To contact Shoals Marine Laboratory in general, please send an email to shoals.lab@unh.edu or call (603) 862-5346.
Leadership
The Shoals Marine Laboratory (SML) leadership team is dedicated to fulfilling our mission, strengthening our tradition of academic excellence, and enhancing our programs and services. The SML Executive Committee, along with the SML Executive Director, make up the core of leadership. Valuable input, advice, and support come from the SML Academic Advisory Committee.
Sara Morris
Executive Director
Shoals Marine Laboratory
What is the SEC?
The leadership of SML includes an Executive Committee. The SEC is comprised of 7 people plus a special topical advisor. Three members are from Cornell and three from UNH, plus SML’s Executive Director. Members typically serve a period of three years, though as we reform this committee, we are staggering the service periods randomly among the members. We hope you can join the Committee for a period of 3 years. This appointment can be renewed.
The committee will focus on three things:
1. Operate effectively and efficiency with the support of our UNH and Cornell
2. Find solutions to operational and program challenges
3. Identify opportunities for growth, engagement, and overall mission
Committee members include:
Dr. Diane Foster, chair
Director, School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire
Kenneth La Valley
VICE PROVOST OF OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT/DIRECTOR, UNH EXTENSION
Dr. Kim Babbitt
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, University of New Hampshire
Esther Angert
Senior Associate Dean, Office of the Senior Associate Deans, Cornell University
Sahara Byrne
Senior Associate Dean, Office of the Senior Associate Deans, Cornell University
Amy R. McCune
Professor Emerita, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
 Jack Kingsbury Cornell University jmk11@cornell.edu |
 J.B. Heiser Cornell University jbh7@cornell.edu |
 Patty McGill Dallas Zoo patricia.mcgill@dallaszoo.com |
 Brian Rivest State University of New York Cortland rivestb@cortland.edu |
 Jim Morin Cornell University jgm18@cornell.edu |
 Willy Bemis Cornell University web24@cornell.edu |
 Jon Pennock Dr. Jonathan R. Pennock, 2013-2014 (Interim)
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Dr. Jennifer Seavey
Dr. Jennifer Seavey, 2014-2023
(left to right) Willy Bemis, Patty McGill, Brian Rivest, Jack Kingsbury, J.B. Heiser and Jim Morin on Appledore Island.