The NOAA Gulf of America Regional Collaboration Team (GoARCT) is one of eight regional teams. The 21-member team includes a Team Lead and a full-time Regional Coordinator. Team members reflect the diversity of NOAA within the Gulf of America region, and are comprised of NOAA employees and NOAA partners. The GoARCT also utilizes a work group structure to focus its activities and reach beyond team members to bring in additional expertise for specific activities. To learn more about the NOAA offices and labs represented by team members, visit the links associated with their home offices provided below.

NOAA Regional Team Members:

• Ghassan (Gus) Alaka, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory 

• Todd Barron, National Weather Service - Huntsville, Alabama

• Matt Bethel, Louisiana Sea Grant offsite link

• Jeff Cupo, National Weather Service Southern Region Headquarters

• Jennifer Dunn, National Weather Service - Fort Worth, Texas

• Steve Giordano, NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional Office

• Grace Gray, NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, NOS

• Hilliard Hicks, Office of Coastal Management, NOS

• Elizabeth Hieb, NOAA Gulf Disaster Response Center, Disaster Preparedness Program, NOS

• Philip Hoffman, NOAA Ocean Exploration, OAR

• Jessi James-Barry, Marine Debris Program, Office of Response and Restoration, NOS

• Julien Lartigue, RESTORE Science Program, NOS

• Trevor Meckley,  National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NOS

• Sharon Mesick, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), NESDIS

• Paul Mickle, Northern Gulf Institute offsite link

• Brandi Noble, Southeast Fisheries Science Center

• Tim Osborn, Office of Coast Survey, NOS

• Chris Simoniello,  Gulf Coastal Ocean Observing System offsite link

• Jennifer Vreeland-Dawson, Gulf Coastal Ocean Observing System offsite link