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Leadership Profiles
The staff members overseeing day-to-day operations and supporting the goals of the director and the institution.

Margaret Leinen
Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Vice Chancellor and Dean for Marine Sciences

CALLAGHAN, PATRICK
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Finance & Operations

RITZMAN, KATHLEEN
Assistant Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

APPELGATE, BRUCE
Associate Director, Ship Operations and Marine Technical Support (SOMTS)

CHARLES, CHRISTOPHER
Associate Dean of Marine Sciences

FRANKS, PETER
SIO Department Chair and Deputy Director for Education

GEE, JEFFREY
Program Director, Geosciences of Earth, Oceans, and Planets (GEO)

HECHINGER, RYAN
Program Director, Ocean Biosciences (OBP)

GILLE, SARAH
SIO Department Vice Chair

BARTLETT, DOUGLAS
Deputy Director for Research and Associate Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences

ALUWIHARE, LIHINI
Section Head, Earth

MATTHEW ALFORD
Section Head, Oceans and Atmosphere

JENSEN, PAUL
Section Head, Biology

HELLING, HARRY
Executive Director, Birch Aquarium at Scripps

Fricker, Helen
SIO Faculty Chair

HANSES, DAVID
Executive Director of Development

WOOD, LAUREN
Director of Strategic Communications

AUZENNE, KEIARA
Director of Diversity Initiatives