NMFS Openscapes Mentor Community
The NMFS Openscapes Mentor program supports local Open Science leaders with the NOAA Fisheries offices (science centers, regional offices and headquarters). The mentor program provides leadership and coaching training to help the mentors become better local leaders and to support their Open Science goals for the coming year. In addition, the program helps mentors network across NOAA Fisheries with others with similar goals and with the Openscapes at other federal agencies. The program helps mentors carve out time to make steady progress on their goals and to support their learning journey. Openscapes organizes bi-weekly co-working sessions for the mentor group, so that they have decicated times each month set aside to work on their goals together. The mentors are also local representatives for NOAA Fisheries Open Science, including Open Data, Open Source and Open Collaboration. The mentors help design and promote the Openscapes fall Champions cohorts, spearhead communication with with their local leadership, act as a point-person for interested local staff, help identify local needs, and help communicate, or potentially organize, teaching resources for their local staff. The mentor group is modeled after the NASA Openscapes Framework approach.
Participation is year-long and includes a cycle of Openscapes activities. Jan-May is focused on the mentors: they define their yearly goals and activites, working on coaching skills, and engage in active work on actualizing their goals. During this time, they will have opportunities to engage with the wider Open Science and Openscapes community in a variety of ways depending on their interests. During spring, they will have joint activities with the Pathways to Open Science program for marine scientists at historically black colleges and universities. During July 2025, they will have an in-person and hybrid retreat in conjuction with the ESIPfeds meeting, an organization for earth science data professionals targeting especially the federal agencies. Moving into early fall, the mentors will help plan the fall Champions cohorts (120 staff across the agency) which are Oct-Dec. During late fall, the mentors do not meet as a group. Those who want to participate in the Champions cohorts will do so while others will work on their goals independently.
Activities
See our current and previous activities!
Co-leads:
- Julie Lowndes and Stefanie Butland (Openscapes)
- Eli Holmes (NMFS Open Science)
Mentors
FY25 Mentors
List coming soon!
FY24 Mentors
AFSC
Anna Abelman
Jennifer Bigman
Millie Brower
Brian Fadely
Craig Faunce
Shannon Hennessey
Kristin Holsman
Stacie Koslovsky
Josh London
Em Markowitz
Tony Orr
Jonathan Richar
Erin Richmond
Megsie Siple
Rod Towell
Ben Williams
Nancy Young
AKRO
Craig Millard
NEFSC
Laura Gruenburg
Andrew Jones
Julie Rose
NWFSC
Monica Diaz
Eli Holmes
Hem Nalini Mozaria-Luna
Erin Steiner
Nick Tolimieri
Eric Ward
Greg Williams
OST
Kathryn Doering
Elizabeth Perl
Christine Stawitz
PIFSC
Yvonne Barkley
Amanda Bradford
Jon Brodziak
Devin Johnson
Lori Luers
Michael Marsik
Meg Oshima
Eva Schemmel
Juliette Verstaen
Phoebe Woodworth-Jefcoats
SEFSC
Matt Grossi
Adyan Rios
Molly Stevens
Ana Vaz
Lee Weinberger
SWFSC
Lynn deWitt
Carissa Gervasi
Dale Robinson
Kevin Stierhoff
SWFSC/PIFSC
Sunny Hospital
FY23 Mentors
AFSC
Josh London
Em Markowitz
Megsie Siple
AKRO
Craig Millard
NEFSC
Andrew Jones
Scott Large
NWFSC
Eli Holmes
Erin Steiner
Eric Ward
OST
Kathryn Doering
Elizabeth Perl
Christine Stawitz
PIFSC
Amanda Bradford
Juliette Verstaen
SEFSC
Adyan Rios
Molly Stevens
SWFSC
Kevin Stierhoff