{"id":2343,"date":"2021-09-23T18:53:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T22:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/?page_id=2343"},"modified":"2026-05-11T14:05:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:05:03","slug":"executive-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/executive-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Paulinus Chigbu, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
Center Director<\/strong><\/em>
University of Maryland E. Shore<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Margaret Sexton, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
Assistant Director<\/strong><\/em>
University of Maryland E. Shore<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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David Die, Ph.D.<\/strong>
<\/a>Distinguished Research Scientist<\/i><\/strong>
University of Maryland E. Shore<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Open
Education Expert<\/strong><\/em>
University of Maryland E. Shore<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Elizabeth Babcock, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
Project Director (RSMAS)<\/strong><\/em>
University of Miami-RSMAS<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Deidre Gibson, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
Project Director (HU)<\/strong><\/em> 
Hampton University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dionne Hoskin-Brown, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
Project Director (SSU)<\/strong><\/em>
Savannah State University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eric Schott, Ph.D.<\/strong>
<\/a>Project Director (UMCES)<\/strong><\/em>
IMET-UMCES<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jessica Miller, Ph.D.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Jessica Miller, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
Project Director (OSU)<\/strong><\/em>
Oregon State University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gulnihal Ozbay, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
Project Director (DSU)<\/strong><\/em>
Delaware State University<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alexander Kessie, M.S.<\/strong>
Coordinator<\/strong> for Budgets
& Data Management<\/strong><\/em>
University of Maryland E. Shore<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Kara Nuzback<\/strong>
Communication
& Outreach Specialist<\/em><\/strong>
University of Maryland E. Shore<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ida Tilghman, Ms
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Assistant<\/em><\/strong><\/em>
University of Maryland E. Shore<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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NOAA Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center
University of Maryland Eastern Shore (Lead Institution)
(410) 651-7870
Award numbers: FY 2021 Award #NA21SEC4810005
Funding Agency:\u00a0NOAA Educational Partnership Program (EPP\/MSI)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paulinus Chigbu, Ph.D.Center DirectorUniversity of Maryland E. Shore Margaret Sexton, Ph.D.Assistant DirectorUniversity of Maryland E. Shore David Die, Ph.D.Distinguished Research ScientistUniversity of Maryland E. Shore OpenEducation ExpertUniversity of Maryland E. Shore Elizabeth Babcock, Ph.D.Project Director (RSMAS)University of Miami-RSMAS Deidre Gibson, Ph.D.Project Director (HU) Hampton University Dionne Hoskin-Brown, Ph.D.Project Director (SSU)Savannah State University Eric Schott, Ph.D.Project Director…Read more Executive Committee<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-2343","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=2343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}