NOAA’s North Atlantic Regional Collaboration Team currently focuses on two topical areas: Climate & Watersheds and Coastal & Ocean Uses. This includes NOAA collaboration on habitat restoration, working waterfronts, offshore wind, and aquaculture, as well as climate and ecosystem monitoring and community resilience. Engagement and a functional focus on diversity, equity and inclusion round out our current priorities. 

The NART works towards a singular goal: that North Atlantic communities are healthier and more resilient to a changing environment as a result of our work. The team shares local and regional knowledge; solicits/gathers stakeholder needs; provides support for place-based efforts (e.g. NOAA Habitat Focus Areas); matches partners with NOAA funding sources/grant opportunities and NOAA technical assistance; and ensures NOAA tools are available, integrated and consistent. We help build a more informed and inclusive NOAA community, and provide career opportunities for students.

NOAA Regional Team Members:

• Peter Ahnert, Hydrologist-in-Charge, Mid-Atlantic River Forecast Center 
• Monica Allen, Director of Public Affairs, NOAA Research
• Jamie Bielinski, Meteorologist-In-Charge, Charleston, WV Weather Forecast Office
• Suzanne Bricker, Physical Scientist, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
• Joshua Brown, Federal Program Officer, National Sea Grant Program
• Peter Burns, NOAA Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office
• Sylvain DeGuise, Director, Connecticut Sea Grant offsite link
• Jennifer Dopkowski, NOAA Research, Climate Program Office
• Shenfu Dong, NOAA Research, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
• Demi Fox, Marine Debris Program, Office of Response & Restoration
• Kimberly Hyde, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Narragansett Laboratory
• Raymond Kruzdlo, Senior Service Hydrologist, Philadelphia/Mt.Holly Weather Forecast Office
• Catalina Martinez, Regional Manager, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
• Ellen Mecray, Eastern Region Climate Services Director, National Centers for Environmental Information
• Betsy Nicholson, Northeast Regional Director, Office for Coastal Management
• Colleen Roche, Northeast Navigation Manager, Office of Coast Survey
• Joe Sienkowitz, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Ocean Prediction Center
• Bruce Vogt, Office of Habitat Conservation, Chesapeake Bay Office