To improve NOAA’s responsiveness to challenges and priorities of this region, the NOAA Southeast and Caribbean Regional Team (SECART) fosters stronger collaborative ties internally and with partners and constituents; works with constituents to evaluate and improve NOAA products and services; and promotes awareness and understanding of NOAA’s regional capabilities, services, and priorities. SECART is one of eight teams in NOAA’s Regional Collaboration Network.
 
Team members reflect the capabilities of NOAA within the Southeast and U.S. Caribbean and include NOAA employees and NOAA partners. To learn more about the NOAA offices and labs represented by team members, visit the links associated with their home offices provided below. SECART utilizes a work group (sub-team) structure to focus its activities and reach beyond team members to bring in additional expertise for specific activities. Please see our “Strategic Direction” and annual work plans to learn about our priority areas and activities.

NOAA in the Region

Membership Roster

• Nic Alvarado, Navigation Manager Florida and US Caribbean, Office of Coast Survey
• Emily Becker, Associate Director, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies at University of Miami offsite link
• Emily Carpenter, Lead Meteorologist, Weather Forecast Office, Columbia, SC
• Beth Dieveney, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
• Katie Eaton, Outreach and Education Coordinator, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies at University of Miami
• Rebecca Ellin, Reserve Manager, NC National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Ian Enochs, Research Ecologist, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
• Virginia Fay, NMFS Southeast Regional Office
• Debra Hernandez, Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association offsite link
• Chip Kasper, Meteorologist-in-Charge, Weather Forecast Office Key West, FL
• Todd Kellison, Ecosystems Research Branch Chief,  Southeast Fisheries Science Center
• Aranzazu Lascurain, SE & Caribbean Team Lead, Office for Coastal Management
• AK Leight, Research Fishery Biologist, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Oxford Laboratory
• Ashley Lundry, Chief of Programs, Aircraft Operations Center 
• Ellen Mecray, Eastern Region Climate Services Director, National Center for Environmental Information
• Richard Okulski, Columbia, SC Weather Forecast Office
• Katharine Egan, Acting Regional Team Coordinator, NOAA Southeast and Caribbean Regional Collaboration Team
• Mark Risse, Director, Georgia Sea Grant Program
• Ernesto Rodriguez, Meteorologist-in-Charge, Puerto Rico Weather Forecast Office
• John Schmidt, Hydrologist in Charge, Southeast River Forecast Center
• Dana Wusinich-Mendez, Office for Coastal Management
• Allyssa Zebrowski, SE Regional Preparedness Coordinator,  NOS/ORR Disaster Preparedness Program