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Brad Barr (Facilitator)
Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Director, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Brad Barr is a Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Director of the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, where he has worked since 1993. He received a BS from the University of Maine, a MS from the University of Massachusetts, and is completing an Interdisciplinary PhD at the University of Alaska. He is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, and serves on the Boards of Directors for the George Wright Society, the Science and Management of Protected Areas Association (SAMPAA), and the Coastal Zone Canada Association (CZCA). He is coordinating a number of maritime heritage-focused initiatives in Alaska, including a project related to the Aleutian Campaign in WWII, and the "Lost Fleets of the Western Arctic" which focuses on the commercial whaling history and heritage of the Alaska's Arctic coast.
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Tane Casserley (Lead Instructor)
National Maritime Heritage Coordinator / Unit Diving Supervisor, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Tane Casserley, the National Maritime Heritage Coordinator for NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, specializes in 19th-century warships and deep-water archaeology. Tane holds a graduate certificate in maritime archaeology from the University of Hawaii and a master's degree from the Program in Maritime Studies at East Carolina University. He has led NOAA archaeological expeditions in the Florida Keys, the Great Lakes, the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Alaska, the USS Monitor, he dove with the National Park Service on a sunken B-29 in Lake Mead, and most recently served as principal investigator on an expedition to document three German U-boats from the WWII Battle of the Atlantic off the coast of North Carolina. Tane's projects have used technical diving, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), and manned submersibles. Tane is a dive instructor and certified trimix and closed-circuit rebreather diver with the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI), as well as the Nautical Archaeology Society Senior Tutor for NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. |
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Wayne Lusardi
Maritime Archaeologist, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Michigan Dept. of History, Arts, and Libraries
Wayne serves as Maritime Archaeologist with the State of Michigan as part of the NOAA/State partnership to mange submerged cultural recourses located off Alpena. Wayne is responsible for the research, documentation, preservation, and management of as many as 100 shipwrecks located in Thunder Bay. He is involved in all aspects of fieldwork, research, education, and outreach. As a state employee, Wayne is also responsible for submerged cultural resources throughout Michigan. He has an extensive background in underwater and terrestrial archaeology, artifact conservation, and material culture studies. Before arriving at Thunder Bay, Wayne served as archaeological conservator for the Mariners Museum in Newport News, Virginia. He led the museum’s excavation of the USS Monitors turret after its recovery in August 2002. Prior to working on the Monitor project, Wayne spent four years on the Blackbeard shipwreck project in North Carolina. He has also worked as an archaeologist for Tidewater Atlantic Research, Texas A&M University, and the Illinois State Museum. He received his MA degree in Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology from East Carolina University in 1998, and a BS in Anthropology from Illinois State. |
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Hans Van Tilburg
Maritime Heritage Coordinator / Unit Diving Supervisor, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Pacific Islands Region
Trained as both a maritime archaeologist and historian, Dr. Van Tilburg has been diving for almost 40 years, and has worked on underwater projects in California, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Florida, Bermuda, Michigan, Alaska, American Samoa and Hawaii. He also directed the University of Hawaii’s program in maritime archaeology and history, and continues to teach field courses in the Pacific. Hans last conducted fieldwork in Alaska as part of the CLARA NEVADA / HASSLER expedition team in Lynn Canal, and has been researching the lost 1871 whaling fleet near Wainwright on Alaska’s North Slope. |
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John Jensen
Professor of Maritime Studies, Sea Education Association / adjunct professor of history and nautical archaeology, University of Rhode Island.
A maritime archaeologist and historian by training, Dr. Jensen specializes in 19th and early 20th century maritime frontier shipwrecks and cultural landscapes. His current projects span the continent from Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, to Lake Huron and Alaska. Born and raised in the 49th State, John commercially fished in Alaskan waters for fifteen years before moving into the ivory towers. John has been involved with Alaska shipwreck investigations that have focused on the SS PORTLAND, the shipwrecks of Lynn Canal, the historic steamships in St. Michael, and the WWII vessel HUSKY II. |
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Brenda Altmeier
Program Support Specialist, NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Upper Region Office
Brenda is the lead cultural resource representative for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS). The FKNMS, a 2900 square nautical mile marine protected area encapsulates a broad time period of ocean exploration and marine industry. A National Marine Sanctuary staff since 1993 Brenda has participated in numerous field projects throughout the NMS System and facilitated research of Florida Keys resources by non-profit, avocational archaeological institutions, government and academia. She works closely with NOAA’s Maritime Heritage Program staff to coordinate trainings and NAS classes in the Florida Keys. She is an instructor for the Heritage Awareness Diving Seminar offered to PADA NAUI and SSI Course Directors and Instructors Trainers that provide a greater knowledge of how to proactively protect shipwrecks, artificial reefs, and other underwater cultural sites. |
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Dave McMahan
State Archaeologist, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Office of History and Archaeology
Dave is the Alaska State Archaeologist and a deputy State Historic Preservation Officer. He has more than 30 years of experience studying and managing diverse archaeological resources of the Last Frontier. A diver himself, Dave has participated in collaborative investigations of the KAD’YAK, SS PORTLAND, shipwrecks of Lynn Canal, TORRENT, and others. Another personal interest is the archaeology and history of Russian America, which has been the catalyst for a number of field projects in Alaska and Siberia. During the last several years, Dave has directed efforts toward promoting collaborative maritime heritage and stewardship projects in Alaska. |
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