As the SASMI coordinator, Amanda Gobeli is responsible for providing technical and administrative support for the communication, implementation, strategic planning, and operation of SASMI activities, project objectives and meetings.

Michelle joined the University of Georgia in September 2021 as the Coastal Resilience Department of Defense liaison. She works throughout the Southeast to connect Sea Grant programs with military community coastal resilience projects through a partnership with SERPPAS (Southeast Regional Partnership for Planning and Sustainability) and the military's REPI (Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration) program. She is serving as the Chair of the SASMI Partnership Council in 2026.

Todd Miller is the founder and former executive director of the North Carolina Coastal Federation, a nonprofit with over 16,000 supporters working for a healthier North Carolina coast. Todd is also a founding board member of Restore America’s Estuaries and served for decades on the Leadership Committee for the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Partnership before stepping down as Executive Director of the North Carolina Coastal Federation in January 2024.  He now provides strategic advice and program assistance to the organization. Todd also served as the first chair of SASMI in 2024 and continues to serve on the Leadership Team.

Heather Nagy is the strategic initiatives manager for North Florida Land Trust, a nonprofit which seeks to conserve natural resources, historical places, and working lands in 7 Florida counties. She joined NFLT in 2020 and since that time has worked to protect Florida’s natural beauty and land assets through conservation and community planning. Heather serves dual roles for SASMI as both the Florida State Implementation Team Lead and the Incoming Chair of the Partnership Council. Her team of Florida partners is currently working to identify and prioritize specific long- and short-term projects that will advance salt marsh protection and restoration throughout Northeast Florida. Heather will serve as Chair of the SASMI Partnership Council in 2027.

Lora Clarke is a senior officer for Pew’s US Conservation Project where she supports Pew’s efforts to improve the adaptation and resilience of coastal ecosystems and human communities in the Southeast United States. In leading Pew’s work on the South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative, Clarke focuses on conserving 1 million acres of the important habitat stretching from North Carolina to east central Florida.  Based in Charleston, SC, Lora is one of the founding members of SASMI and has served on the Leadership Team since its inception. Previously, Clarke worked to advance sustainable fishing policies in the U.S. south Atlantic.

Cameron Jaggard is an officer for Pew’s US Conservation Project and works to protect biodiversity, advance habitat connectivity, and improve adaptation and resilience of ecosystems and human communities in the United States’ Southeast coastal states. He previously led Pew’s efforts to protect the Gulf of Mexico’s largest seagrass meadow and advance ecosystem-based fishery management in the Atlantic and Gulf coast states. Based in North Palm Beach, Florida, Cam has served on the Leadership Team since its inception.