Grants and Foundation Work

GRANTS AND FOUNDATION WORK NJ Department of Transportation: NY/ NJ Harbor Contamination Assessment and Reduction Project (CARP II) Sediment sampling and comtaminant modeling in NY Harbor Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation: Mid-Atlantic Ocean Plan Implementation, including stakeholder engagement, use of the Ocean Data Portal, and support for implementation of ocean planning actions Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation/ University of Delaware: Intersection of Belize coral reef chemical cue research with ocean planning NJ Department of Environmental Protection: Ecological Adaptation Prioritization Methodology Development for the creation of a framework to support the prioritization for coastal resilience planning in New Jersey Jules Plangere Jr. Foundation: Monmouth County Coastal Lakes Observation Network (CloNET) working with communities to improve management and restoration of the lakes Achelis & Bodman Foundation; Use of environmental-DNA as a tool for conservation of marine fishes and ecosystem threats in the Raritan Bay, Sandy Hook, and the lower Hudson Bay NJ Department of Environmental Protection: Ongoing support for multiyear Phytoplankton Study in Barnegat Bay NJ Sea Grant Consortium: Coastal Community Resilience Specialist to provide education and outreach services to NJ coastal communities NJ Department of Environmental Protection: Provide coordinating support and management of the NJ Coastal Resilience Collaborative, a network established to foster resilient coastal communities Monmouth County Office of Planning: Engineering and technical guidance for Monmouth County Raritan and Sandy Hook Bays Coastal Resilience Planning

MISCELLANEOUS CONTRACT AND PROJECT WORK Stony Brook University: Vessel Support for NY Windfarm Study of Sturgeon off South Shore of Long Island Stony Brook University: Vessel support for multiple deployments and retrievals of Acoustic Dopler Current Profiler (ADCP) and water quality instruments off South Shore of Long Island New York New Jersey Baykeeper: Vessel, Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle (ROV) and ADCP support for living shoreline project off of South Shore Staten Island Aqua Survey Inc.: Vessel support for several sediment sampling projects in New York Harbor Cornell University: Vessel support for oyster survey in Haverstraw Bay Brinkerhoff Environmental Associates: Vessel support, sediment sampling and services in support of dredging projects University of Rhode Island: Vessel support for Newark Bay Sediment Study

URBAN COAST INSTITUTE (UCI) SCHOLARSHIPS Ann and Alfred L. Ferguson ’13HN UCI Endowed Scholarship Rita Mangan UCI Endowed Scholarship Macdonald Family UCI Endowed Scholarship Urban Coast Institute Endowed Scholarship American Assoc. of Port Authorities Nikole J. Andre ’19 David and Patricia Apy Peter R. Avakian Jesse Ausubel Christopher Benosky Michael Beson Stanley ’59 and. Margaret Bey Ray Bogan Francis V. Bonello Lillian and Ed Borrone Laura A. Brinkerhoff Brinkerhoff Environmental Services Bradley M. Campbell Ann Chappell Sarah Chasis John C. Conover III Conservation Law Foundation Cullen and Dykman, LLP Ria Davis Willard Dickerson Teresa Doss Paul Eidman David ’74 and Nancy Ennis EPS Corporation Ann and Alfred Ferguson Thomas and Lynda Rozell Fote Russell and Lydia Furnari Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Douglas Gaffney/Mott MacDonald Paul and Linda ’13HN Gaffney John E. Gagliano Sierra Gannon Nickitas Georgas Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Guide Publications William Hanson Leslie Hitchner Kevork and Sirwat Hovnanian Foundation Sirwat Hovnanian Horizon Foundation of New Jersey Cameron Hume Frederick Jr. ’61 and Jean Kaeli Mr. William D. Kastning Karen Keene Theodore Koboski Joshua Kohut George and Vita Kolber Kolber Family Foundation Susan and Joseph Kyrillos. Jr. Gordon Litwin Family Fund Litwin & Provence, LLC Richard Larrabee Leon Avakian, Inc Susan MacDonald Boyle Anthony MacDonald Margaret MacDonald Peter and Jennifer MacDonald Rita ’71 and Joseph Mangan MARACOOS Henry ’87 ’17HN and Joan Mercer Thomas and Roseann Michelli Monmouth Conservation Foundation Valerie and Frank Montecalvo Antoinette M. Musorrafiti Najarian Associates Tavit and Sossie Najarian New Jersey Natural Gas New Jersey Resources NRDC Ocean Conservancy Ocean First Foundation Christine ’98 and Tom Papp Charles ’01HN and Trudi Parton Michael ’82 and Linda Plodwick Kenneth Pringle and Kathleen Ellis Pringle Quinn Anzano P.C. PSE&G Ronald Rapp Peter Reinhart and Nancy Byrne-Reinhart Reinhart Family Fund of the Community Foundation Robert B. Sculthorpe ’63 ’15HN and Linda Chen Sculthorpe Sinn, Fitzsimmons, Contoli, Bogan Michael J. Spina ’94 Peter Straub SubCom Amy Tuininga Nancy Washington John J. Weber Neil Yoskin

Monmouth University President Emeritus and UCI Ocean Policy Fellow Paul G. Gaffney II was among the first class of honorees inducted into the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Hall of Fame. Gaffney served as commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command from 1994-97 and was the first naval oceanographer to attain the rank of vice admiral. Gaffney signed the door of a supercomputer that will bear his name during a ceremony at the Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Center at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

MACDONALD NAMED TO NATIONAL ACADEMIES OCEAN STUDIES BOARD

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine appointed UCI Director Tony MacDonald to a three-year term on its Ocean Studies Board (OSB). The OSB explores the science, policies and infrastructure needed to understand, manage and conserve coastal and marine environments and resources. In addition to exercising leadership within the ocean community, the OSB undertakes studies at the request of federal agencies, Congress or other sponsors, or upon its own initiative.

Staff Public Engagement and Service

TONY MACDONALD, ESQ. NJ Climate Adaption Alliance, Advisory Committee Coastal States Stewardship Foundation, Board Member NY/NJ Baykeeper, Board Member National Academy of Sciences Ocean Studies Board Member New Jersey Coastal Resilience Collaborative, Co-Chair

THOMAS HERRINGTON, Ph.D. American Shore and Beach Preservation Association, Board Member NJ Sea Grant Consortium, Board Member, Coastal Community Resilience Specialist American Geophysical Union Thriving Earth Exchange Scientist Jersey Shore Partnership Board of Directors Journal of Marine Environmental Engineering Editorial Board member Northeast Shore & Beach Preservation Association, Vice President

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JIM NICKELS NJ Water Monitoring Council, Member Barnegat Bay Partnership, Science and Technical Advisory Committee Marine Academy of Science and Technology Advisory Board

Kenneth Pringle, Chair David Apy Chris Benosky Laura Brinkerhoff Nancy Byrne-Reinhart Bradley Campbell Jay Cosgrove David Ennis Alfred Ferguson Jim Ferris Russell Furnari Nickitas Georgas William Hanson

Leslie Hitchner Frederick Kaeli Josh Kohut Susan Kyrillos Rick Larrabee Gordon Litwin Rita Mangan Tavit Najarian Beth Phelan Steve Souza Amy Tuininga Nancy Washington

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