Members of the Sea Grant Extension fisheries team meet with their peers from across the West.
Working from coastal counties, the OSU campus
and the Portland metro area, Extension faculty and staff address
the outreach needs of the state and region.
Contact us
For questions about
- OSU Extension Service, contact Dean and Director Dr. Scott Reed
- The Sea Grant Extension program, contact Jay Rasmussen
- Sea Grant Extension in coastal counties, contact the appropriate County Extension Office
- Find Sea Grant Extension faculty and staff
More about who we are and what we do
Jay Rasmussen
Associate Director and
Extension program leader
Contact information
Jay Rasmussen leads a team of 20 Extension faculty and numerous support staff in addressing critical marine and coastal issues through proven outreach methods. An historian by education, with a Master's from the University of Utah, he served for 17 years as executive director of the Oregon Coastal Zone Management Association before joining Sea Grant in 1996. He is a past chair of the National Sea Grant executive committee and the Assembly of Extension Sea Grant Program Leaders.
Current projects include: member, Oregon Water Resources Commission,
Peggy Harris
Sea Grant Extension program associate
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A 23-year veteran of Oregon State University service, Program Associate Peggy
Harris joined Oregon Sea Grant a little over 15 years
ago. With the help of an outstanding support staff, she keeps the
engines running for Sea Grant Extension, overseeing a fiscal, human
resource, and program accounting operations. Peggy works closely
with Extension faculty and leadership on program planning and implementation,
impact accountability, and program reporting, and takes a lead
role on a variety of special projects.
Program support
Julie Howard, program assistant (Newport)
Cathy McBride, program assistant (Corvallis)
Marge Stephens, accountant
Laura Dalton, accounting technician