Contact Us

Have a question and don’t know who to ask? Please send inquiries about cleanups, school projects, the MDP website, or marine debris topics to marinedebris.web@noaa.gov. This email address is monitored regularly, and we will do our best to get back to you quickly.

Media: Please contact Sophie Maginnes at sophia.maginnes@noaa.gov.

Marine Debris Program Staff

Leadership

• Nancy Wallace, Director 
  nancy.wallace@noaa.gov
• MaryLee Haughwout, Deputy Director 
  marylee.haughwout@noaa.gov

Research

• Amy V. Uhrin, Chief Scientist  
  amy.uhrin@noaa.gov
• Carlie Herring, Research Analyst 
  carlie.herring@noaa.gov
• Hillary Burgess, Monitoring Coordinator hillary.burgess@noaa.gov
• Jessica Myers, Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project Specialist jessica.myers@noaa.gov 

Response

• Jason Rolfe, Response Coordinator 
  jason.rolfe@noaa.gov
• Jessica Conway, Response Specialist jessica.conway@noaa.gov

Regional Coordination

• Andrew Mason, Pacific Northwest Regional Coordinator andrew.mason@noaa.gov 
• Demi Fox, Northeast Regional Coordinator demi.fox@noaa.gov
• Caroline Morris, Southeast Regional Coordinator caroline.morris@noaa.gov
• Katie Morgan, Mid-Atlantic Regional Coordinator katie.morgan@noaa.gov
• Haley Dalian, Great Lakes Regional Coordinator haley.dalian@noaa.gov
• Peter Murphy, Alaska Regional Coordinator peter.murphy@noaa.gov
• Jessi James-Barry, Gulf of Mexico Regional Coordinator jessi.james-barry@noaa.gov
• Mark Manuel, Pacific Islands Regional Coordinator mark.manuel@noaa.gov
• Ashley Hill, Florida Regional Coordinator ashley.hill@noaa.gov
• Yaritza Rivera-Torres, Caribbean Regional Coordinator yartiza.rivera@noaa.gov
• Christy Kehoe, California Regional Coordinator christy.kehoe@noaa.gov
• Staci McMahon, Pacific Region Marine Debris Specialist staci.mcmahon@noaa.gov
• Danielle Kamberalis, East Coast Marine Debris Specialist danielle.kamberalis@noaa.gov

International Affairs and Domestic Partnerships 

• Steve Morrison, International Activities and Partnership Coordination steve.morrison@noaa.gov

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

• Amy Gohres, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Manager amy.gohres@noaa.gov
• Staci McMahon, Pacific Region Marine Debris Specialist staci.mcmahon@noaa.gov
• Danielle Kamberalis, East Coast Marine Debris Specialist danielle.kamberalis@noaa.gov
• Rachel Kippen, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Communications Specialist amanda.r.kippen@noaa.gov 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements

• Tom Barry, Cooperative Agreements Specialist tom.barry@noaa.gov
• Amanda Dwyer, Grants Specialist amanda.dwyer@noaa.gov
• Sarah Lowe,  Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Grants Management Specialist sarah.lowe@noaa.gov

Communications, Education, and Outreach

• Emma Tonge, Communications Specialist emma.tonge@noaa.gov
• Ya'el Seid-Green, Communications & Policy  
  yael.seid-green@noaa.gov
• Emily Greene, Pacific Islands Outreach emily.greene@noaa.gov
• Alexandria Gillen, Education Specialist alexandria.gillen@noaa.gov
• Sophie Maginnes, Communications Support Specialist sophia.maginnes@noaa.gov
• Madison Piascik, Digital Communications Specialist madison.piascik@noaa.gov
• Rachel Kippen, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Communications Specialist amanda.r.kippen@noaa.gov