Office of the Director, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory

Upcoming Meeting: Executive Session, March 3-4, 2020, Corvallis, OR

Announcement Letter

Federal Register Announcement: TBD

Executive Session CERB Draft Agenda

Past CERB Proceedings:

Executive Session Minutes: March 2018- Duck, NC

CERB Overview

The Coastal Engineering Research Board is a seven-member advisory board to the Chief of Engineers and was established by Public Law in 1963. It was originally the Beach Erosion Board established in 1930.

The CERB provides broad policy guidance and review of plans and fund requirements for the conduct of research and development of research projects in consonance with the needs of the coastal engineering field and the objectives of the Chief of Engineers.

The Board meets semi-annually around the U.S. coastline and the Great Lakes on a rotating basis.

MEMBERSHIP

The President of the Board is the military position of Director of Civil Works.
The other three military members are senior officers that are division engineers of coastal divisions and usually serve until their tenure is completed at a division.
The three civilian members are outstanding in the broad field of coastal engineering and serve two-year terms not to exceed four years.
The Commander and Deputy Director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center act as the Executive Secretary of the CERB and are responsible for all administrative functions of the Board.

MILITARY

President Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations Maj. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon 441 G Street, NW Washington, DC  20314-1000

Commander U.S. Army Engineer Division, North Atlantic Maj. Gen. Jeffrey L. Milhorn Fort Hamilton Military Community 301 General Lee Avenue Brooklyn, NY  11252-6700

Commander Maj. Gen. Diana M. Holland U.S. Army Engineer Division, South Atlantic 60 Forsyth Street, SW, Room 9M15 Atlanta, GA 30303-8801

Commander U.S. Army Engineer Division, South Pacific BG. Kimberly M. Colloton 1455 Market Street San Francisco, CA  94103-1398

DESIGNATED FEDERAL OFFICER Dr. Julie Dean Rosati U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory 3909 Halls Ferry Road Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199 Phone (202) 761-1850

CIVILIAN

Dr. Nicole Elko Elko Coastal Consulting, Inc. 403 E Huron Ave, Folly Beach, SC 29439 843-371-7082

Falk Feddersen, Ph.D. Professor Scripps Institution of Oceanography 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0209 La Jolla, CA  92093-0209 (858)-534-4345

Dr. Robert Holman Professor Oregon State University 104 Ocean Admin Bldg. Corvallis, OR 97331 541-737-2914