Our Board of Trustees

Executive Committee

Curt Rice, Presiding Director & Clerk

Madeleine Hall-Arbor, Vice Presiding Director

Sarah Pickell, Treasurer

Bill Adler

Bill is the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association, serves as the Governor’s appointed Commissioner to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, a member of the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Commission and a commercial fisherman.

Niaz Dorry

A long time advocate for community and ecosystem based fisheries management, clean manufacturing and production processes, and environmental justice Niaz became NAMA's new coordinating director in March 2008. To read more about Niaz and her work, please visit Our Staff page.

Madeleine Hall-Arber

Madeleine is the presiding vice presiding director of NAMA's board.  She is with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sea Grant College Program’s marine anthropologist, and has over 25 years of experience working with fishermen in New England. Her research on the impacts of regulatory change on fishing communities has led to membership on diverse advisory boards where her efforts are directed towards the goal of helping fisheries managers identify ways to mitigate the impacts of their decisions. Her published work on New England fishing communities serves as the basis for describing the human environment for several regional fishery management plans. Hall-Arber also works closely with fishing industry representatives on collaborative research projects pertaining to fishing vessel safety, working waterfronts, oral histories, and the spatial documentation of fishing and marine habitat. Currently her focus is on the potential for ecosystem-based management to incorporate local ecological knowledge and emphasize the sustainability of both marine and human communities. She obtained her Bachelor’s and Masters degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and her Ph.D. from Brandeis University.

Ted Hoskins

Ted is Minister to Coastal Communities and Fisheries with the Maine Seacoast Mission and founding member of Penobscot East Resource Center, the Stonington Fisheries Alliance and Saltwater Network.

Sarah Pickell

Sarah is the treasure of NAMA's board.  She's the chief financial officer of and responsible for the fiscal management of the Healthy Building Network, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and The Development Group for Alternative Policies. She spent the previous 16 years with The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. Sarah has over 20 years of financial and administrative expertise.

Curt Rice

Captain Curt Rice is the presiding director of NAMA's board.  He was a commercial fisherman for 36 years. During that time he was licensed in Lobstering, Scalloping, Gillnetting, Sword Fishing, and Trawling. He retired from commercial fishing November 7, 2007. Curt served as a research coordinator and Captain of F/V Robert Michael during the Maine/New Hampshire Inshore Trawl Survey 2000-2007 and was selected to participate with the Northeast Consortium Collaborative Research Review Panel. Curt is a member of the New England Fisheries Management Council Research Steering Committee. In 2008, Curt was asked to join Maine Sea Grant Policy Advisory Committee of which he is an active participant.

Neil Savage

Neil is a member of the New Hampshire Marine Coalition and is Board President for the Aquaculture Education and Research Center. As an adjunct faculty member, he teaches environmental science at Southern NH University and advises a Girl Scout marine science interest group.