To improve NOAA’s responsiveness to challenges and priorities of this region, the NOAA Southeast and Caribbean Regional Team (SECART) fosters stronger collaborative ties internally and with partners and constituents; works with constituents to evaluate and improve NOAA products and services; and promotes awareness and understanding of NOAA’s regional capabilities, services, and priorities. SECART is one of eight teams in NOAA’s Regional Collaboration Network.
 
Team members reflect the capabilities of NOAA within the Southeast and U.S. Caribbean and include NOAA employees and NOAA partners. To learn more about the NOAA offices and labs represented by team members, visit the links associated with their home offices provided below. SECART utilizes a work group (sub-team) structure to focus its activities and reach beyond team members to bring in additional expertise for specific activities. Please see our “Strategic Direction” and annual work plans to learn about our priority areas and activities.

For more information, reach out to the Southeast and Caribbean Regional Collaboration Team at region.secarib@noaa.gov

NOAA in your Region

Membership Roster

• Nic Alvarado, FL, PR, and USVI Navigation Manager, Office of Coast Survey
• Emily Carpenter, Lead Meteorologist, Weather Forecast Office, Columbia, SC
• Lauren Carroll, Communications Specialist, National Centers for Environmental Information
• Virginia Croom, Assistant Administrator for Habitat Conservation, NMFS Southeast Regional Office
• Beth Dieveney, Policy Analyst, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Eastern Region
• Katie Eaton, Outreach and Education Coordinator, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies at University of Miami
• Katharine Egan, Regional Coordinator, NOAA Southeast and Caribbean Regional Collaboration Team (SECART)
• Rebecca Ellin, Reserve Manager, NC National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Ian Enochs, Research Ecologist, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
• Debra Hernandez, Executive Director, Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association offsite link
• Chip Kasper, Meteorologist-in-Charge, Weather Forecast Office, Key West, FL
• Todd Kellison, Director, Population and Ecosystems Monitoring Division, Southeast Fisheries Science Center
• Sherry Larkin, Director, Florida Sea Grant offsite link
• Aranzazu Lascurain, Southeast & Caribbean Team Lead, Office for Coastal Management
• AK Leight, Research Fishery Biologist, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Oxford Laboratory
• Ellen Mecray, Eastern Region Climate Services Director, National Centers for Environmental Information
• Sharon Mesick, Southern Region Climate Services Director, National Centers for Environmental Information
• Richard Okulski, Meteorologist-in-Charge, Weather Forecast Office, Columbia, SC
• Yaritza Rivera-Torres, Caribbean Regional Coordinator, Marine Debris Program
• Ernesto Rodriguez, Meteorologist-in-Charge,  Weather Forecast Office, San Juan, PR
• John Schmidt, Hydrologist-in-Charge, Southeast River Forecast Center
• Dana Wusinich-Mendez, Atlantic-Caribbean Team Lead, Coral Reef Conservation Program 
• Allyssa Zebrowski, Southeast and Caribbean Regional Disaster Preparedness Coordinator, Disaster Preparedness Program