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.
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VICE PRESIDENTS
Joan Pope, P.E. — Stafford, Virginia
Joan Pope, Vice President for Science & Technology
In 2012, Joan retired from US Army Engineer Headquarters after a career with the Corps involving a variety of practicing coastal geology and engineering, research, and management positions. At the time of her retirement she oversaw the Corps water resource research and development Program. During her career she directed several major projects including the development of the Coastal Engineering Manual, the National Shore Erosion Demonstration Program, and Regional Sediment Management. Since retiring she has been employed as a consultant with the Corps.
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Lee Weishar, Ph.D. — Bourne, Massachusetts
Lee Weishar, Ph.D., PWS, Vice President for External Communications
A Senior Scientist with the Woods Hole Group since 1989, He has more than 40 years’ experience in the fields of oceanography, coastal engineering, sediment transport, ecological restoration, environmental impact assessment, and project/program management. Prior to joining the Woods Hole Group, he was employed by the USACE Waterways Experiment Station (now ERDC). Dr. Weishar specializes in coastal engineering and wetland/marsh restoration and the integration of biological, ecological, and hydraulic data into wetland restoration designs to ensure that the design will meet the restoration objectives.
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Gordon Thomson, P.E. — Boca Raton, Florida
Gordon Thomson, P.E., D.CE, Vice President for Member & Chapter Relations
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.
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M. Cameron Perry, P.E. — Corpus Christi, Texas
M. Cameron Perry, P.E., Vice President
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.
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SECRETARY
Tiffany Roberts Briggs, PhD. — Boca Raton, Florida
Tiffany Roberts Briggs, PhD., Secretary
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 chairs the ASBPA Science and Technology Committee and serves on the Editorial Board of Shore & Beach.
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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.
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