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About

REEF's Mission, Vision, and Goals

Our Mission

To conserve marine ecosystems for their recreational, commercial, and intrinsic value by educating, enlisting and enabling divers and other marine enthusiasts to become active stewards and citizen scientists. REEF links the diving community with scientists, resource managers and conservationists through marine-life data collection and related activities.

Our Vision

REEF Staff & Contact Information

Contact REEF HQ

reefhq@reef.org James E Lockwood REEF Headquarters P.O. Box 246 98300 Overseas Hwy Key Largo, FL 33037 USA 305-852-0030, 305-852-0301 (fax)

REEF Staff

Paul Humann, Acting Executive Director REEF HQ

Laddie Akins, Special Projects REEF HQ lad@reef.org

Christy Pattengill-Semmens, Ph.D., Director of Science REEF Pacific Office, Seattle christy@reef.org

Jane Bixby, Office Manager REEF HQ jane@reef.org

Great Annual Fish Count and REEF Interns REEF HQ gafc@reef.org GAFC Website: www.fishcount.org

REEF Boards

REEF Board of Trustees

Paul H. Humann

REEF founder
Marine life author and photographer

Ned Deloach

REEF founder
President New World Publications

James P. Dalle Pazze, Esq.

Herdeg, du Pont & Dalle Pazze, LLP

Andy Dehart

National Aquarium

Heather George

Environmental Consultant

 

Science Liaison to the Board

Dr. James Bohnsack - NOAA

Research Fishery Biologist
NOAA Fisheries

REEF Educator's Advisory Committee

Rick Bonney

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Paul Detwiler

Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education

Marissa Lopez

Teaching Fellow

Dr. David Niebuhr

Mote Marine Laboratory

Ryan Richter

High School Educator

Ben St. Pierre

High School Educator

John Williams

University of Texas Marine Science Institute

REEF Advisory Panel

Billy Causey

Superintendent, Southeast Region of the National Marine Sanctuary Program

Dr. Ken Deaver

Ethnoscience, LLP

Kalli de Meyer

Director, CORAL Parks Programme

Stephen Frink

Stephen Frink Photographic

Prof. Robert Ginsburg

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science

Dr. Steven Gittings

Science Coordinator, National Marine Sanctuary Program

Wolcott Henry

President, Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation

William Horn

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes Diving, Inc.

Dr. Tom Isgar

Wild Images Photography

Jennifer Lash

Director, Living Oceans Society

Ken Marks

Bits and Pisces Consulting

Chris Ostrom

National Marine Sanctuary Program

Deena Wells Reppen

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Dr. Emily Schmitt-Lavin

Nova University

Dr. Edwin Steiner

Mo’Alem, Inc.

Dr Kathleen Sullivan Sealey

University of Miami

Anne Walton

National Marine Sanctuary Program


About REEF

Protecting Marine Life Through Education, Service, and Research

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