Regional Managers

NOAA Corps Officer/Navigation Manager standing next to chart giving a presentation.

Navigation Managers serve as Coast Survey’s ambassadors to the maritime community. Located in different regions throughout the country, Coast Survey Navigation Managers help identify the challenges facing marine transportation in general, directly supporting the NOAA strategic goal to "promote safe navigation." These agents assist Coast Survey in overseeing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's nautical chart data collection and information programs, helping to meet constituent needs.

Navigation Managers focus primarily on resolving charting and navigation questions, educating constituents on emerging charting technologies and their uses, and soliciting feedback on NOAA's navigation products and services from the commercial maritime industry.

Navigation Managers Activities include:
• meeting with local port authorities and harbormasters
• meeting with local marine pilots
• identifying locations requiring priority hydrographic surveying
• providing liaison on other NOS issues such as predicted tides/currents and PORTS
• addressing geographic information system needs
• providing outreach activities with the maritime community
• maintaining dialogue with oil companies, fisherman, commercial shippers and other commercial mariners
• improving and customizing nautical charts to satisfy specific regional needs
• providing expert opinion towards resolution of local navigation safety issues that affect several agencies
• partnering with local maritime professionals for updating the Coast Pilot
• working with regional constituents to define new navigation products such as the Electronic Navigational Chart, Raster Navigational Chart, and Print on Demand charts.

LOCATION	Navigation Manager NAME/Email/Location (Base of Operations)	Phone/Fax
NORTHEAST New England, New Jersey, New York	LCDR Matt Wingate matt.wingate@noaa.gov (Narragansett, RI)	Phone:401-782-3252 Fax: 401-782-3292
Chesapeake, Delaware Bay	Howard Danley howard.danley@noaa.gov (Silver Spring, MD)	Phone: 301-713-2729 x176 Fax: 301-713-9312
MID-ATLANTIC Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina	LT Sarah Mrozek Sarah.Mrozek@noaa.gov (Norfolk, VA)	Phone:757-627-7072 Fax: 757-441-6601
SOUTHEAST North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, East Coast of Florida	David Elliott david.elliott@noaa.gov (Charleston, SC)	Phone: 843-740-1178 Fax: 843-740-1306
South Florida, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands	Michael Henderson michael.henderson@noaa.gov (St. Petersburg, FL)	Phone: 727-824-5396 Fax: 727-824-5320
CENTRAL GULF COAST Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida Panhandle	Tim Osborn tim.osborn@noaa.gov (Lafayette, LA)	Phone: 337-291-2111 Fax: 337-291-3097
WESTERN GULF COAST Texas	Alan R. Bunn alan.bunn@noaa.gov (Galveston, TX)	Phone: 409-621-5151 x118 Fax: 979-676-2866
Great Lakes Region	Brian A. Link brian.link@noaa.gov (Muskegon, MI)	Phone: 231-759-1252 Fax: 231-759-2414
California	Gerald E. Wheaton gerry.wheaton@noaa.gov (Seaside, CA)	Phone: 831-583-2365 Fax: 831-583-2366
Oregon and Washington	CAPT Dave Neander, NOAA dave.neander@noaa.gov (Seattle WA)	Phone: 206-526-6949 Fax: 206-526-6329
Pacific Islands	LT Jeffrey Taylor jeffrey.taylor@noaa.gov (Honolulu, HI)	Phone: 808-532-3202 Fax:
Alaska	Ed Martin (temporary) ed.martin@noaa.gov (Silver Spring, MD)	Phone: 301-713-2730 x 179 Fax: 301-713-9312