Upcoming Meeting:
Executive Session, Board on Coastal Engineering Research, 28-29 March 2023
Hilton Garden Inn McCormick Place 123 E. Cermak Rd. Suite 300 Chicago, IL
BCER Memberships Current
BCER Registration Form Executive Session Chicago, IL
DRAFT Agenda Board on Coastal Engineering Research Chicago IL Mar 28-29 2023
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 the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, through the Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“the Chief of Engineers”), independent advice and recommendations to the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, which includes the Coastal Engineering Research Center, on coastal engineering research priorities and additional functions as assigned by the Chief of Engineers. The Board reports to the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army through the Chief of Engineers who may act upon the Board’s advice and recommendations.
The Board meets semi-annually around the U.S. Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific and the Great Lake coastlines on a rotating basis.
MEMBERSHIP
The Chair of the Board is the Corps’ Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations.
The other three military members are senior Corps commanders of coastal or Great Lakes Divisions and usually serve until their tenure is completed at a division.
The three civilian members are civilian engineers or scientists recommended by the Chief of Engineers for their expertise in the broad field of coastal engineering and science and serve from one to four years not to exceed two consecutive terms of service.
MILITARY
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 Major General
William H. “Butch” Graham
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations
BCER Chair
Washington, DC
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Colonel
John P. Lloyd
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
North Atlantic Division
Commander
Brooklyn, NY
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Brigadier General
Daniel H. Hibner
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
South Atlantic Division
Commander
Atlanta, GA
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 Brigadier General
Antoinette E. Gant
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
South Pacific Division
Commander
San Francisco, CA
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 DESIGNATED FEDERAL OFFICER
Dr. Julie Dean Rosati
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory
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CIVILIAN
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Nicole Elko, PhD
Science Director
American Shore and Beach Preservation
Association
Folly, SC
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Lewis “Ed” Link, PhD
Professor
University of Maryland
Dept. of Civil Engineering Research
College Park, MD
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 H. Tuba Ozkan-Haller, PhD
Interim Dean
Oregon State University
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
Corvallis, OR
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Executive Secretary: Ms. Tanita S. Warren, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory.
Past CERB Proceedings: 2012 89th CERB Memo Outcomes, 2012 Executive CERB Outcomes​, 2015 92nd CERB Memo Outcomes, 2018 95th CERB Memo Outcomes, 2018 Executive CERB Outcomes, 2019 96th CERB Memo Outcomes, 2020 Executive CERB Outcomes, 2020_10_05_DRAFT_97th_CERB_Memo