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Acknowledgments to Past Contributors

The CoRIS project and web site is the product of the combined efforts of many people over the course of several years. As with any project, the participants change but the contributions of individuals remain long after they have moved on to other activities.  The names of past contributors are listed below. The names and affiliated institutions of current contributors to the project and Web site are available on the Acknowledgments page

Project Management and Oversight
NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program Contacts
CoRIS Editorial Board
Contributors for Descriptive Sections
Discovery Search Engines
Metadata Development and Maintenance
Metadata Guidelines and Standards
Web Site Design and Production
Photography
Content Review

 

Project Management and Oversight

Rost Parsons
National Oceanographic Data Center / National Centers for Environmental Information
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Scott Cross
National Centers for Environmental Information
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Charleston, SC

Donald Collins
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Parmesh Dwivedi
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Peter Grose
Special Projects Office
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Douglas Hamilton

National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Danie Kinkade
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Thomas LaPointe
Communications & Education Division
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Kristen Lau, CoRIS Implementation Team
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Michele Newlin, CoRIS Implementation Team
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Jacqueline De La Cour, CoRIS Implementation Team
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

 

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program Contacts

Alicia Clarke, Communication and Education
Office of Coastal Management
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

John Corsiglia, Communication and Education
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Maria Barry, Communication and Education
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Cecilia Torres, Program Relations
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Marci Wulff, Program Relations
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Nathan Cardoos, Program Relations
Office of Response and Restoration
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Jill Meyer, Program Relations
Office of Response and Restoration
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Lindsey Williams, Program Relations
Office of Response and Restoration
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Alissa Barron, Communication and Education
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Maile Sullivan
Office of Habitat Conservation, Habitat Protection Division
National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Britt Parker, Coral Reef Conservation Program Specialist
Office of Research and Applications, Oceanic Research and Applications Division
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Tracy Parsons, Coral Reef Conservation Program Specialist
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, Coral Conservation Division
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Anita Pritchett, Coral Reef Conservation Program Specialist
Office of Habitat Conservation, Habitat Protection Division
National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Alex Michailidis, Coral Reef Conservation Program Specialist
Office of Habitat Conservation, Habitat Protection Division
National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Jessica Morgan, Coral Reef Conservation Program Data and Observing Systems Lead
Office for Coastal Management, Stewardship Division
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD




CoRIS Editorial Board

C. Mark Eakin, Oceanographer
Office of Research and Applications, Oceanic Research and Applications Division
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Jennifer Koss, Coral Reef Conservation Program Supervisor
Office of Habitat Conservation, Habitat Protection Division
National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Steven Thur, Natural Resource Management Specialist
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Terry Tielking, Deputy Director
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

John Tomczuk, Coral Reef Conservation Program Specialist
Office of Ocean Exploration & Research, National Undersea Research Program
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

H. Lee Dantzler
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

David Kennedy
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Pat Montanio
National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Barbara Moore
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Al Strong
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Zdenka Willis
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Andrew Bruckner
Office of Protected Resources
National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Roger Griffis
Office of Response and Restoration
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

 

Contributors for Descriptive Sections

Anthony R. Picciolo, Glossary, About Coral Reefs, Professional Exchanges, Acronyms, Taxonomy
CoRIS Implementation Team
Coral Reef Conservation Program
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Dorothy Anderson, CoRIS Librarian
NOAA Central Library
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Anna Fiolek, Metadata Librarian
NOAA Central Library
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

James Hendee, Professional Exchanges
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
NOAA, Miami, FL

Mary Lou Cumberpatch, Reference Librarian
NOAA Central Library
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Hajure Fontaine, Glossary
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, METADATA

Bruce Moravchik, About Coral Reefs
Communications & Education Division
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Anthony R. Picciolo, Discover NOAA's Data, Metadata Guidelines and Standards
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Eileen McVey, CoRIS Librarian
NOAA Central Library
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Kathleen A. Kelly, CoRIS Librarian
NOAA Central Library
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

 

Discovery Search Engines

Bhavana Rakesh, CoRIS Geoportal
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Lin Gan, metadata search engine
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Dan Marner, metadata search engine
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Nipa Parikh, map search engine
Special Projects Office
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Pankaj Sharma, metadata search engine
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Mike Shelby, map search engine
Communications & Education Division
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Thaila Thailamba, map search engine
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

 

Metadata Development and Maintenance

Bhavana Rakesh
CoRIS Implementation Team
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Sree Shankar
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Karen Taylor
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Harry Iredale
CoRIS Implementation Team
Coral Reef Conservation Program
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Kelly Logan
CoRIS Implementation Team
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Dave Hardy, Oceanographer
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Sheri Phillips, Oceanographer
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Zachary Bronder, CoRIS Implementation Team
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Carrie Wood, CoRIS Implementation Team
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Michelle Kadziel-Uber, CoRIS Implementation Team
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD


Metadata Guidelines and Standards

David M. Anderson

National Geophysical Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Boulder, CO

Carrissa Carter
National Geophysical Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Boulder, CO

Gang Liu

Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Suitland, MD

Amanda Lowe
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Mark McCaffrey
National Geophysical Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Boulder, CO

Steven Plater

National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Christopher L. Reedy

National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Susan Stark
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Eric Treml
Coastal Services Center
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Charleston, SC

Harry Iredale
CoRIS Implementation Team
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD


Web Site Design and Production

Davida Remer, Web Site Production Manager
Communications & Education Division
National Ocean Service

Marina Kraus
Communications & Education Division
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Gini Kennedy, Graphic Art
Communications & Education Division
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Jerry Lau, Technical Support
National Marine Sanctuaries Program
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Georgia Shao, Web Site Production Support
Communications & Education Division
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Zachary Bronder, CoRIS Implementation Team
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Bhavana Rakesh, CoRIS Implementation Team
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Photography

Karen Angle
Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Savannah, GA

Andrew Bruckner
Office of Protected Resources
National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Frank and Joyce Burek
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
National Ocean Service
NOAA, College Station, TX

Kip Evans
Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Tutuila, American Samoa

Paige Gill
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Marathon, FL

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Townsville, Australia

William Harrigan

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Marathon, FL

Emma Hickerson
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
National Ocean Service
NOAA, College Station, TX

Brenden Holland
Center for Conservation Research and Training
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

Harold Hudson

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Marathon, FL

NOAA Central Library Photo Collection

National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

National Undersea Research Program

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Anthony R. Picciolo

National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

John Reed
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
Fort Pierce, FL

Scott Santos
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

 

Content Review

Lillian Becker

Office of Protected Resources
National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Robert Brock
Office of Science and Technology
National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Nathan Cardoos
Office of Response and Restoration
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

John McManus
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Miami, FL

Jill Meyer

Office of Response and Restoration
National Ocean Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Anthony R. Picciolo
National Oceanographic Data Center
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Alan Strong

Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NOAA, Suitland, MD