FIO Council Members
FIO’s Consortium consists of 30 institutions. Each institution has a sitting FIO Council Member, responsible for attending meetings and voting on budgetary and operational items. The Council includes executive committees, each with a specific focus (for example- the Shiptime Committee) and members are voted in and rotate off committee assignments.
Below are the current FIO Council Members.
Adhikari, Puspa
Dr. Puspa Adhikari is an Assistant professor of Marine Chemistry for the Department of Marine & Earth Sciences at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU)
Allen, Michael
Alpert, Lenore
Lenore Alpert is the Executive Director of the Florida Ocean Alliance.
Boehme, Linae
Dr. Linae Boehme is a Professor at St. Petersburg College
Cho, Hyun Jung (J.)
Dr. Cho is a Professor of Environmental Science of Integrated Environmental Science at Bethune-Cokman University and Chair of Place-based Conservation Focal Area of the NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems.
Crosby, Michael
Dodge, Richard
Fourqurean, James
Frazer, Thomas
Tom Frazer is a Professor and Dean of the College of Marine Science at the University of South Florida.
Gamble, Britt
Gardiner, Jayne
Gemmell, Brad
Graves, Scott
Jeffrey, Wade
Johnson, Kevin
Dr. Kevin Johnson is a Professor of Oceanography and Environmental Science, Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences at the Florida Institute of Technology.
Judkins, Heather
Kent, Don
Long, Richard
MacDonald, Ian
McRae, Gil
Milbrandt, Eric
Paul, Valerie
Roffer, Mitch
Shay, Nick
Suida, Amy
Sullivan, James
White, Quinton
Quinton White is Executive Director of the Marine Science Research Institute and Professor of Biology and Marine Science at Jacksonville University.