Current Board Members

Dr. Calder has been with NOAA for 27 years and has held several science and management positions. He has served as environmental studies coordinator for the Bering Sea region, manager of a national environmental quality monitoring program, deputy director of planning for NOAA’s research line office, and deputy director of NOAA’s Environmental Research Laboratories.

Prior to joining NOAA in 1977, Dr. Calder was Associate Professor of Oceanography at Florida State University. His research focused on marine organic geochemistry in coastal and estuarine environments.

Dr. Calder received his doctorate in 1969 at the University of Texas (Austin) in biochemistry with a sub-specialization in marine science.

Bob Mattson
Prevention & Emergency Response Program, Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Juneau, Alaska

Bob Mattson is the Prevention and Emergency Response Program Manager for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC). Bob replaces Leslie Pearson who is leaving to develop her own environmental consulting business. Bob has been in Alaska since he was three months old. He earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Alaska – Fairbanks. Bob began his career with the Department in 1989 as an Environmental Technician in the Douglas Laboratory and has over 19 years of service with a focus on oil spill response, prevention, planning and preparedness. Following his tenure at the laboratory Bob worked in the Juneau District Office as an Environmental Specialist performing a wide variety of duties for most of the core programs in the department – solid waste, air, drinking water, hazardous waste, water quality, domestic wastewater, industrial wastewater, contaminated sites and oil programs. When the regional and district office structure was terminated in 1995 Bob joined the Southeast Area Response Team for the PERP program and was promoted to the Section Manager level as the Southeast State On Scene Coordinator in 1998. Bob served in that position for 10 years before accepting the Program Manager position in June, 2008.

Brad Dunker
Habitat Biologist, Habitat Division, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game

Glenn Ujioka
Cordova, Alaska

Bill Lindow
Cordova, Alaska

Bill Lindow - was born and raised in Anchorage and has live in Cordova since 1996. He attended the University of Colorado and the University of North Carolina-Charlotte (architecture). Bill and his wife Renee have two children; Drew 15, Shannon 13. Bill has been gillnetting since 1971, first with his father in Cook Inlet then on the Copper River Delta and PWS since 1978. He has also fished halibut (Area 3A) since 1997. Bill’s community service includes: Board of Directors, Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp. 1988-1991 and 1994-2000; Board of Directors, Copper River Fisherman's Cooperative 1985-1991; President 1987-1991 Board of Directors, Copper River Salmon Producers Assn. 1998-2004; and Prince William Sound Regional Citizen's Advisory Council, Council Member, 1996-2000, Vice President 1998-1999.

Doug Lentsch
General Manager, Cook Inlet Spill Prevention & Response, Inc.
Nikiski, Alaska

Doug is the General Manager of Cook Inlet Spill Prevention & Response, Inc., commonly referred to as CISPRI. He has held that position since the summer of 1995. Doug graduated from Montana State University in 1970 with a Bachelor's Degree in Earth Science (geology). He completed nearly 25 years of military service as an officer in the United States Coast Guard with the majority of that time spent in ensuring the safety of seaports and responding to spills of oil and hazardous materials. At the time of the grounding of the EXXON VALDEZ in Prince William Sound in 1989, he was Chief of the Coast Guard's Pollution Response Branch in Washington, DC. He was deeply involved in the development and passage of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. His office was responsible for the promulgation and implementation of regulations regarding Area Contingency Plans, vessel and facility response plans, qualified individuals, the evolution of the current oil spill removal organizations, and the current structure of the National Strike Force (Strike Teams).

Joe Banta
Project Manager, Prince William Soun Regional Citizen's Advisory Council
Anchorage, Alaska

Joe Banta works as a senior project Manager for Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council. He has worked for PWSRCAC since 1990 and is currently project manager for PWSRCAC's Environmental Monitoring Program. He has also worked as the project manager for oil spill prevention and response planning. Joe has a background in fishing and fisheries and grew up in Cordova and Prince William Sound. He has a B.S. in biology and an M.A.T. from the University of Alaska Anchorage. He lives in Anchorage with his wife, who is a school counselor, and their three sons.

John Goering, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Institute of Marine Science, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

Dr. John J. Goering is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Marine Science, School of Fisheries and Ocean Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Discipline Biological Oceanography. He is chair of the OSRI Scientific and Technical comittee. His specialties are in the area of Marine nitrogen cycle, silicon cycle, silicon and nitrogen assimilation by phytoplankton.

He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin, M.S. at the University of Wisconsin and B.S.at Bethel College, Kansas.

Charles P. Meacham
Prince William Sound Science Center Board of Directors, Gig Harbor
Washington & Juneau, Alaska

Charles P. Meacham – Chuck Meacham is the Prince William Sound Science Center (he served 9 years on the PWSSC board) designated liaison for OSRI. Chuck is president of Capital Consulting, active in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. He worked 21 years with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, retiring as Deputy Commissioner. Previously he fished commercially, worked in the seafood processing industry, and was a seafood inspector with the military. He served with the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, Pacific Fisheries Management Council, Exxon Valdez Advisory Committee, Pacific Salmon Commission, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, National Academy of Science, and other groups. Chuck currently serves on several non-profit boards of directors and various advisory groups. After spending nearly 50 years in Alaska, he recently relocated to Gig Harbor, Washington.