NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Welcomes Two Staff Members

 

Sean Corson Hired as NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Director

Sean Corson was officially named the Director of the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office on September 17th. Sean is no stranger to NCBO. He started with the office in 2008 as the deputy director, and has been serving in the acting director role since April 2017.
In the director position, Sean provides overall vision, direction, and leadership to ensure that NOAA’s science, service, and stewardship capabilities are effectively applied to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. He serves as a member of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Management Board and chairs the Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team. In addition, he serves as NOAA’s representative on the Federal Office Directors, ensuring interagency coordination and implementation of the Chesapeake Bay Program Agreement.
Prior to his time in the Chesapeake, Sean was with NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries in Hawai’i where he played an instrumental role in the designation of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Sean holds a master’s degree from Yale University in forest science with an emphasis on anadromous fish.

 

NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Brings on New Resiliency Coordinator

 

Julie Reichert-Nguyen started as the NCBO Resiliency Coordinator on October 15th, a position supported through a partnership between NOAA and EPA. Part of Julie’s role is to coordinate the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Climate Resiliency Workgroup, which oversees efforts to address climate resiliency for the Chesapeake Bay Program as deemed a priority of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Jurisdictions

Julie is coming from the Oyster Recovery Partnership, where she played a key role in the oyster best management practice expert panel. She also spent 4 years at the Office of Water at EPA’s headquarters focused on climate change and ocean acidification issues, where she worked collaboratively with the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program. Prior to that Julie spent time at NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab working on transboundary fisheries and eutrophication issues between the US and Canada.

Julie has a Master of Science Degree from the University of Windsor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research. They’re delighted to have her aboard!