PROJECTS
Founder and CEO of Ocean Collectiv, consulting firm for conservation solutions
Founder of Urban Ocean Lab, think tank for coastal cities
Cultivating community around climate solutions with Project Drawdown, 2019
Science & Society event series with Pioneer Works (curator and host), 2018-2019
NYU seminar course on Urban Ocean Conservation (adjunct professor), 2016-2019
Global strategy for TBA21-Academy on ocean art and policy (project lead), 2018-2019
Grants program for Bezos Family Foundation’s Ocean Challenge (project lead), 2018-2019
World Ocean Week at The Explorer's Club (curator, moderator), 2018 & 2019
Lonely Whale's Tick Tock campaign (researcher, writer, advisor), 2018
Could underwater farms help fight climate change?, TEDEd animation (writer, producer), 2019
Will the ocean ever run out of fish?, TEDEd animation (writer, producer), 2017
Analysis of waste in the seafood supply chain for WWF (project lead), 2018
March for Science (leadership team, co-director of partnerships), 2017
XPRIZE Big Ocean Button Challenge (competition designer), 2017
Waitt Institute’s Blue Halo Initiative (executive director, initiative co-founder), 2013-2016
U.S. National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan (NOAA executive secretary, drafter), 2011
Fish traps with escape gaps to reduce fishing bycatch (inventor, researcher), 2008
Fish, Fishing, Diving, and the Management of Coral Reefs (Ph.D. dissertation), 2005-2011
For more see www.OceanCollectiv.co and www.UrbanOceanLab.org.