2024 - 2025 Council Officers
Dr. Pete Wilson – President
Coastal Scientist
SLR Consulting
Kristin Keane – Vice President
CEO and Managing Director
Environment Pacific
Dr. Rob Major – Treasurer
Marine Ecologist
The Nature Conservancy
Current NZMSS Council
Dr. Jen Hillman – Secretary
Restoration Ecologist
University of Auckland
Dr. Ulla von Ammon – Treasurer
Postdoc, Marine Biosecurity
Cawthron Institute
Anna Madarasz-Smith – Immediate Past President
Technical Director
PDP
2024 - 2025 General Council
Dr. Hilke Giles
Coastal and Systems Scientist
Pisces Consulting
Dr. Sam Thomas
Coastal Scientist
Otago Regional Council
Associate Professor Armagan Sabetian
Fish Ecologist
Auckland University of Technology
Kathy Walls
Senior Advisor
Ministry for Primary Industries
2024 - 2025 Student Representatives
Brooke Ellis-Smith – Membership Secretary
Ph.D. Student, Marine Ecologist
University of Waikato
Lolita Rynkowski – Social Media & Website Coordinator
Ph.D. Student, Environmental Science
University of Waikato
Claire Shellem – Website Coordinator
Ph.D. Student, Marine Science
University of Waikato
Ian Dixon-Anderson – Monthly update
Ph.D. Student, Marine Science
University of Otago
Lizzie Harrison – Website Coordinator
Ph.D. Student, Marine Science
University of Waikato
Brandy Biggar – Monthly update
Ph.D. Student, Marine Science
University of Auckland
Alexandre Che – Social media & Website Coordinator
Ph.D. Student, Marine Science
AUT | Cawthron Institute