SPLASH Steering Committee
The steering committee members for SPLASH includes representatives from the following government organizations: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA; National Marine Mammal Laboratory and Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA; National Marine Sanctuary Program, NOAA; National Park Service, Department of Interior; Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans; and Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Mexico; and several academic and non-government organizations.
Jay Barlow
Head, Coastal Marine Mammal Program, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Alexander Burdin
Visiting Scientist, Alaska Sea Life Center
John Calambokidis
Research Biologist, Cascadia Research Collective
John Ford
Director, Marine Mammal Group, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Nanaimo, British Columbia
Chris Gabriele
Biologist, Glacier Bay National Park, National Park Service
Barbara Taylor
Research Biologist, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
David Mattila
Science and Rescue Coordinator, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program
Terry Quinn
Professor, Juneau Center, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Lorenzo Rojas Bracho
Coordinador, Programa Nacional de Mamíferos Marinos, Instituto Nacional de Ecología, Ensenada, Baja California, México
Jan Straley
Assistant Professor, University of Alaska, Sitka
Jorge Urban
Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur
Paul Wade
Head, Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NOAA Fisheries
David Weller
Visiting Research Scientist, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Kate Wynne
Research Associate Professor, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Manami Yamaguchi
Research Biologist, Ogasawara Marine Centre, Japan