Capt. Steven N. Anastasion, USN (Ret’d) is VP and Secretary of the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences, a consultant to the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, and a member of the Center’s Advisory Board. He was Executive Director of the national Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere.

Mike Atturio is the Deputy Head, Ocean Facilities Department, Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, Port Hueneme, California. He is the Chairman of the Marine Technology Society’s Ocean and Coastal Engineering Division. Mr. Atturio’s expertise is in the application and development of ocean, coastal and seafloor facilities technology for the Navy.

Dr. Mark A. Baker is a Principal Professional Staff Oceanographer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He has extensive experience as a Chief Scientist for Navy sponsored at-sea tests.

Dr. Mary C. Barber, formerly with the NOAA, the Oceanic Society, and NSF, is Director, Ecological Society of America’s Sustainable Biosphere Initiative Office where she uses ecological science to inform the debate on environmental issues. She received a B.A. from Vassar College and Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Thomas Curtin is the Manager of the Ocean Modeling and Prediction Program at the Office of Naval Research. He has managed the Arctic and Physical Oceanography Programs at ONR and was an assistant professor at North Carolina State University. His research interests include ocean frontal dynamics, coastal oceanography and coupled sampling-modeling systems. He received a B.S. from Boston College in physics, M.S. from Oregon State University and a Ph.D. from University of Miami in physical oceanography.

Ken Ferer is the manager of Washington DC operations for Neptune Science Inc. Formerly, he was program manager for the U.S. Navy’s Tactical Oceanographic Warfare Support Office (TOWS). Expertise is in the development and use of atmospheric and oceanographic sensors.

Dr. Nancy Foster is the Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management in NOAA. Prior to that she was the Deputy Assistant Administrator for NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service. She received

her Ph.D. in Marine Biology from the George Washington University where her doctoral research focused on the ecology and systematics of polychaetous annelids.

Jack Jaeger is with Custom Multimedia Products at San Diego. He was Vice President at Horizons Technology, Sachse Engineering, and MTS Technical Affairs Vice President. Mr. Jaeger is a MTS Fellow and is the Chairman of the MTS Advanced Technology Division. He was the Technical Program Chair for Oceans ’79, ’85, ’95, and will be the Technical Program Chair for Oceans ’99.

Millington Lockwood serves as technical assistant in the NOAA Office of Coast Survey in marine geographic information systems. He has been employed by NOAA for 28 years and has held positions in a number of organizations. He has a B.S. in Meteorology and Oceanography and a M.S. in Ocean Management and Environmental Systems Management.

Robert L. Mairs is Chief of the Information Processing Division in the Office of Satellite Data Processing & Distribution of NESDIS. His expertise is in oceanography. His recent experience is in the management of satellite data processing facilities.

John Norton Moore is the Walter L. Brown Professor of Law at the University of Virginia. He directs the University’s Center for Oceans Law and Policy and Center for National Security Law. He served as Chairman, ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Institute of Peace. He was Ambassador and Deputy Special Representative of the President to the Law of the Sea Conference and Chairman of the National Security Council Interagency Task Force on Law of the Sea.

Nicholas A. Prahl is the Acting Director, Coast Survey and holds the rank of Captain in the NOAA Commissioned Corps. Nick joined NOAA in 1970 and has served aboard five NOAA ships. These assignments have involved hydrographic, geophysical and oceanographic survey operations.

Dr. Sharon H. Walker is the Educational Chair for MTS and Associate Director for Outreach, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi. Her areas of expertise are teaching environmental science to formal and informal educators, administration and supervision, and curriculum development.