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A few outstanding staff members have retired from GARFO over the last two years. Since we haven’t been able to give them a proper send-off, we want to recognize them and wish them well in the next stage of their life!
 Greg Power in Arcadia.
Although several amazing staff have retired since the start of 2020, we want to highlight Greg Power, Port Programs Supervisor at the Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO), who is retiring from public service on December 31, 2021. He has enjoyed a 45-year distinguished career in public service in a variety of roles—from being a sea sampler and observer to a Port Agent helping start the mandatory vessel and dealer reporting program.
Greg started with NOAA Fisheries in 1977, hired as a Northeastern University cooperative student working on for-hire catch surveys in Sandy Hook, New Jersey. From there, he worked as a Port Agent, shuffling up and down the east coast from Portland, Maine to New Bedford, Massachusetts. Then in 1987, he worked at the Woods Hole facility, helping to create the sea sampling and domestic observer program. In 1995, he shifted over to the office in Gloucester, where he’s been working for the past 26 years.
In addition to Greg, several other long-standing GARFO staff retired in 2020 and 2021. Joining him in retirement are:
- Susan Olsen - Grants Program Supervisor (October 2020)
- Mark Minton - Fisheries Information Specialist (October 2020)
- Carolyn Privitera - Secretary, Protected Species Division (March 2021)
- Ken Ortiz - Software Development Manager (July 2021)
- Laura Piscitello - Financial Management Specialist (April 2021)
- Peter Kelliher - Marine Mammal Vessel Strike and Monitoring Coordinator (December 2021)
Read more on our website.
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