NOAA's National Ocean Service Adds Program-Wide Regional Coordinator for
the Great Lakes
In July of 2008, NOAA’s National Ocean
Service (NOS) placed Heather Stirratt as the new NOS Great
Lakes regional coordinator. Part of NOAA, NOS delivers a dynamic range
of nation-wide coastal and Great Lakes
scientific, technical, and resource management services in support of safe,
healthy and productive oceans and coasts. Ms. Stirratt has worked with NOAA for
almost 10 years. She has experience working for the National Marine Fisheries
Service as a Fisheries Management Specialist and with NOS as Special Assistant
to the Assistant Administrator. The Assistant Administrator for NOS, John H.
Dunnigan, recently stated that, “We know that our mission in the Great Lakes is extensive across NOS programs. We are
pleased to offer Great
Lake constituents a new
way of interacting with us."
As an employee of the NOAA Coastal
Services Center,
Ms. Stirratt is working to better integrate NOS programs and enhance
connections with customers and partners. This position will be key in building
partnership bridges at the local level and elevating NOAA’s Ocean
Service's work in the Great Lakes region.
Ms. Stirratt holds a Masters degree in
Marine Affairs, with specialties in fisheries management and ocean and coastal
law, from the University of Rhode Island and a B.A. in Marine Affairs from the University of Miami. Ms. Stirratt is collocated with NOAA’s
National Operational
Hydrologic Remote
Sensing Center
in Chanhassen, MN, where she can be contacted at 952-361-6610
ext 231 or Heather.Stirratt@noaa.gov