@noaa.gov
202-482-4981/FAX 202-482-4960
Climate Change Research Initiative, National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service: geostationary and polar satellite programs and data processing, NOAA Research: atmospheric programs and supercomputing.

Scott A. Carter
Congressional Affairs Specialist
e-mail: Scott.Carter@noaa.gov
202-482-4981/direct 202-482-5426/cell 703-627-9530/FAX 202-482-4960
All National Weather Service issues

Oceans Team

Jennifer LaBarre
Congressional Affairs Specialist
202-482-4981/FAX 202-482-4960
e-mail: Jennifer.LaBarre@noaa.gov
Pribilof Islands (AK) issues,Oil Pollution Act, Superfund, Damage Assessment and Hazardous Materials, Coastal Zone Management, Marine Sanctuaries, Estuarine Research Reserves, Non-point Source Water Pollution (sec. 6217), Coral Reefs, Outer Continental Shelf Revenue, Marine Protected Areas and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Plan (CELCP)

April Roberts
Congressional Affairs Specialist
e-mail: April.Roberts@noaa.gov
202-482-5447/FAX 202-482-4960
Marine Transportation Systems, Coastal Observation Systems, Harmful Algal Blooms/Hypoxia, Law of the Sea Treaty, Hydrographic Services, Coastal Ocean Program, Mapping and Charting, Height Modernization/Geodesy, PORTS Program, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS).

Fisheries Team

Lauren Batte
Congressional Affairs Specialist
202-482-4981/FAX 202-501-8016
Gulf of Mexico fisheries issues, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Aquaculture, International Whaling Commission, Sea Turtles, Endangered Species Act(ESA).

Mike Francisco
Congressional Affairs Specialist
202-482-4981/FAX 202-
501-8016
Alaska, Hawaii and West Coast fisheries issues.

Stewart Harris
Congressional Affairs Specialist
202-482-4981/FAX 202-501-8016
East coast fisheries issues,
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act reauthorization, Atlantic Highly Migratory Species, Atlantic International issues.

Noel Turner
Congressional Affairs Fellow
202-482-4638/FAX 202-501-8016
Ocean and Fisheries Issues, Corals. Sea Grant legislative fellow coordinator.
Invasive Species, Sea Grant, National Undersea Research Program, Ocean Exploration, Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (GLERL) and VENTS Program.

Kevin Allexon
Congressional Affairs Specialist
202-482-1181/FAX 202-501-8016
West Coast Fisheries, Pacific Salmon, Energy Legislation.

Legislative Team

Georgia L. Mccarroll
Legislative Specialist Team Leader
e-mail: Georgia.L.Mccarroll@noaa.gov
202-482-3595/FAX 202-501-8016
Testimony and post-hearing questions: National Marine Fisheries Service

Neal F. O'Hara
Legislative Specialist
e-mail: Neal.F.O'Hara@noaa.gov
202-482-5448/FAX 202-501-8016
Testimony and post-hearing questions: National Weather Service, Office of NOAA Research, and National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Ocean Service, NOAA Corps.