DMF Staff Directory

The staff listed below can help with recreational or commercial permits, trip-level reporting, data requests, outreach needs, or inquiries about the species we manage. For general inquiries please call our main number, 617-626-1520.

Fisheries Management and Policy

Name	Title	Phone
Daniel McKiernan	Director	[phone]
Kevin Creighton	Chief Fiscal Officer	[phone]
Sarah I. Ferrara	Administration & Operations Manager	[phone]
Melanie Griffin	Fishery Policy Analyst	[phone]
Nichola Meserve	Fishery Policy Analyst	(978)-290-1672
Bradlie Morgan	Communications and Policy Administration Specialist	[phone]
Brad Schondelmeier	Offshore Wind and Fishery Specialist	[phone]
Jared Silva	Fishery Policy Analyst	[phone]
Kelly Whitmore	Fishery Policy Analyst	[phone]

Permits, Reporting, and Statistics

Name	Title	Phone
Story Reed	Deputy Director	[phone]
Anna Webb	Statistics Project Leader	[phone]
Kerry Allard	Permitting Coordinator - Transfers & Trap Tags	[phone]
Lynne Besse	Permitting Clerk	[phone]
Nick Buchan	Harvester Reporting Coordinator	[phone]
George Davis	Permitting Clerk	[phone]
Matthew Duggan	Permit Specialist	[phone]
Erich Druskat	Fisheries Data Analyst	[phone]
Mary Ann Fletcher	Fisheries Data Entry	[phone]
Kiera Lawlor	VMS Tracking Coordinator	[phone]
Cara Litos	Spatial Analyst	[phone]
Kim Lundy	Dealer Reporting Coordinator	[phone]
Scott Schaffer	Fisheries Data Analyst	[phone]

Shellfish

Name	Title	Phone
Chrissy Petitpas, PhD	Shellfish Program Leader	[phone]
Alex Boeri	Aquaculture Project Leader	[phone]
Matt Camisa	Regional Shellfish Supervisor – New Bedford	[phone]
Wayne Castonguay	Regional Shellfish Supervisor- Gloucester	[phone]
Jacob Madden	Lab Supervisor - Gloucester	[phone]
Brianne Shanks	Lab Supervisor – New Bedford	[phone]

View shellfish area biologists, lab personnel, and specialists

Fisheries Biology, Recreational Fishing, Survey and Assessment

Name	Title	Phone
Bob Glenn	Deputy Director	[phone]
Matt Ayer	North Shore Recreational Fisheries	[phone]
Stephanie Berkman	Diadromous Fisheries Biologist	[phone]
John Boardman	South Shore Recreational Fisheries	[phone]
Ashley Peach Bueche	Dive Safety Officer	[phone]
Brad Chase	Diadromous Fisheries Project Leader	[phone]
Micah Dean, PhD	Senior Marine Fisheries Biologist	[phone]
Bart DiFiore, PhD	Aquatic Biologist
Tara Dolan, PhD	Stock Assessment Specialist	[phone]
Jacob Dorothy	Invertebrate Fisheries Biologist	[phone]
Scott Elzey	Age & Growth Lab Supervisor	[phone]
Ben Gahagan	Recreational Fisheries Program Manager	[phone]
Michele Heller	Fisheries Research & Monitoring Biologist	[phone]
Bill Hoffman	Fisheries Research and Monitoring Project Leader	[phone]
Joe Holbeche	Diadromous Fisheries Biologist	[phone]
Elise Koob	Stock Assessment Specialist	[phone]
Dave Martins	MRIP Coordinator	[phone]
Neil McCoy	Information and Education Coordinator	[phone]
Gary Nelson, PhD	Fish Biology Program Manager	[phone]
Derek Perry	Senior Biologist, Horseshoe Crab and Crab Specialist	[phone]
Tracy Pugh, PhD	Invertebrate Fisheries Program Manager	[phone]
Greg Skomal, PhD	Large Pelagics and Diadromous Fisheries Program Manager	[phone]
Jillian Swinford	Invertebrate Fisheries Biologist	[phone]
Kristen Thiebault	MRIP For-hire Coordinator	[phone]
Laura Tomlinson	Invertebrate Fisheries Biologist and Horseshoe Crab Spawning Survey Coordinator	[phone]
Steve Wilcox	Resource Assessment Project Leader	[phone]

Protected Species

Name	Title	Phone
Erin Burke	Protected Species Program Manager	[phone]
David Chosid	Protected Species Gear Specialist	[phone]
Leah Crowe, PhD	Protected Species Science and Monitoring Lead	[phone]
Emma Fowler	Protected Species Specialist	[phone]
Cara Rankin	Protected Species Acoustician	[phone]
Brendan Reilly	Protected Species Gear Specialist	[phone]

Habitat Program

Name	Title	Phone
Mark Rousseau	Program Manager	[phone]
Amanda Davis	Environmental Review - Bourne and South	[phone]
Kate Frew	Environmental Review - North of Bourne	[phone]
John Logan, PhD	Environmental Review - Bourne and South	[phone]
Forest Schenck, PhD	Environmental Review - North of Bourne	[phone]
Iris Seto	Environmental Review – North of Bourne	[phone]
Sean Terrill	Shellfish Habitat Restoration Specialist	[phone]
Steven Voss	Surveying and Seafloor Mapping	[phone]

Boating and Access Programs

Name	Title	Phone
Cecil French	CVA and BIG Grant Program Coordinator	[phone]
Ross Kessler	Public Access Coordinator	[phone]

Outreach

Name	Title	Phone
Kim Fine	SADCT and Recreational Fishing Clinics	[phone]
Wendy Mainardi	Seafood Marketing	[phone]