The NOAA Gulf of Mexico Regional Collaboration Team (GoMRCT) is one of eight regional teams. The 21-member team includes a Team Lead and a full-time Regional Coordinator. Team members reflect the diversity of NOAA within the Gulf of Mexico region, and are comprised of NOAA employees and NOAA partners. The GoMRCT also utilizes a work group structure to focus its activities and reach beyond team members to bring in additional expertise for specific activities. To learn more about the NOAA offices and labs represented by team members, visit the links associated with their home offices provided below.

NOAA Regional Team Members:

• Becky Allee, Office for Coastal Management, Gulf Region, NOS

• Ghassan (Gus) Alaka, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory 

• Karen Bareford, Sea Grant Water Resources Lead, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium offsite link

• Matt Bethel, Louisiana Sea Grant offsite link

• Jeff Cupo, National Weather Service Southern Region Headquarters

• Steve Giordano, NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional Office

• Grace Gray, NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, NOS

• Karen Grissom, National Data Buoy Center, NWS

• Charlie Henry, NOAA Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center, NOS

• Philip Hoffman, NOAA Ocean Exploration, OAR

• David Kidwell, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NOS

• Julien Lartigue, RESTORE Science Program, NOS

• Trevor Meckley,  National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NOS

• Sharon Mesick, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), NESDIS

• Paul Mickle, Northern Gulf Institute offsite link

• Brandi Noble, Southeast Fisheries Science Center

• Tim Osborn, Office of Coast Survey, NOS

• Chris Simoniello,  Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System offsite link

• Jennifer Vreeland-Dawson, Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System offsite link

• Jessica White, NOAA Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center, NOS