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

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Name	Title	Phone
Daniel McKiernan	Director	[phone]
Kevin Creighton	Chief Fiscal Officer	[phone]
Melanie Griffin	Fishery Policy Analyst	[phone]
Nichola Meserve	Fishery Policy Analyst	(978)-619-0017
Jared Silva	Fishery Policy Analyst	[phone]
Kelly Whitmore	Fishery Policy Analyst	[phone]

Permits, Reporting, and Statistics

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Name	Title	Phone
Story Reed	Assistant 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]
Kim Lundy	Dealer Reporting Coordinator	[phone]
Scott Schaffer	Fisheries Data Analyst	[phone] x111

Shellfish

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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

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Name	Title	Phone
Michael Armstrong, PhD	Deputy Director	[phone]
Bob Glenn	Deputy Director	[phone]
Matt Ayer	North Shore Recreational Fisheries	[phone]
John Boardman	South Shore Recreational Fisheries	[phone]
Brad Chase	Diadromous Fisheries Project Leader	[phone]
Micah Dean, PhD	Senior Marine Fisheries Biologist	[phone]
Tara Dolan, PhD	Stock Assessment Specialist	[phone]
Scott Elzey	Age & Growth Lab Supervisor	[phone]
Ben Gahagan	Recreational Fisheries Program Manager	[phone]
Bill Hoffman	Fisheries Dependent Investigations Project Leader	[phone]
Dave Martins	MRIP Coordinator	[phone]
Neil McCoy	Information and Education Coordinator	[phone]
Gary Nelson, PhD	Fish Biology Program Manager	[phone]
Tracy Pugh, PhD	Invertebrate Fisheries Project Leader	[phone]
Brad Schondelmeier	Herring RSA and Bycatch Avoidance	[phone]
Greg Skomal, PhD	Large Pelagics and Diadromous Fisheries Program Manager	[phone]

Protected Species

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Name	Title	Phone
Erin Burke	Whales and Turtles	[phone]

Habitat Program

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

Boating and Access Programs

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Name	Title	Phone
Stephanie Cunningham	Federal Aid and Grants Coordinator	[phone]
Cecil French	CVA and BIG Grant Program Coordinator	[phone]
Ross Kessler	Public Access Coordinator	[phone]
Whitney Sargent	CVA Grant Program, Invoicing	[phone]

Outreach

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