Organizational Structure

Stakeholder Engagement

To ensure broad engagement of the diverse community of stakeholders in the insular Pacific, PacIOOS has contracted regional liaisons at partner institutions in each jurisdiction to assist with the solicitation of local information, product and service requirements, dissemination and evaluation of ocean information and products, and coordination of local stakeholder councils. These liaisons are the local face of the PacIOOS program and work to update and refine user requirements and priorities in the time between annual stakeholder workshops and training sessions in each jurisdiction. The network of regional liaisons dedicated to the development of PacIOOS is the essential linkage between stakeholder- expressed requirements and the observations, data, products, and services proposed, produced and delivered by PacIOOS.

Governance

The PacIOOS Governing Council has been established to provide overall guidance on the development of the observing system. The Governing Council of PacIOOS provides strategic and policy guidance to the PacIOOS director (Chris Ostrander) and is involved in the management of the observing system through an Executive Committee that meets between full council meetings. Members of the Governing Council are elected by their peers to serve three-year terms and select from their membership a Chairperson to serve as the presiding officer of the Council (currently Dr. Brian Taylor, Dean of SOEST).

Governing Council Members

• Executive Committee
• Ms. Donna Brown, Marine and Coastal Zone Advocacy Council (MACZAC)
• Mr. Jesse Souki, Director, Office of Planning (OP)
• Dr. Brian Taylor, Dean of SOEST,University of Hawaii
• Mr. Davis Yogi, Administrator, DOT- Harbors
• Regional
• Mr. Todd Barnes, Chief, Honolulu District, Engineering and Construction Division (CEPOH-EC), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
• Dr. Rusty Brainard, Division Chief, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (PIFSC CRED)
• Dr. Chuck Kelley, Vice President, KF Development Group, Outrigger Enterprises, Inc.
• Mr. Sean Martin, Member, Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC)
• Hawaii
• Ms. Donna Brown, Marine and Coastal Zone Advocacy Council (MACZAC)
• Mr. Kyle Vanderlugt, Director of Project Development, Liquid Robotics
• Mr. Jesse Souki, Director, Office of Planning (OP)
• Mr. Gary North, Hawaii Harbors User Group (HHUG)
• Dr. Brian Taylor, Dean of SOEST,University of Hawaii
• Mr. Davis Yogi, Administrator, DOT- Harbors
• Guam
• Joseph Artero-Cameron, President of Chamorro Affairs, Government of Guam
• Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
• Dr. John Joyner, Senior Advisor, Office of the Governor
• American Samoa
• Mr. Ray Tulafono, Director, American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR)
• Republic of Marshall Islands
• Mr. Donald Hess, Vice President, College of the Marshall Islands
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Mr. Brian Lynch, College of Micronesia-FSM
• Republic of Palau
• Mrs. Sandra S. Pierantozzi, CEO, Palau International Coral Reef Center
• Ex Officio
• Mr. Chris Ostrander, Director, PacIOOS