NEOSEC members represent a wide range of organizations and institutions throughout the New England region, which include ocean science educators, scientists and facilitators, all of whom are dedicated to ocean literacy. Member institutions include aquariums, science centers, Sea Grant programs, government entities, colleges and universities, ocean education associations and projects, state and federal nature reserves, and research groups.
We’d love for you to join us!
If your institution is interested in becoming a member of NEOSEC, please contact Aimee Bonanno.
Members: A-F | G-L | M-Q | R-Z
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
Website: http://www.atlanticwhiteshark.org/
Address: 235 Orleans Road, Chatham, MA 02650
Contact: Marianne Long — E-mail: marianne@atlanticwhiteshark.org — Phone: 781-413-5494
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Website: http://www.bigelow.org/
Address: PO Box 380, East Boothbay, ME 04554
Contact: Nicole Poulton — E-mail: npoulton@bigelow.org — Phone: 202-315-2567
Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation
Website: http://www.blueoceansociety.org/
Address: 143 Pleasant St, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Contact: Jen Kennedy — E-mail: jen@blueoceansociety.org — Phone: 603-431-0260
Buttonwood Park Zoo
Website: http://www.bpzoo.org/
Address: 425 Hawthorn St, New Bedford, MA 02719
Contact: Jen Collier– E-mail: jcollier@newbedford-ma.gov — Phone: 508-991-6178 x 22
Center for Coastal Studies
Website: http://www.coastalstudies.org/
Address: 5 Holway Ave, Provincetown, MA 02657
Contact: Jesse Mechling — Email: jmechling@coastalstudies.org — Phone: 508-487-3623 x 103
Connecticut Sea Grant
Website: http://www.seagrant.uconn.edu/focus-areas/education/
Address: 1080 Shennecossett Road, Groton, CT 06340-6048
Contact: Diana L. Payne, Ph.D. — Email: diana.payne@uconn.edu — Phone: 860-405-9248
Courageous Sailing
Website: http://www.courageoussailing.org
Address: 1 First Ave, Boston, MA 02129
Contact: Jenn Bodde, Education Director — Email: jen@courageoussailing.org — Phone: 617-242-3821
Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education
Website: http://www.downeastinstitute.org/
Address: PO Box 83, 39 Wildflower Lane, Black Duck Cove Road, Beals, ME 04606
Contact: Colleen Haskell — Email: chaskell@downeastinstitute.org — Phone: 207-497-5769
Educational Passages
Website: http://www.educationalpassages.org
Address: PO Box 465, Kennebunk, ME 04043
Contact: Cassie Stymiest — Email: cassie@educationalpassages.com — Phone: 603-667-3306
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Website: http://www.greatbay.org/
Address: 89 Depot Rd., Greenland, NH 03840
Contact Name: Kelle Loughlin — E-mail: Kelle.Loughlin@wildlife.nh.gov — Phone: 603-778-0015
Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation
Website: http://www.gomlf.org/
Address: 5 High Street, Kennebunk, ME 04043
Contact: Erin Pelletier — Email: erin@gomlf.org
Gulf of Maine Marine Education Association
Website: http://www.gommea.org/
Address: PO Box 820, Bath, ME 04530
Contact: Deb Debiegun — Email: deb.debiegun@gmail.com — Phone: 603-303-0690
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Website: http://www.gmri.org
Address: 350 Commercial St, Portland, ME 04090
Contact: Meredyth Sullivan — Email: msullivan@gmri.org — Phone: 207-228-1648
Gundalow Company
Website: http://gundalow.org/
Address: 60 Marcy Street, Portsmouth NH 03801
Contact: Gretchen Carlson — E-mail: education@gundalow.org — Phone: 603-433-9505
Herring Gut Learning Center
Website: http://www.herringgut.org
Address: 59 Factory Rd, Port Clyde, ME 04855
Contact: Katie May Laumann — E-mail: klaumann@herringgut.org — Phone: 207-372-8677
Hurricane Island Foundation’s Center for Science and Leadership
Website: http://www.hurricaneisland.net
Address: PO Box 1280, Rockland, ME 04841
Contact: Jen Page — E-mail: jenn@hurricaneisland.net — Phone: 207-992-6362
Island Institute
Website: http://www.islandinstitute.org
Address: 386 Main Street, Rockland, ME 04841
Contact: Rebecca Clark-Uchenna — E-mail: rclark@islandinstitute.org — Phone: 207-594-9209
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries
Website: www.coastalfisheries.org
Address: PO Box 27 Stonington, ME 04681
Contact: Paul Anderson — Email: panderson@coastalfisheries.org — Phone: 207-367-2708
Maine Coastal Program
Website: http://www.maine.gov/dacf/mcp/
Address: Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, 93 State House Station, 17 Elkins Lane Augusta ME 04333
Contact: Theresa Torrent — Email: theresa.torrent@maine.gov — Phone: 207-287-2351
Marine Biological Laboratory
Website: http://www.mbl.edu/
Address: 7 MBL St, Woods Hole, MA 02453
Contact: Rae Nishi — Email: rnishi@mbl.edu — Phone: 508-289-7632
Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk
Website: http://www.maritimeaquarium.org/
Address: 10 North Water St, Norwalk, CT 06854
Contact: Nicki Rosenfeld — Email: nrosenfeld@maritimeaquarium.org — Phone: 203-852-0700 x 2244
Maritime Gloucester
Website: http://www.maritimegloucester.org/
Address: 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA 01930
Contact: Amanda Madeira — Email: amadeira@maritimegloucester.org — Phone: 978-281-0470
Mass Audubon Joppa Flats Education Center
Website: http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/wildlife-sanctuaries/joppa-flats
Address: PO Box 1558, 1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA 01950
Contact: Lisa Hutchings — Email: lhutchings@massaudubon.org — Phone: 978-462-9998 x 6804
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife
Website: http://www.mass.gov/masswildlife
Address: 1 Rabbit Hill Road, Westborough, MA 01581
Contact: Elaine Brewer — Email: elaine.brewer@state.ma.us — Phone: 508- 389-6344
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
Website: https://www.mass.gov/orgs/division-of-marine-fisheries
Address: 30 Emerson Ave, Gloucester, MA 02114
Contact: Christine Cassidy — Email: christine.cassidy@state.ma.us — Phone: 978-282-0308 x118
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sea Grant
Website: http://www.seagrant.mit.edu/
Address: 12 Emily St, Cambridge, MA 02139
Contact: Julie Simpson — Email: juliesimpsonmit@gmail.com — Phone: 203-852-0700 x 2353
Massachusetts Marine Educators
Website: http://www.ma-marine-ed.org/
Address: c/o Rob Rocha , New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18n Johnny Cake Hill , New Bedford, MA 02740
Contact: Linda McIntosh — Email: lmcintosh@wadeinstitutema.org — Phone: 781-962-6064
MassBays National Estuary Program
Website: http://www.massbays.org
Address: 251 Causeway Street, Suite 800, Boston, MA 02114
Contact: Pam DiBona — Email: pamela.dibona@state.ma.us — Phone: 617-626-1204
Merrohawke
Website: http://www.merrohawke.org
Address: PO Box 235, 54R Merrimac St. Newburyport, MA 01950
Contact: Kate Yeomans — Email: kate@merrohawke.org — Phone: 978-463-2233
Mystic Aquarium
Website: http://www.mysticaquarium.org
Address: Mystic Aquarium, 55 Coogan Blvd. Mystic, CT 06355
Contact: Amy Gollenberg — Email: agollenberg@mysticaquarium.org — Phone: 860-572-5955 x 159
Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Website: http://www.nbnerr.org/
Address: PO Box 151, 55 South Reserve Drive, Prudence Island, RI 02872
Contact: Maureeen Dewire — Email: maureen@nbnerr.org — Phone: 401-683-1478
National Marine Life Center
Website: http://www.nmlc.org
Address: 120 Main Street, PO Box 269, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532
Contact: Kathy Zagzebski — Email: kzagzebski@nmlc.org — Phone: 508-743-9888
New England Aquarium
Website: http://www.neaq.org
Address: Central Wharf, Boston MA 02110
Contact: Heather Deschenes — Email: hdeschenes@neaq.org — Phone: 617-973-0253
New England Science & Sailing
Website: http://www.nessf.org/
Address: 70/72 Water Street, Stonington, CT 06378
Contact: Megan Strand — Email: mstrand@nessf.org — Phone: 860-535-9362
North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA)
Website: http://www.namepa.net
Address: 21 Davis Hill Road, Weston, CT 06883
Contact: — Email: — Phone:
Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS)
Website: http://www.neracoos.org
Address: 195 NH Avenue, Suite 240, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Contact: Jackie Motyka — Email: Jackie@neracoos.org — Phone: 603-570-3026
Northeastern University Marine Science Center
Website: http://www.northeastern.edu/marinescience
Address: 430 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA 01908
Contact: Valerie Perini — Email: v.perini@northeastern.edu — Phone: 781-581-7370 x 373
Oceanic Research Group
Website: http://www.oceanicresearch.org/
Address: 59 Old Andover Road, North Reading, MA 01864
Contact: Christine Bird — Email: cbird@oceanicresearch.org — Phone: 978-664-9091
Ocean Learning Lab and Immersive Experiences (OLLIE)
Website: http://www.oceanlab.org/
Address: 275 Summer St, Manchester, MA 01944
Contact: Patrick Flanagan — Email: patrick@oceanlab.org — Phone: 978-381-3328
ODYSEA
Website: https://www.odyseallc.com/
Address: 160 Mill Road, Edgecomb, ME 04556
Contact: Carla Lauter — Email: carlajean@gmail.com — Phone: 603-828-7908
Project Oceanology
Website: https://www.oceanology.org/
Address: 1084 Shennecossett Rd #1, Groton, CT 06340
Contact: Molly Jacobs — Email: mjacobs@oceanology.org — Phone: 860-445-9007
Rozalia Project
Website: http://www.rozaliaproject.org
Address: PO Box 75, Granville, VT 05747
Contact: Ashley Sullivan — Email: ashley@rozaliaproject.org — Phone: 786-213-1685
Salem Sound Coastwatch
Website: http://www.salemsound.org
Address: 12 Federal Street, Salem, MA 01970
Contact: Emily Flaherty — Email: emilyflaherty@salemsound.org — Phone: 978-741-7900
Sea Education Association
Website: http://www.sea.edu
Address: P.O. Box 6, Woods Hole, MA 02543
Contact: Paul Joyce — Email: pjoyce@sea.edu — Phone: 508-444-1907
Seacoast Science Center
Website: http://www.seacoastsciencecenter.org/
Address: 570 Ocean Blvd, Rye, NH 03870
Contact: Kate Leavitt — Email: k.leavitt@sscnh.org — Phone: 603-988-8921
Seaside Sustainability, Inc.
Website: http://www.seasidesustainability.org
Address: PO Box 131, Gloucester, MA 01931
Contact: Eric Magers — Email: magerse@seasidesustainability.org — Phone: 978-381-3302
Shoals Marine Laboratory
Website: http://www.shoalsmarinelaboratory.org
Address: University of New Hampshire, Morse Hall, Suite 113, 8 College Road, Durham, NH 03824
Contact: — Email: — Phone:
Southeastern New England Marine Educators
Website: http://www.seneme.org/
Address: C/O Megan Strand New England Science & Sailing, PO Box 733, Stonington, CT 06378
Contact: Megan Strand — Email: mstrand@nessf.org — Phone: 860-535-9362
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Website: http://www.stellwagen.noaa.gov/
Address: 175 Edward Foster Road, Scituate, MA 02066
Contact: Anne Smrcina — Email: anne.smrcina@noaa.gov — Phone: 781-546-6007
Suffolk University
Website: http://www.suffolk.edu/
Address: Biology Department, 20 Somerset St, Boston MA 02108-5302
Contact: Peter Burn – Email: pburn@suffolk.edu – Phone: 617-573-8246
The Trustees
Website: https://www.thetrustees.org
Address: 400 High Street, Boston, MA 02110 Contact: Carole McCauley — Email: cmccauley@thetrustees.org — Phone: 978-356-4351
UConn Department of Marine Sciences
Website: https://www.marinesciences.uconn.edu
Address: 1080 Shennecossett Road, Groton, CT 06340 Contact: Ivar Babb — Email: babb@uconn.edu — Phone: 860-405-9121
University of Massachusetts Boston
Website: http://www.umb.edu/environment
Address: School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125-3393
Contact: Bob Chen — Email: bob.chen@umb.edu — Phone: 617-287-7491
New Hampshire Sea Grant
Website: http://www.seagrant.unh.edu
Address: c/o Mark Wiley, 122 Mast R, Lee, NH 03861
Contact: Mark Wiley — Email: mark.wiley@unh.edu — Phone: 603-862-6702
University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Inner Space Center
Website: http://www.innerspacecenter.org/
Address: GSO Box 58, 216 South Ferry Rd., Narragansett, RI 02882
Contact: Holly Morin — Email: holly_morin@mail.uri.edu — Phone: 401-874-6414
University of Rhode Island W. Alton Jones Camp
Website: https://web.uri.edu/alton-jones-camp/
Address: W. Alton Jones Campus, 401 Victory Highway, West Greenwich, RI 02817
Contact: John Jacques — Email: jjacques@uri.edu — Phone: 401-874-8145
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Website: http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org/
Address: PO Box 3092, 131 Waquoit Highway, Waquoit, MA 02536
Contact: Joan Muller — Email: joan.muller@state.ma.us — Phone: 508-457-0495 x 107
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
Website: http://www.wellsreserve.org
Address: 342 Laudholm Farm Rd, Wells, ME 04090
Contact: Suzanne Kahn — Email: suzanne@wellsnerr.org — Phone: 207-646-1555 x116
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Website: http://www.whoi.edu/
Address: 86 Water St, Woods Hole, MA 02543
Contact: Kama Thieler — Email: kthieler@whoi.edu — Phone: 508-289-3478
Woods Hole Science and Technology Education Partnership
Website: http://www.whoi.edu/whstep/
Address: PO Box 487, Woods Hole, MA 02543
Contact: Robert Heller — Email: rheller@falmouth.k12.ma.us — Phone: 508-420-2463
Woods Hole Sea Grant
Website: http://seagrant.whoi.edu/
Address: 266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543
Contact: Grace Simpkins — Email: gsimpkins@whoi.edu — Phone: 508-289-3639
Zephyr Education Foundation
Website: http://www.zephyrmarine.org
Address: 54 Widgeon Road, Falmouth, MA 02540
Contact: Rob Reynolds — Email: rreynolds@zephyrmarine.org — Phone: 508-566-7790