PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary has announced two new members and two returning members to serve on its sanctuary advisory council.
The newly appointed members to the advisory council, which operates under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), are Katie Krueger as citizen-at-large (primary) and Allison Mahaney as citizen-at-large (alternate).
Jan Newton, Ph.D. (primary), and Tom Mumford, Ph.D. (alternate), were reappointed as research representatives for another three-year term.
“We were very impressed by the quality of applicants interested in joining and becoming part of the advisory council,” said Carol Bernthal, sanctuary superintendent.
“With their community and professional connections, they will also be able to better promote Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary to a broader audience.”
Krueger has been the staff attorney and policy analyst for the Quileute Tribe’s Natural Resources Department for nearly 20 years.
Prior to receiving her law degree and working on oil, gas and environmental law for petrochemical companies, she worked as a geologist.
Mahaney is an associate attorney with Platt Irwin Law Firm in Port Angeles, where she practices civil law and interacts with a wide variety of community members.
Before obtaining her law degree, she served as a NOAA Corps officer, which included a tour of duty as marine operations officer with the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.
Newton is a principal oceanographer with the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University of Washington and affiliate faculty with the School of Oceanography and School of Marine and Environmental Affairs.
She is the executive director of the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems and co-director of the Washington Ocean Acidification Center at University of Washington.
Mumford is a botanist and worked for the state Department of Natural Resources from 1976-2011, where he researched the cultivation of seaweeds for the production of food, helped manage seaweeds and seagrasses in Washington state waters, and developed and managed the inventory and monitoring of marine and estuarine habitats.
