Ed Bowlby
Co-Principal Investigator, Research Coordinator
NOAA, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Technical Specialty: Marine Biology
Role on cruise: One of three lead scientists; night operations science leader; photography

Mary Sue Brancato
Co-Principal Investigator
Resource Protection Coordinator
NOAA, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Technical Specialty: Benthic ecology; environmental toxicology
Role on cruise: One of three lead scientists; data management lead; invertebrate identification; monitoring video and annotating video logs; video data management; photography

Jeff Hyland
Co-Principal Investigator
Team Lead, Protected Areas and Resources Team
NOAA, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Technical Specialty: Benthic Ecology
Role on cruise: One of three lead scientists; day operations science leader

Peter Etnoyer
Research Associate
Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi
Technical Specialty: Coral Ecology
Role on cruise: Coral identification; monitoring video and annotating video logs; photography

Curt Whitmire
Information Technology Specialist
NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Technical Specialty: Spatial analysis of fish habitat and Geographic Information Systems
Role on cruise: fish identification; monitoring video and annotating video logs; video data management;

Robert Steelquist
Education and Outreach Coordinator
NOAA, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
Technical Specialty: Communications
Role on cruise: video monitoring, annotating video logs, video data management; photography, video, writing and editing.

Greg Hubner
Captain
NOAA Ship McArthur
Technical Specialty: Vessel Master
Role on cruise: command of ship and all ship operations

Keith Shepherd
General Manager
ROPOS
Technical Specialty: ROV operations
Role on cruise: chief ROV pilot, day-shift supervisor, navigator, and electronics technician

Keith Tamburri
Assistant Manager
ROPOS
Technical Specialty: ROV operations
Role on cruise: ROV pilot, night-shift supervisor, and electronics technician

Ian Murdock
ROPOS
Technical Specialty: Robotics and automation technology
Role on cruise: ROV pilot, navigator, mechanical technician

Vincent Auger
ROPOS
Technical Specialty: Information technology
Role on cruise: Navigation data management, ROV pilot

Reuben Mills ROPOS Technical Specialty: Mechanical Engineering Role on cruise: Mechanical technician, ROV pilot

Roger Adamson
ROPOS
Technical Specialty: Mechanical and Hydraulic Engineering
Role on cruise: Mechanical technician, ROV pilot

Steve Bucklew
ROPOS
Technical Specialty: ROV operations
Role on cruise: Mechanical technician, ROV pilot

Dean Steinke
ROPOS
Technical Specialty: Mechanical Engineering, Predictive Modeling
Information technology
Role on cruise: Navigation data management, ROV pilot