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2026 OFFICERS

2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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SHORE & BEACH

2026 OFFICERS

PRESIDENT

Gary Jones — President — Los Angeles, California

Gary Jones - President

As Director for the County of Los Angeles Department of Beaches and Harbors, he is responsible for 30 miles of non-contiguous coastline in Los Angeles County, including Marina del Rey, the largest small craft harbor in the U.S. Jones has 25 years of experience in real estate, development and urban planning. Educated in Great Britain, he received his B.S. degree in Biology from Southampton University and his M.S. degree in Real Estate Studies from De Montfort University in Leicester.

VICE PRESIDENTS

M. Cameron Perry, P.E. — Corpus Christi, Texas

M. Cameron Perry, P.E., 1st Vice President and VP for Strategic Growth

Perry is the Coastal Practice Lead with HDR Engineering, Inc. A graduate of Texas A&M University Galveston with a B.S. in Maritime Systems Engineering, Perry spent six years working in Florida and the Caribbean on various beach nourishment, dredging, and coastal projects. In early 2004, he joined HDR Engineering, Inc. in Corpus Christi, Texas and has been performing numerous shoreline protection, nourishment, numerical modeling, coastal design and marsh restoration projects. Perry also serves on the board of directors for the Texas Chapter of ASBPA.

Tiffany Roberts Briggs, Ph.D. — Boca Raton, Florida

Tiffany Roberts Briggs, Vice President for Science & Technology

Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University (FAU). Briggs has co-authored numerous peer-reviewed research publications on various topics in coastal geology and geomorphology. She received her Ph.D. in Geology from the University of South Florida and was an Instructor in the Department of Geology & Geophysics at Louisiana State University before joining FAU. Briggs co-chairs the ASBPA Science and Technology Committee and serves as Co-Editor of Shore & Beach.

Susan Brodeur, P.E. - Huntington Beach, California

Susan Brodeur, Vice President for Policy

A Senior Managing Engineer at Anchor QEA in Long Beach, California. Prior to joining Anchor QEA, she served as Senior Coastal Engineer for Orange County, California for nearly 23 years.

Gordon Thomson, P.E. — Boca Raton, Florida

Gordon Thomson, P.E., D.CE, Vice President for Programs

Thomson is an Associate Principal and Senior Coastal Engineer at Baird & Associates. He has designed, permitted and constructed a wide array of beach nourishment, marsh restoration, and coastal structure projects along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Thomson has developed numerous reports and federal documents combining coastal principles and numerical modeling. He is a licensed professional engineer in eight states and is accredited by COPRI as a Diplomate in Coastal Engineering. He received a B.Sc.Eng and an M.Sc.Eng from Queen’s University, Canada.

SECRETARY

Ken Willson — Wilmington, North Carolina

Ken Willson

Ken Willson is a client program manager for Coastal Protection Engineering LLC in Wilmington, North Carolina. Since 2003, he has assisted coastal clients in Massachusetts, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana and Texas on coastal restoration and inlet management projects. His broad knowledge base of coastal geology, engineering, surveying, environmental science, policy, and finance has allowed him to assist numerous clients with designing, permitting, and constructing a wide array of beach and inlet management projects. He earned a BS and MS in Geology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and a Coastal Engineering Certification from Old Dominion University.

TREASURER

Brian Caufield, P.E. — Boston, Massachusetts

Brian Caufield, P.E., Treasurer

Coastal engineer for CDM Smith working as a technical and project manager for company-wide coastal studies. Caufield has over 10 years’ experience in the technical and permitting aspects of beach nourishment and other coastal projects. Caufield has worked with various stakeholders from federal agencies down to the community and individual homeowners.

2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ASBPA Board of Directors

Daniel Barone, Ph.D. — Hamilton, New Jersey*

Daniel Barone, Ph.D, GISP.

Dr. Barone is a jointly-appointed Associate Research Professor within the Rutgers University Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences (DMCS), Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT), and Department of Geography. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Marine Science and Instructional Technology from Stockton University and a PhD in Physical Geography from Rutgers University. Dr. Barone has nearly 15 years of experience addressing coastal zone management and resilience issues related to beach-dune storm vulnerability, maritime transportation, coastal floodplain mapping, and beneficial use of dredged material. He utilizes spatial data analysis, remote sensing, and coastal modeling techniques to solve complex coastal problems and present solutions to various audiences. Dr. Barone is also a Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) and Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP).

Maritza Barreto, Ph.D. — Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Maritza Barreto, Ph.D., P.G.

Maritza Barreto, Ph.D. PG. is a Geological Oceanographer and professional geologist. She is a professor in the Graduate School of Planning, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus and Director of the Coastal Research and Planning Institute of PR. Dr Barreto has 23 years of experience in the academia and coastal research studies in Puerto Rico (Coastal planning and Policy, beach erosion, Coastal Hazards). She was nominated by the Governor of Puerto Rico and selected as a member of the Puerto Rico Government Climate Change council.

Luce Bassetti, Ph.D. — Houston, Texas

Luce Bassetti, Ph.D.

Luce Bassetti, PhD, WEDG, ENV SP, GISP is the Americas Coastal Resilience Director at Jacobs.

Marc Beyeler — Ventura County, California

Marc Beyeler

Marc Beyeler is an experienced coastal and environmental planner and senior manager with many years’ experience managing professional, technical and administrative staff and staff teams, addressing a broad range of environmental planning projects and programs, many involving facilitation, program planning and stakeholder and public outreach. Marc currently serves as the Executive Director and Science Director for the Beach Erosion Authority for Clean Oceans and Nourishment (BEACON) in Ventura, California. BEACON is responsible for regional sediment management and coastal adaptation planning along the California Coast in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Marc was a long-time senior executive at the California State Coastal Conservancy and has taught and conducted research at the University of California, Berkeley and Santa Cruz.

Kristina Boburka — South Padre Island, Texas

Kristina Boburka

Kristina Boburka is the Shoreline Director for the City of South Padre Island, Texas. She manages and directs all operations for the Shoreline Department, which includes implementing sustainable management and maintenance techniques, improving public access infrastructure, and developing long-term plans to increase resiliency and promote the island’s natural resources.

Maura Boswell, Ph.D. — Hooksett, New Hampshire*

Maura K. Boswell, Ph.D., P.E.

Dr. Boswell is a Senior Coastal Engineer with ATM, a Geosyntec Company providing expertise in coastal engineering, marinas, and urban waterfronts. She holds a B.S. in Ocean Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering from the University of Florida, and a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Old Dominion University. She has managed a variety of coastal and waterfront projects along the East Coast and has focused her interests the last decade on resilient coastal shorelines and projects concerned with managing coastal flooding and sea level rise. Dr. Boswell also serves as the president of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of ASBPA.

Derek Brockbank – Washington, D.C.

Derek Brockbank

Derek Brockbank is Executive Director of Coastal States Organization (CSO), which represents the nation’s Coastal States, Territories, and Commonwealths on ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes issues. With two decades of experience in Washington DC on coastal adaptation policy and organizational development, Derek is connecting state coastal management programs with federal agencies and resources in order to address the greatest coastal challenges facing society. Derek previously served as Executive Director for the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) where he led the strategic planning and outreach, government affairs, and development goals of the nation’s leading organization advocating for beach and coastal restoration. Prior to starting with ASBPA, Derek worked as campaign director for a coalition effort to restore the Mississippi River Delta and Coastal Louisiana, and was part of a gulf-wide campaign to pass the RESTORE Act, securing billions of dollars for Gulf Coast restoration. This followed up on his work with National Wildlife Federation on climate adaption. Derek grew up in New York City and got his coastal education from an early age playing on the beaches of Long Island, and kayaking and fishing in Peconic Bay.

Susan Brodeur – Huntington Beach, California

Susan Brodeur

Susan Brodeur is Senior Managing Engineer at Anchor QEA in Long Beach, California. Prior to joining Anchor QEA, she served as Senior Coastal Engineer for Orange County, California for nearly 23 years. She is a registered professional engineer in the State of California.

Nick Brown, Ph.D. – Absecon, New Jersey

Nick Brown, Ph.D.

Nick is a Coastal Scientist for HDR in the NY/NJ region. A graduate of FAU with a PhD in Geosciences, Nick’s expertise is in coastal inlet processes, sedimentology, and geomorphic change on beaches and wetlands. He has worked on and led a variety of coastal projects including dredging, beach nourishment, wetland restoration, and shoreline protection. He also co-chairs the Science and Technology Committee and serves on the NSBPA Chapter board.

Lynette Cardoch, Ph.D. – Miami, Florida

Lynette Cardoch, Ph.D.

Moffatt & Nichol’s Director of Resilience & Adaptation, she is a coastal ecologist with over 20 years of experience in regulatory & water policies, coastal restoration, and urban & coastal resiliency. With her technical qualifications and collaborative management style, her assignments include steering interdisciplinary teams of engineers, scientists, and regulators. Cardoch has also worked closely with coastal utilities and natural resource agencies on integrated planning and operationalizing resiliency, particularly for coastal protection, storm surge, and interior flooding.

Eddy Carter – Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Eddy Carter, P.E.

Eddy Carter, P.E.is a graduate of LSU and a Senior Environmental Engineer at Gulf South Research Corporation (GSRC) based in Baton Rouge, LA. He has over 38 years in project/program management of IDIQ contracts for numerous Federal and state agencies. Areas of expertise include: dredge material management, water and sediment quality analysis, navigation channel maintenance, coastal protection/flood risk reduction, environmental impact assessment (NEPA) and wetland/marsh creation along the Gulf coast and South Atlantic coastal regions.

Delaney Doran — Newark, Delaware*

Delaney Doran

Delaney Doran is a PhD Student studying Civil Engineering with a focus on Coastal Engineering at the Center for Applied Coastal Research at the University of Delaware and is president of the Students and New Professionals (SNP) Chapter of ASBPA.

Scott Douglass, Ph.D. — Fairhope, Alabama

Scott L. Douglass, Ph.D.,P.E.,D.CE

Mr. Douglass has visited almost every beach in this country and wrote the book “Saving America’s Beaches: The causes of and solutions to beach erosion.” Douglass is the founder of South Coast Engineers, a coastal engineering consulting firm in Fairhope, Alabama and an Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of South Alabama. His experience includes coastal infrastructure resilience assessment and design, beach erosion solutions and living shoreline designs.

Kim Garvey — Long Beach, California

Kim Garvey

Ms. Garvey is the president of the California chapter. She is a Coastal Engineer for Moffatt & Nichol in Long Beach, California. She has worked on and led a variety of coastal projects involving dredging, beach nourishment, wetlands restoration, shoreline protection, marinas, regulatory permits acquisition, water and sediment quality analysis, habitat mitigation, and monitoring of projects. Prior to joining Moffatt & Nichol, Ms. Garvey was an Engineering Director at Boeing, where she managed several large, technically complex space systems projects.

Douglas George, Ph.D. – San Rafael, California*

Douglas George, Ph.D.

A geological oceanographer with more than 15 years of research and management experience on coastal and oceanography topics. His interests include coastal processes, sediment transport, and the protection of ocean resources. He has extensive history conducting technical work and project management on many West Coast projects as a federal scientist, state policy manager, and environmental consultant. He was the first Coastal Program Manager for California State Parks and is now at NOAA’s Office of Coastal Management as the National Estuarine Research Reserve System Science Collaborative Program Manager.

Greg Grandy — Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Greg Grandy

Mr. Gandy is Deputy Executive Director of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana. Greg has over 25 years of experience in the development and implementation of effective, efficient coastal protection and restoration projects in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Over a decade of his experience included work as a project manager for the State of Louisiana successfully leading multidisciplinary, multi-agency teams through the planning, design and implementation of coastal restoration projects. He was the program manager responsible for the development and initial implementation of the Louisiana Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) Plan in Louisiana which was the first state to have their CIAP plan approved, the first state to have CIAP grants awarded, and the first state to construct coastal restoration projects using CIAP funding.

Grace Hanlon — Tinton Falls, New Jersey

Grace Hanlon

Grace Hanlon is Executive Director of the Jersey Shore Partnership. Ms. Hanlon served as the Director of Tourism in New Jersey during Superstorm Sandy and championed the tourism industry’s comeback after the devastating storm. An experienced executive, she served on the National Council of State Tourism Directors in Washington, DC. Skilled in the arts of public relations, government affairs and media production, she has appeared on The Travel Channel, Good Day New York, NBC 10 Philadelphia, and many other news programs in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

William Hanson — Washington, D.C.

Bill Hanson

V.P. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company. He holds a BS in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M University, and currently serves on the TAMU Board of Industry Advisors and the TEES Board. He has previously served on the USACE Coastal Engineering Research Board and was Chair of the NOAA Hydrographic Services Review Panel. As an ACOPNE Diplomate of Navigation Engineering he currently serves on Federal Advisory Panels – DOC International Trade Advisory Committee; DOC Supply Chain Competiveness.

Cheryl Hapke – St. Petersburg, Florida

Cheryl Hapke, Ph.D.

Dr. Cheryl Hapke is a coastal geologist with 25+ years of experience studying coastal climate risk and resilience. Dr. Hapke worked for several decades with the USGS, and now is a Principal Consultant in Coastal Resiliency with Fugro. She studies coastal processes and works with decision-makers impacted by the challenges of coastal climate risk and resilience, which include municipalities, private coastal facilities, insurers, government entities, and other stakeholders. Dr. Hapke has extensive experience overseeing and managing large projects and coordinating across diverse groups of stakeholders and partners. In addition, she has served as a technical advisor on coastal change hazards to state and federal agencies and international groups and authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles.

Tom Herrington, Ph.D. — West Long Branch, New Jersey

Thomas O. Herrington, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Urban Coast Institute, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey. He holds a B.E. in Civil Engineering and a M.E. and Ph.D. in Ocean Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. He is currently Vice President of NSBPA and presently serves on the FEMA Region II Coastal Outreach Advisory Team, the New Jersey Coastal Resilience Collaborative, Barnegat Bay Partnership Land Use Panel, and is on the Board of Directors of the Jersey Shore Partnership, and the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium.

Karina Johnston — Los Angeles, California

Karina Johnston

Karina Johnston is the Science Director for The Bay Foundation, a non-profit organization based out of Los Angeles, California, and is the Director of Programs for Loyola Marymount University’s Coastal Research Institute. Karina is a coastal marine scientist with expertise in implementing nature-based solutions to improve coastal resilience from climate impacts such as sea level rise and erosion, specifically through beach and dune restoration projects. Karina has led implementation of several beach and dune restoration projects in Los Angeles, and is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has extensive experience studying and rehabilitating coastal ecosystems including beaches, dunes, wetlands, and kelp forests. She is also a Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner and Board Certified Environmental Scientist.

Tim Kana, Ph.D. — Columbia, South Carolina

Tim Kana, Ph.D.

Founder and president of Coastal Science & Engineering (Columbia SC), Kana has 35 years’ experience in coastal erosion assessments and has written over 300 reports and publications relating to coastal processes, sediment budgets, beach nourishment, impacts of sea-level rise and tidal inlet sediment dynamics. Dr. Kana has served as project director on more than 30 beach nourishment projects in the Carolina’s, Georgia and New York, and is the 2015 recipient of ASBPA’s Morrough P. O’Brien Award.

Donna King, Ph.D. — Chicago, Illinois

Donna King, Ph.D.

Dr. Donna King is the Commissioner of the Foss Park District in Chicago, Illinois.

Jack Koban, Ph.D. — Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Jack Koban, Ph.D., P.G., P.E.

Dr. Koban is a Professional Engineer and Professional Geologist with over 20 years of multidisciplinary experience. His work spans several markets and industries primarily in the Southeast US and the Gulf Coast regions, most notably, coastal restoration, flood protection, infrastructure, and energy. He serves on the boards of several industry organizations including the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Louisiana Coast Builders Coalition and is a member of both the World Trade Center New Orleans International Trade Council and Louisiana State University-Center for Energy Studies Advisory Council. In 2017 and 2023, he coauthored the ASCE’s Louisiana Infrastructure Report Card, and is a regular contributor to the LSU Center for Energy Studies’ annual Gulf Coast Energy Outlook Report. Additionally, he is a charter member and board member of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association’s Central Gulf Coast Chapter which represents Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama and is a 3-time co-chair of the ASBPA Coastal Summit. Jack serves as Geosciences Strategic Growth Lead for the US Gulf Coast for Worley Consulting and lives in Baton Rouge with his wife and their two sons.

Wendy Laurent — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wendy Laurent

Wendy Laurent is currently working as a Coastal Engineer for Taylor Engineering in the Philadelphia area and is the immediate past president of the Students and New Professionals (SNP) Chapter of ASBPA.

Nancy MacPhee – Fort Myers, Florida

Nancy MacPhee

Nancy MacPhee is Product Development Manager for the Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau where she has administered the TDC Beach & Shoreline funding program since 2008. She previously spent 25 years managing park facilities in Florida & New Jersey. She has a degree in Parks & Recreation Resource Management from Slippery Rock University, and is certified as an Outdoor Leader and Florida Master Naturalist. She serves as Vice Chair on the board of Florida Society for Ethical Ecotourism.

Mike McGarry — Viera, Florida

Mike McGarry

Beaches, Boating & Waterways Program Manager for Brevard County Florida, Mike administers coastal and estuarine management and restoration projects along 72 miles of Atlantic Ocean shoreline. Since 2003 he has completed seventeen federal and non-federal beach projects placing 180 million dollars of sand (7.9 MCY) along thirty five miles of shoreline. McGarry holds a bachelor’s degree in Marine Biology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and a master’s degree in Oceanography/Coastal Zone Management from the Florida Institute of Technology.

Jon Miller, Ph.D. — Hoboken, New Jersey

Jon K. Miller, Ph.D.

Jon K, Miller, Ph.D.is a Research Associate Professor of Coastal Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Stevens, and his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Coastal Engineering from the University of Florida. Jon currently serves as the New Jersey Sea Grant Coastal Processes Specialist, Director of the New Jersey Coastal Protection Technical Assistance

Joan Pope — Stafford, Virginia

Joan Pope

Joan Pope received the 2025 ASBPA President’s Award, the 2020 Morrough P. O’Brien award, served as immediate past Vice President for Science & Technology, and is a retired member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Lindsey Precht — Miami, Florida

Lindsey Precht

Lindsey Precht is Assistant Director of the Environment & Sustainability Department for the City of Miami Beach, Florida.

Thomas W. Richardson — Jackson, Mississippi

Thomas Richardson

Executive Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence. The Center is lead by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is an engineering graduate of The Citadel, the University of Miami, and the International Institute for Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering in Delft, The Netherlands. His career has focused on managing and performing applied research in coastal and hydraulic engineering. In 2009, he retired as Director of the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory of the Engineer Research and Development Center and began work at his current position.

Kathleen Riely — Wilmington, North Carolina

Kathleen A. Riely

As Executive Director of N.C. Beach, Inlet and Waterway Association, Kathleen represents the Association’s members on the state and local levels advocating for sound environmental policies and ensuring coastal protection. She currently serves on the Advisory Council to the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission which establishes policies for the NC Coastal Management Program. Kathleen holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a Juris Doctor from Quinnipiac University and previously worked at a private law firm specializing in environmental law.

Sheryl Rozier — Galveston, Texas

Sheryl Rozier

Sheryl Rozier CCP, is Executive Director of Coastal Projects & Board Liaison at the Park Board of Trustees of the City of Galveston, Texas, and leads the planning, implementation, and oversight of both short and long-term infrastructure, maintenance and repair projects across Park Board managed facilities and beaches. Prior to the Park Board she was Operations Manager/Lead Project Manager for Structural Consulting Co., Inc. in Houston. Sheryl has been a member of the ASBPA for over ten years, and serves on the Executive Board of the ASBPA Texas Chapter.

Peter Seidle — West Palm Beach, Florida

Peter Seidle, P.E.

Coastal Engineer based in West Palm Beach, FL, Peter is a project manager with over 24 years of experience providing domestic and international clients with effective shoreline and inlet solutions. His expertise is in shoreline and inlet management projects. He is familiar with nature-based solutions, coastal processes, analysis techniques, numerical modeling, and project management tools.

Aram Terchunian – West Hampton Beach, New York

Aram Terchunian

Terchunian is a nationally-renowned coastal geologist and environmental scientist with First Coastal Corporation in Westhampton Beach, NY specializing in helping owners and municipalities enhance and protect their coastal assets. Aram’s specialties include coastal resiliency, wetlands management, nature based shoreline stabilization, coastal regulatory compliance and endangered species. A widely recognized expert in the national media, Aram provides a unique, practical perspective on how to prepare for and survive super storms and their devastating effects on our coastal communities. Aram received his BS in Environmental Science and Resource Management/Geology from Lehigh University and his MS from the University of Delaware.

Bret Webb, Ph.D. – Mobile, Alabama*

Bret Webb, Ph.D., P.E.,D.CE.

Bret Webb, Ph.D., P.E., D.CE. is a Professor of Coastal Engineering at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. Dr. Webb’s research focuses on the resilience of the natural and built coastal environments, and how natural shoreline stabilization directly translates to reduced vulnerability of the built environment. Dr. Webb has more than 15 years of experience in coastal engineering research and practice, is a registered Professional Engineer in Alabama and Florida, and is recognized by ACOPNE as a board certified coastal engineer.

Cris Weber — Austin, Texas

Cris Weber, P.E.

Cris Weber is a Senior Coastal Engineer with over 25 years of experience as a project engineer and project manager. He is the Director of Geomatics and the Texas Commercial Director at APTIM. Cris leads a team working with state and local clients leading multidisciplinary projects focusing on green and green/grey infrastructure projects along the Gulf of Mexico shorelines, within back bay marsh and wetland systems, and along inland watersheds, rivers, and streams. Cris volunteers as the President of the Texas Chapter of the ASBPA and Vice Chair of the Texas COPRI Chapter, and he is involved with coastal technology research and development and multi-industry technology transfer.

Lee Weishar, Ph.D. – Falmouth, Massachusetts

Lee Weishar, Ph.D.

Lee Weishar is Senior Scientist with the Woods Hole Group since 1989. Dr. Weishar has more than 40 years’ experience in the fields of oceanography, coastal engineering, sediment transport, ecological restoration, environmental impact assessment, and project/program management. A tireless advocate for ASBPA for decades, Dr. Weishar has won numerous awards within ASBPA including the Morrough P. O’Brien award, our highest honor.

Andrew Wycklendt — Honolulu, Hawaii*

Andrew Wycklendt, P.E.

Andrew Wycklendt, P.E. is the President of the Hawai‘i Shore and Beach Preservation Association. He is also a Senior Coastal Engineer and Program Manager for APTIM who has designed and implemented a variety of coastal restoration, shoreline protection, sediment management, and navigation projects along Pacific, Atlantic, Gulf, and Arctic coasts. He has worked in barrier island, headland and embayment, estuarine, deltaic, cliff, pocket, perched, and open coastal systems to restore or nourish beaches that can be classified as either mixed sediment, sand, cobble, boulder, or volcanic. He earned his BS in Ocean Engineering from Florida Atlantic University and his MS in Ocean and Resources Engineering with an emphasis on Coastal Engineering from the University of Hawaii.

2026 board of directors not shown above: Maritza Barreto, Marc Beyeler, Kristina Boburka, Delaney Doran, Grace Hanlon, Bill Hanson, Tom Herrington, Nancy MacPhee, Joan Pope, Tom Richardson, Kathleen Riely, Bret Webb and Cris Weber.

*By virtue of being a chapter president

STAFF

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Nicole Elko, PhD. — Folly Beach, South Carolina

Nicole Elko, PhD. Executive Director

Nicole Elko, Ph.D. has 20 years of experience managing/assisting with more than 20 beach preservation projects along the U.S. Southeast and Gulf coasts. Dr. Elko received her Ph.D. (Geology) from the University of South Florida after working with the USGS Coastal Marine Geology Program, St. Petersburg, and while serving as the coastal coordinator for Pinellas County, FL. She is also Executive Director of the South Carolina Beach Advocates, an Executive Director of the U.S. Coastal Research Program, and President of Elko Coastal Consulting based in Folly Beach, SC. She serves as one of the three civilian members of the Army Corps’ Coastal Engineering Research Board and has recently been appointed to NOAA’s Hydrographic Services Review Panel.

MANAGING DIRECTORS

Leslie Pickel — Beaufort, South Carolina

Leslie Pickel

Leslie Pickel is the co-owner of Seahaven Consulting, Inc. in Beaufort, South Carolina. As a non-profit professional with over 25 years’ experience, Leslie has performed numerous managerial roles for her clients and employers but has a deep passion for producing events that provide a positive participant’s experience. She has led numerous symposia and conferences, both in the US and abroad.

Brad Pickel — Beaufort, South Carolina

Brad Pickel

Brad Pickel is co-owner of Seahaven Consulting, Inc. in Beaufort, South Carolina. In his career, Brad has held a variety of roles for local governments, consulting firms and non-profit associations. His technical training and education in coastal systems, practical experience as a beach manager in local government, and advocacy and educational efforts in Washington, D.C. has provided Brad a well-rounded perspective of what is needed to advance coastal management issues.

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PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Annie Mercer — Wilmington, NC

Annie Mercer

Annie Mercer has a BA in Psychology from Hood College and a Masters in Forensic and Legal Psychology with a concentration in Intelligence Studies from Marymount University. She interned with ASBPA’s Government Affairs Committee in 2019 working on the “Local Funding for Coastal Projects: An Overview of Practices, Policies, and Considerations.” Annie has worked alongside her father at Coastal Transplants since 2003 installing vegetation and sand fence along the East and Gulf Coasts.

SHORE & BEACH

EDITOR

Tiffany Roberts Briggs, Ph.D. and Bret Webb, Ph.D. P.E.

Tiffany Roberts Briggs, Ph.D. and Bret Webb, Ph.D.

Tiffany Roberts Briggs

Bret Webb

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EDITORIAL BOARD
Patrick Barrineau — Columbia, South Carolina
Lindino Benedet — Boca Raton, Florida
Mark Beyeler — Ventura, California
Tiffany Roberts Briggs — Boca Raton, Florida
Brian Caufield — Cambridge, Massachusetts
Douglas Gaffney — Freehold, New Jersey
Tom Herrington — West Long Branch, New Jersey
James R. Houston — Vicksburg, Mississippi
Tim Kana — Columbia, South Carolina
Jon Miller — Hoboken, New Jersey
Julie Rosati — Washington, DC
Irene Watts — Melbourne, Florida
Bret Webb — Mobile, Alabama

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