Leadership
Board & Corporation
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Paul Salem
Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
Margaret Flanagan
Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
Maria Wilhelm
Chair of the Corporation
Jamie Clark
Treasurer
William Schmidt
Secretary of the Corporation
Christy Talley
President & Director
Senior Leadership
VP for Science and Engineering
Benjamin Van Mooy, PhD
VP for Academic Programs & Dean
Diane Foster, PhD
VP for Marine Facilities & Operations
Robert S.C. Munier
VP for Operations, Chief Financial Officer
Kathryn Link
VP for Advancement & Chief Marketing Officer
Samuel Harp
VP for Legal Affairs, and General Counsel
Christy Talley
Director of Government Relations
Peter Hill
Chief Organizational Development Officer
Natalie Nevarez
Interim Chief People Officer
Shawna Hunt
Research Department Chairs
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering Department
Dave Ralston, PhD
Biology Department
Carin Ashjian, PhD
Geology and Geophysics Department
Daniel Lizarralde, PhD
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department
Colleen Hansel, PhD
Marine Policy Center
Kilaparti Ramakrishna (Rama), PhD
Physical Oceanography Department
Young-Oh Kwon, PhD