Current NZMSS Council

2023 - 2024 Council Officers

Anna Madarasz-Smith – President 
Senior Scientist
Hawkes’ Bay Regional Council

 

Dr. Pete Wilson  – Vice President 
Coastal Scientist
SLR Consulting

Dr. Rob Major – Treasurer
Marine Ecologist
Cawthron Institute

Dr. Jen Hillman – Secretary
Restoration Ecologist
University of Auckland

Dr. Ulla von Ammon – Treasurer-in-Training
Postdoc, Marine Biosecurity
Cawthron Institute

Kathy Walls – Immediate Past President 
Senior Advisor
Ministry of Primary Industries

2023 - 2024 General Council

 

Dr. Hilke Giles
Coastal and Systems Scientist
Pisces Consulting

 

Dr. Sam Thomas – Website Coordinator
Coastal Scientist
Otago Regional Council

Associate Professor Armagan Sabetian
Fish Ecologist
Auckland University of Technology

Kristen Keane
Director, Environment Pacific

2023 - 2024 Student Representatives

Georgina Flowers – 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
Ph.D. Student, Marine Science
University of Waikato

Ian Dixon-Anderson
Ph.D. Student, Marine Science
University of Otago

Lizzie Harrison – Website Coordinator
Ph.D. Student, Marine Science
University of Waikato