Sea Grant Staff Fill National Leadership Roles Two Michigan Sea Grant staff members will play important Sea Grant leadership roles at the national level in 2007 and 2008. Education Co-leader Steve Stewart begins his term in January 2007 as Chair of the Sea Grant Educators Network. Communications Director and Education Co-leader Elizabeth LaPorte begins her term in 2007 as Chair-elect of the National Sea Grant Communicators Network. Network chairs act as liaisons between their networks and a variety of national organizations. Thus, Stewart and LaPorte will be working in collaboration with the NOAA-National Sea Grant Office, the Sea Grant Review Panel and the Sea Grant Association, with members representing academic institutions that participate in the National Sea Grant College Program. Michigan Sea Grant is part of the NOAA-National Sea Grant College Program, a network of 30 university-based programs in coastal states across the country, supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Department of Commerce. NOAA-National Sea Grant is the primary university-based program in support of coastal resource use and conservation in the U.S. Links: |