Lobster Institute

Lobster Institute Board of Advisors

The Lobster Institute’s Board of Advisors is a volunteer group that provides advice and counsel to the Institute regarding its research and programming priorities; and supports the Institute in implementing its activities.  They come from a wide variety of lobster industry sectors and geographic regions, and help keep the Institute in touch and in tune with the needs of the lobster industry.

• Marianne LaCroix (Chair) – Director, Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative
• Geoff Irvine (Vice Chair) – The Lobster Council of Canada
• Remy Rochette (Secretary) – University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Biological Sciences
• William Anderson – Lobsterman, Trescott, Maine
• Curt Brown – Chief Biologist, Ready Seafood
• Beth Casoni – President/Executive Director, Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association
• Sheila Dassatt – Executive Director, Downeast Lobstermen’s Association
• Jim Dow – Treasurer, Maine Lobstermen’s Association
• Melanie Giffin – Marine Biologist, PEI Fishermen’s Association
• Heidi Henniger – NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center
• Jason Joyce – Lobsterman, Swans Island, Maine
• Luc LeBlanc – Maritime Fishermen’s Union Representative
• Bart Mansi – Guilford Lobster Pound, Connecticut
• Jack Merrill – Vice President, Maine Lobstermen’s Association
• Virginia “Ginny” Olsen – Maine Lobstering Union, Local 207 
• Tracy L. Pugh, Ph.D. – Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
• Kathleen Reardon – Lobster Scientist, Maine Department of Marine Resources
• Dana Rice – Lobster Dealer, Downeast Lobstermen’s Association
• Arthur “Sookey” Sawyer – Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association
• Melanie Sonnenberg – Eastern Fishermen’s Federation
• Joshua Stoll – Faculty in Marine Sciences, University of Maine
• Annie Tselikis – Executive Director, Maine Lobster Dealers Association

Lobster Institute Staff