2026 - 2027 Council Officers
Dr. Rob Major
President
Marine Ecologist
The Nature Conservancy
Dr. Armagan Sabetian
Vice President
Associate Professor, Earth and Life Sciences
Auckland University of Technology
Dr. Pete Wilson
Immediate Past President
Coastal Scientist
SLR Consulting
Dr. Jen Hillman
Secretary
Restoration Ecologist
University of Auckland
Dr. Ulla von Ammon
Treasurer
Postdoc, Marine Biosecurity
Cawthron Institute
Mel Hayden
Membership Secretary
Marine Scientist
Earth Sciences New Zealand
Dr. Dan Breen
Monthly Updates
Senior Lecturer, Earth & Life Sciences
Otago Regional Council
2026 - 2027 General Council
Anna Madarasz-Smith
Technical Director
PDP
Dr. Sam Thomas
Coastal Scientist
Otago Regional Council
Dr. Hazel Needham
Senior Lecturer – Earth and Marine
University of Waikato
Kathy Walls
Senior Advisor
Ministry for Primary Industries
Oonagh Daly
Coastal Management Advisor
Environment Canterbury
Dr. Josie Crawshaw
Senior Environmental Scientist (Coastal)
Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Dr. Jenni Stanley
Senior Lecturer, Marine Science and Aquaculture
University of Waikato
2026 - 2027 Student Representatives
Caitlyn Grosvenor
Monthly Update
M.Sc. Student
University of Otago
Kathryn Scafidi
Listserv Coordinator
Ph.D. Student
University of Otago
Grady Petersen
Website Coordinator
Ph.D. Student, Marine Science
University of Victoria Wellington
Michele Rogalin Henderson
Social Media
Ph.D. Student
University of Auckland
Logan Kallum
Listserv Coordinator
Ph.D. Student
University of Waikato
Alexandre Che
Social media & Website Coordinator
Ph.D. Student, Marine Science
AUT | Cawthron Institute