SFOS Committees

SFOS Advisory Council

Charge:

The Advisory Council, appointed by the UAF Chancellor, was organized to assist the University of Alaska Fairbanks in developing program direction and priorities for SFOS. The council also facilitates public understanding of SFOS goals and accomplishments, and provides guidance in evaluating opportunities and priorities for program development. The group, whose participants come from a broad range of scientific, academic, industrial, and citizen backgrounds, serves as a link between the various constituencies and the School.

2011 SFOS Advisory Council members (left to right): Chris Oliver (for Eric Olson), Jim Balsiger, Margaret Williams, Jim McCarthy, Mike Castellini, Jeff Stephan, Arliss Sturgulewski, Charles Swanton, Heather McCarty, Ian Dutton, David Policansky.

Chair:	Vice Chair:
Dr. David Policansky Scholar Board on Environmental Studies & Toxicology National Research Council, Rm. NA 229 500 5th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) 334-2234 dpolican@nas.edu Term: January 1991 – June 2013	Ms. Heather D. McCarty McCarty and Associates 1537 Pine St. Juneau, AK 99801 (907) 351-6794 (cell) hdmccarty@gmail.com Term: July 1998 – June 2013
Membership:
Dr. James Balsiger Administrator Alaska Region National Marine Fisheries Service P.O. Box 21668 Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907) 586-7221 jim.balsiger@noaa.gov Term: Ex-Officio	Mr. Bruce Bustamante Vice President, Community and Public Affairs Princess Tours 601 West 5th Avenue, Suite 501 Anchorage, AK 99501 (907) 550-7774 bbustamante@princesstours.com Term: March 2008 – February 2011
Dr. Douglas DeMaster Director, Alaska Fisheries Science Center Auke Bay Laboratories Ted Stevens Marine Research Inst. 17109 Pt. Lena Loop Rd. Juneau, AK 99801 (907) 789-6017 douglas.demaster@noaa.gov Term: August 2002 – June 2013	Dr. Tara Riemer Jones President and CEO Alaska SeaLife Center P.O. Box 1329 Seward, AK 99664 (907) 224-6349 taraj@alaskasealife.org Term: January 2012 –December 2015
Dr. Cynthia M. Jones Professor and Director Dept. of Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Center for Quantitative Fisheries Ecology Old Dominion University 800 West 46th Street Norfolk, VA 23508 (757) 683-4497 cjones@odu.edu Term: July 2004 – June 2013	Dr. James J. McCarthy Professor Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University 26 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 495-2330 jmccarthy@oeb.harvard.edu Term: May ’90 – June 2013
Mr. Eric Olson Chair, North Pacific Fisheries Management Council Kwikpak Fisheries 1016 West 6th Avenue, Suite 301 Anchorage, AK 99501 (907) 644-0326 eolson@gci.net Term: Ex-Officio	Mr. Jay E. Stinson Chair, FITC Advisory Board Pelagic Resources, Inc. P.O. Box 3845 Kodiak, AK 99615 (907) 486-6933 pelagic@ptialaska.net Term: Ex-Officio
Ms. Arliss Sturgulewski 3201 C Street, Suite 405 Anchorage, AK 99503 (907) 561-5286 a.sturgulewski@swallingcpas.com Term: May ’92 – June 2013	Mr. Charles Swanton Director of Sport Fishing Alaska Department of Fish & Game P.O. Box 15526 Juneau, AK 99811-5526 (907) 465-6148 charles.swanton@alaska.gov Term: Ex-Officio
Ms. Margaret Williams Director Bering Sea Field Office World Wilflife Fund, Bering Sea Field Office 406 G Street, Suite 303 Anchorage, AK 99501 (907) 279-5504 margaret.williams@wwfus.org Term: March 2009 – February 2012

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