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Mid-Atlantic Region

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Delaware Sea Grant
Ron Ohrel
Director of Marine Public Education
Ron Ohrel is director of marine public education with the Delaware Sea Grant College Program and University of Delaware College of Marine and Earth Studies.He joined Sea Grant in January 2007 after serving as a senior outreach specialist with Tetra Tech, Inc., in Fairfax, Va. Prior to Tetra Tech, he had been a species conservation specialist with the National Wildlife Federation, an outreach coordinator with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and a project coordinator for The Ocean Conservancy. Ohrel received a bachelor's degree in marine science from the University of South Carolina-Coastal Carolina College and a master's degree in environmental management from Duke University.

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Maryland Sea Grant
Jack Greer
Assistant Director for Communications
Jack joined Maryland Sea Grant (MSG) in 1979 and became communications leader in 1984. He holds degrees in English literature from the University of Virginia (B.A), the University of Richmond (B.A.) and the University of Maryland, College Park (Ph.D.). He has taught on the college and university levels and is the author of more than 200 articles about marine science and affairs (primarily about the Chesapeake Bay). His professional interest centers on the interpretation of marine science and affairs; social and ethical dimensions of environmental issues; and writing, editing, and publishing. Jack co-edits the MSG’s Chesapeake Perspectives series and co-edits the magazine, Chesapeake Quarterly. He has received three special recognitions from the Governor of Maryland for his writing and his environmental policy work and has won two awards from the Maryland State Arts Council. Jack served as the director of the University of Maryland Coastal and Environmental Policy Program (1991-1994) and of the University’s Environmental Finance Center (1992-2004). In his free time he loves writing fiction and poetry, nature and nature writing, playing the drums, and sailing. During a year off, he and his wife sailed their 31-foot sloop from the Chesapeake Bay to the Dominican Republic and back. He has one son, who lives in San Francisco.

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North Carolina Sea Grant
Katie Mosher
Assistant Director for Communications
Katie Mosher took the helm of the North Carolina Sea Grant communications team in 1998. A member of the NCSG management team, she is the program’s assistant director for communications. An Ohio native, she has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Kent State University in Ohio and a master’s degree in liberal studies from North Carolina State University. She started her career as a librarian at the local paper when she was in high school, and went on to be a newspaper reporter and editor in three states, a television news assignment manager, and editorial director for an online legislative news service. At NCSG, she is managing editor of the award-winning Coastwatch magazine, and supervises the communications team’s collaboration with researchers and extension specialists to develop a variety of print and electronic products. She is a past chair of the National Sea Grant Communications Network, and serves as a communications mentor for the Sea Partnership Program in Indonesia. Currently, she is leading a national project to develop aquatic invasive species educational programs for the more than 200 institutions that are members of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. A founding member of the NOAA in the Carolinas steering committee, she also has served on various state committees, including planning for the North Carolina Oyster Summit. She loves to travel – be it exploring new countries or returning to favorite spots on the North Carolina coast with her husband and two dogs.

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New Jersey Sea Grant
Kim Kosko
Director of Communications
Kim joined New Jersey Sea Grant (NJSG) as Communications Coordinator in 1985. She has a dual B.A. in broadcasting and communications from Montclair State University in New Jersey. Her professional background includes print, radio and TV production, news writing and reporting, and public relations. Kim is editor of the award-winning Jersey Shoreline magazine, and her current activities center on feature writing, marketing and promotion, and project development. Her most noteworthy efforts include being a part of the radio campaign, Earth Guide-88 Tips for Clean Water, with New York and Connecticut Sea Grant programs and WCBS Radio. The program was heard by millions of listeners. Another top accomplishment was her work helping to create and produce the regional series of Guides to Coastal Ecotourism in New Jersey, one of the most popular publication projects in NJSG's history. The award-winning guides represented a massive interactive approach, creatively and financially, among county, state, and federal staff and representatives from the private sector. The guides provided the foundation for a Guide to Ecotourism, later published by the NJ Department of Travel and Tourism. Kim is a strong advocate of Sea Grant's potential to both educate and motivate people toward responsible environmental stewardship, and believes the collective creativity, energy, and skills of Sea Grant communicators play a critical role in achieving those goals. Kim likes to spend her personal time reading, hiking, making soup, tracking and competing in agility with her dog, Autumn. Kim also is a certified evaluator for Therapy Dogs International, Inc. and certifies and trains handler/dog teams for therapy and animal assistance work, something she plans to do full-time when she retires.

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Virginia Sea Grant
Angela Correa
Communicator
Angela joined Virginia Sea Grant (VSG) as a communicator in 1998. She received a B.A. in English Language and Literature from the University of Virginia (UVa) in 1994. Before joining VSG, she worked in public relations and publishing for firms involved in health care and civil engineering. Since 1998, she has developed the peer-reviewed journal International Journal of Recirculating Aquaculture, and maintained communications activities for the Virginia Tech office of Virginia Sea Grant. In addition to her Sea Grant communications duties, she serves Virginia Tech as a member of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Communications Group and supports a variety of Virginia Cooperative Extension projects. Angela's professional interests include special events planning, exhibits and displays, and electronic communications. Her personal interests include exploring old homesteads, hiking, small-scale farming, language, and travel.