Marine Operations Staff
Michael Kelly
Director of Marine Operations
Mark Aiello
Chief Engineer R/V Rachel Carson
Paul Ban
First Mate/Relief Master, R/V Rachel Carson
Knute Brekke
Chief ROV Pilot, ROV Doc Ricketts
Mike Burczynski
ROV Pilot/Technician, ROV Ventana
Teresa Cardoza
Logistics Specialist
Dan Chamberlain
Electronics Officer, R/V Western Flyer
Mike Conway
Marine Operations Technician
Craig Dawe
Technical Support Manager/
MARS Manager
Ben Erwin
ROV Pilot/Technician, ROV Doc Ricketts
Natalie Fairchild
Administrative Assistant
Jared Figurski
Ocean Observatory Engineer
Eric Fitzgerald
Dock Foreman/Deckhand
David French
Operations Engineer
Jonathan Garcia
Oiler, R/V Western Flyer
Chris Grech
Deputy Director of Marine Operations
Aaron Gregg
Master, R/V Rachel Carson
Scott Hansen
Assistant Engineer, R/V Rachel Carson
Paul Householder
Second Mate, R/V Western Flyer
Jack Lavariega-Martinez
Oiler, R/V Western Flyer
Katie Loweth
Administrator
Greg Maudlin
Bosun, R/V Rachel Carson
Andrew McKee
Master, R/V Western Flyer
Matthew McNaughton
Second Engineer, R/V Western Flyer
Patrick Mitts
Steward/Deckhand, R/V Western Flyer
Matt Noyes
Chief Engineer, R/V Western Flyer
DJ Osborne
ROV Pilot/Technician, ROV Ventana
Randy Prickett
Senior ROV Pilot, ROV Doc Ricketts
Erich Rienecker
Instrumentation/Marine Operations Technician
Mark Talkovic
Senior ROV Pilot, ROV Doc Ricketts
Hans Thomas
AUV Group Leader
Duane Thompson
AUV Specialist
Josh Thompson
Deckhand, R/V Rachel Carson
Caroline Tippetts
Chief Mate, R/V Western Flyer
Bryan Touryan-Schaefer
ROV Pilot, ROV Doc Ricketts
Erik Trauschke
AUV Operations Engineer
Christopher Wahl
Operations engineer
Lance Wardle
First Engineer/Relief Chief Engineer, R/V Western Flyer
