Monmouth University

October 12-13

2017

The Marine Science & Policy Series

Exploring the prospects and challengesfor emerging ocean industries to 2030

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About the Monmouth-Rockefeller University Partnership

In 2015, Monmouth University and The Rockefeller University entered into a five-year agreement to pursue a trio of collaborative activities supporting ocean research, education and marine policy. The partnership is the fruit of Monmouth University’s successful philanthropic Marine Science and Policy Initiative Challenge Grant campaign, in which several generous private and corporate donors matched a generous anchor gift from Joan and Robert Rechnitz. Collaboration between Monmouth University’s Urban Coast Institute (UCI) and The Rockefeller University’s Program for the Human Environment (PHE) offers an unprecedented opportunity for timely, flexible support of marine science and policy.

To help focus the initiative and amplify its impact, the PHE, led by Jesse Ausubel, and the UCI, led by Tony MacDonald, jointly plan and conduct scientific symposia of regional and national interest. The Mid-Atlantic BLUE Ocean Economy 2030 forum is the second of four annual conferences in the Marine Science & Policy Series, which will alternate between the campuses of Monmouth in West Long Branch, N.J., and Rockefeller in New York City. The Monmouth-Rockefeller partnership has extended to cutting-edge research projects on topics including ocean noise, emerging marine exploration technologies and the use of environmental DNA fragments, or eDNA, to detect the presence of aquatic species. The partnership will enable access to national and international experts, and engage in complementary programs that reflect the priorities and strengths of each institution.

The Marine Science & Policy Series

Toward the Blue Ocean Economy of 2030

Welcome to the Mid-Atlantic Blue Ocean Economy 2030 forum. Today we gather in historic Wilson Hall, built nearly a century ago as a private residence

for the president of the H.W. Woolworth Co. It was a time when Long Branch was considered one of the most opulent beach resorts in the world. But market forces beyond its control – the rise of the auto, real estate trends, even the invention of the air conditioner – took a toll on the city’s economy over the decades, before once again restoring its allure as a tourist destination.

While we can’t control the currents that move the Mid-Atlantic region’s economy, we can study their directions so we’re prepared to achieve the best possible outcomes. What changes in the ocean environment and trends in key marine industries such as transportation, energy, tourism and fisheries will most impact our region’s economy through 2030? What technologies and scientific advances are poised to be major drivers? And how can we better communicate the critical economic importance of investing in a healthy ocean to the public?

This forum has assembled an impressive group of leaders and experts representing a wide range of sectors to explore these questions. We hope the discussions that take place here over the next two days will help us look beyond the issues of the day and understand the issues we’ll face in 2030 and beyond.

As Shakespeare wrote, “There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. … And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”

Jesse AusubelDirector, Program for the Human Environment, The Rockefeller University

Vice Admiral Paul Gaffney, USN (Ret.)Monmouth University President Emeritus and Urban Coast Institute Ocean Policy Fellow

Tony MacDonaldDirector, Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute

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Thursday, October 12Wilson Hall | Wilson Auditorium

11:30 a.m. Registration / Informal Kickoff Buffet Luncheon 12:30 p.m. Welcome: Monmouth University President Grey Dimenna Meeting Charge: Tony MacDonald, Director, Urban Coast Institute

• Major developments in Mid-Atlantic• Goals for the meeting/Statement of the meeting• Set up meeting structure, expectations and subthemes• Introduce cohosts, subtheme leaders/others

12:45 p.m. What is the Blue Ocean Economy? Speakers: Mark Spalding, President, Ocean Foundation Dr. Charles Colgan, Middlebury Institute of International Studies

1:15 p.m. Blue Economy Vision for the Mid-Atlantic Moderator: Vice Admiral Paul G. Gaffney II, Monmouth University President Emeritus Discussants: Dr. Jerry Schubel, President & CEO, Aquarium of the Pacific Dr. Paul Doremus, Acting Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Management, NOAA Rear Admiral Linda Fagan, Deputy Commandant for Operations Policy and Capabilities, U.S. Coast Guard

2:00 p.m. Assessment and Trends Influencing the Blue Ocean Economy• Navigation / Marine Transportation – Walter Kemmsies, JLL Research• Offshore Energy – Jim Bennett, BOEM, Chief, Office of Renewable Energy Programs• Fisheries and Aquaculture – Dr. Dennis King, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science• Ecosystem Services and Natural Resources – Dr. Porter Hoagland, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution• Recreation and Tourism – Dr. Geoff Lacher, Tourism Economics

3:15 p.m. Break3:30 p.m. Understanding Impacts of Changes in the Ocean Environment

• Ocean Observations – Dr. Scott Glenn, Rutgers University/MARACOOS• Climate and Ecosystem Change – Dr. Jon Hare, Northeast Fisheries Science Center• Ocean Noise – Dr. Howard Rosenbaum, Wildlife Conservation Society, and Dr. Brandon Southall, Southall Environmental Associates• Sea Level Rise – Dr. Phil Orton, Stevens Institute of Technology

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A Goals and Objectives• Identify the most important factors driving the future of the Blue Ocean Economy and

enhancing the value of marine ecosystems

• Identify relevant observing, scientific and technological innovations that would strengthen the sustainable development of the ocean economy

• Articulate the importance of a healthy and thriving Mid-Atlantic Blue Ocean Economy to our quality of life and future prosperity, and communications strategies to carry these messages forward.

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A4:30 p.m. Breakout Group Discussions Discussion Leaders: TBD

• What are the most important factors influencing future growth trends, and realistic assessment of commercial prospects?• What are the relevant scientific and technological innovations – in place or in the pipeline – that would contribute to sustainable development? • What are the key knowledge gaps and impediments to projected growth, and potential actions/resources to overcome them?

5:45 p.m. Adjourn6:00 – 8:30 p.m. Reception/Ocean Champions Celebration Dinner Reception and seated dinner at which Monmouth University’s Ocean Champion Awards will be presented (see agenda on page 10). Forum participants welcome. Honorees: Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain, University of Delaware/Global Ocean Forum Barry Gold, Environmental Director, The Walton Family Foundatio

Friday, October 138:30 a.m. Light Continental Breakfast9:00 a.m. Report Out from Breakout groups Discussion leaders from each of the breakout groups: “What we heard” and action items.

9:30 a.m. Mapping and Visualization to Improve Understanding and Build Public Support for the Blue Ocean Economy Moderator: Jay Odell, The Nature Conservancy Speakers: Dr. Malin Pinsky, Rutgers University Dr. Patrick Halpin, Duke University

10:15 a.m. Break10:30 a.m. Blue Ocean Economy — Effective Communication Strategies Ms. Kristen Grimm, President, Spitfire Strategies

• What are the messages and means of communication, key audiences that are most likely to galvanize for the Blue Ocean Economy and motivate necessary actions?

11:00 a.m. Blue Ocean Economy Communications Panel Moderator: Ms. Grimm Discussants: Representatives with communications perspectives, various backgrounds (TBD)

12:00 p.m. Closeout Panel — What I Heard and Next Steps Moderator: Tony MacDonald, UCI Discussants: Lillian Borrone, Joint Ocean Commission Initiative Dr. Donald Boesch, Joint Ocean Commission Initiative

12:30 p.m. Adjourn

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Jesse Huntley Ausubel is Director of the Program for the Human Environment at The Rockefeller University

in New York. The program elaborates the technical vision of a large, prosperous society that emits little harmful emissions and spares large amounts of land and sea for nature. Mr. Ausubel both conducts and manages research. Programs he has helped conceive and lead include the Census of Marine Life, to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in all oceans; the Barcode of Life Initiative, to provide short DNA sequences that identify animal, plant, and fungal species; Encyclopedia of Life to create a webpage for every species; Deep Carbon Observatory, to search for the origin and limits of life and for the roots of petroleum and natural gas, and International Quiet Ocean Experiment to survey the ocean soundscape and assess effects on marine life of sound added by human activities. Author or editor of 150 publications, Mr. Ausubel is also an adjunct scientist of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

VICE ADMIRAL PAUL G. GAFFNEY II

Vice Admiral Paul G. Gaffney II, USN (Ret.), is President Emeritus of Monmouth University and a fellow of the

Urban Coast Institute at Monmouth University. He also served as President of the National Defense University. He is a former Chief of Naval Research and former Commander of Naval Meteorology and Oceanography. He was appointed as a Commissioner on the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and served during its full term, chaired the Ocean Research Advisory Panel and was the first chair of the Ocean Exploration Advisory Board. Along with Professor Ausubel, he co-chaired the Decadal Review of the National Ocean Exploration Program. The National Academy of Engineering selected him as a Member and he serves on the National Academies’ Gulf Research Board.

TONY MACDONALD

Tony MacDonald is the Director of the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute (UCI). He was

previously the Executive Director of the Coastal States Organization (CSO) from 1998-2005. The CSO, based in Washington, DC, represents the interests of the governors of the 35 coastal states and territories on coastal and ocean policy matters. Prior to joining CSO, Tony was the special counsel and director of Environmental Affairs at the American Association of Port Authorities, where he represented the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) at the International Maritime Organization on negotiations on the London Convention. Tony has also practiced law with a private firm in Washington, DC, working on environmental and legislative issues, and served as its environmental legislative representative.

JIM BENNETT

Jim Bennett is the Chief of the Office of Renewable Energy Programs in the Bureau of Ocean Energy

Management (BOEM), U.S. Department of the Interior. Jim has over 35 years of experience in the environmental and energy arenas serving in a variety of capacities in the department and other federal agencies. Prior to becoming the program manager for renewables, Jim led the Division of Environmental Assessment, overseeing BOEM’s compliance with the NEPA and other environmental laws focusing on Federal OCS programs, including oil and gas, sand and gravel, and renewable energy. His experience encompasses events such as the Exxon Valdez and the Deepwater Horizon oil spills, the Cape Wind energy project, and offshore renewable energy activities particularly in the Atlantic.

DONALD BOESCH

Dr. Donald Boesch is an oceanographer who has conducted research on continental shelf and coastal

environments around the world, but especially in the Chesapeake Bay and the Mid-Atlantic Bight. He was the President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science from 1990 to 2017. He served as chair of the National Academy of Sciences’ Ocean Studies Board and a member of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and the Offshore Drilling. He is presently a member of the Leadership Council of the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative and the Maryland Commission on Climate Change.

LILLIAN BORRONE

Lillian Borrone is the former chair of the Eno Center for Transportation as well as an inaugural member

of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Advisory Committee. She serves on the Boards of Directors of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, and STV Group, Inc. Ms. Borrone retired as the Assistant Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in December 2000. She previously served for over 12 years as Director of the Port Commerce Department, overseeing the agency’s marine terminals, waterfront development, and international relations responsibilities. Ms. Borrone also served in the U.S. Department of Transportation as Deputy Administrator and as Associate Administrator of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Additionally, she has served as the Chairman of the American Association of Port Authorities and as the National President of the Women’s Transportation Seminar. She currently serves on the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative’s Leadership Council.

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Dr. Charles Colgan is the Director of Research for the Center for the Blue Economy (CBE) at the Middlebury

Institute of International Studies, overseeing the conduct of research activities and serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics (JOCE). Dr. Colgan served as a consultant with the National Ocean Economics Program for more than 14 years. Prior to his role as Research Director for the CBE, Dr. Colgan served as a Professor of Public Policy and Management in the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine (USM). Dr. Colgan was the Chair of the Muskie School’s PhD Program in Public Policy and is a Senior Research Associate in the USM Center for Business and Economic Research. Prior to joining USM, he served in the Maine State Planning Office, was State Economist, and Director of Natural Resource and Economic Policy.

PAUL DOREMUS

Dr. Paul Doremus is the acting Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Management at the National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He also serves as the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Operations at NOAA Fisheries, and was previously the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Program Planning and Integration. Prior to joining NOAA in 2005, he served as Director of the Program Office for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). From 1995 to 1997, he served as a Senior Analyst in the Commerce Department’s Office of Technology Policy, following his position as Project Director in the congressional Office of Technology Assessment.

REAR ADMIRAL LINDA FAGAN

Rear Admiral Fagan serves as the U.S. Coast Guard Deputy Commandant for Operations, Policy &

Capabilities, where she is responsible for establishing and providing operational strategy, policy, capability and resources to meet national priorities for Coast Guard missions, programs and services. Additionally, Fagan is currently recognized as the Coast Guard’s first-ever Gold Ancient Trident for being the officer with the longest service record in the Marine Safety Field. Fagan’s prior flag officer assignments include service as the First District Commander from 2014 through 2016. In this role, she oversaw all Coast Guard missions across eight New England states and over 2,000 miles of Coastline while commanding more than 11,000 active duty, reserve, civilian, and auxiliary personnel, and employing 30 cutters, 200 boats, and 8 aircraft. Her awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, three Legions of Merit, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Arctic and Antarctic Service medals.

SCOTT GLENN

Dr. Scott Glenn began an over 30-year research career of implementing sustained real-time ocean

observation and forecast systems first for offshore oil exploration at Shell Development Company (1983-1986), then for the Naval Oceanography Command supporting fleet operations while at Harvard University (1986-1990), and, since 1990, for a wide range of scientific and societal applications at Rutgers University. In the only U.S. national program to recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching, Glenn was named one of the U.S. Professors of the Year representing the State of New Jersey by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

KRISTEN GRIMM

As the founder and president of Spitfire Strategies, Kristen Grimm has extensive experience conceiving,

implementing and managing smart programs that create lasting social change. She has helped hundreds of nonprofits and foundations develop winning communication and campaign strategies to spur action around some of today’s most pressing problems – and inspire many more people to get involved. Before Spitfire, Kristen worked as a fellow at the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF) where she focused on banning landmines, reforming the death penalty and criminal justice systems, and reducing the threat of nuclear war. She was previously the president and chief operating officer of Fenton Communications, where she wrote “NOW HEAR THIS: The Nine Laws of Successful Advocacy Communications.” She currently serves on the boards of Grist and Alaska Wilderness League.

PATRICK HALPIN

Patrick Halpin is an Associate Professor of Marine Geospatial Ecology in the Marine Science and

Conservation Division of the Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University. Dr. Halpin leads the Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab with laboratory facilities located at the main campus of Duke University as well as the Duke University Marine Lab. Halpin’s research focuses on marine geospatial analysis, ecological applications of geographic information systems and remote sensing; marine conservation and ecosystem-based management. He sits on a number of international scientific and conservation program steering committees including the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), the Global Oceans Biodiversity Initiative (GOBI), the Marine Working Group for the Group on Earth Observations - Biodiversity Observing Networks (GEO-BON) and the Google Oceans Advisory Council.

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JONATHAN HARE

Dr. Jonathan Hare has studied fisheries oceanography for the past 25 years. He oversees multi-objective

oceanographic monitoring programs for the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center and contributes oceanographic data to stock and ecosystem assessments. His research interests include: the effects of climate variability and change on living marine resources; incorporation of climate and oceanographic factors into assessments and management; understanding the structure and function of the northeast U.S. continental shelf Large Marine Ecosystem; and the biological and physical processes that drive the dynamics of marine fishes. He has been lead author on more than 20 peer-reviewed publications and junior author on more than 80. Recently he has been involved in the development of NOAA Fisheries Climate Vulnerability Assessment and lead the implementation of the assessment methodology in the Northeast.

PORTER HOAGLAND

Porter Hoagland is a research specialist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Marine Policy Center

(MPC), where he has been analyzing economic and policy questions associated with the human use of the oceans for over 20 years. He has worked in a number of areas, including fisheries management, aquaculture in the oceans, the impacts of red tides, and the management of underwater cultural resources. As a recreational sailor, he has a special interest in relying upon ocean wind as a source of energy.

WALTER KEMMSIES

Dr. Walter Kemmsies is a Managing Director, Economist and Chief Strategist for JLL’s U.S. Ports, Airports and

Global Infrastructure Group. Walter is widely viewed as one of the foremost experts on ports, rail and infrastructure in the U.S. His areas of expertise include, but are not limited to, demand forecasting, maritime and overall global trade regulatory issues, public/private port and infrastructure financing as well as long term strategic planning/capital investment. Prior to joining JLL, Walter was the Chief Economist for Moffat & Nichol. Preceding his experience working with Moffatt & Nichol, Walter was the Head of European Strategy at JP Morgan in London and, earlier, Head of Global Industry Strategy at UBS in Zurich and London.

DENNIS KING

Dr. Dennis King of the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science holds 40 years of teaching,

research and consulting experience in the fields of natural resource economics and bio-economics with strong emphasis on fisheries, aquaculture, ocean-based industries and markets, seaports, and shipping. He is the author of over 100 reports, papers and book chapters dealing with

economic, business, and trade issues associated with environmental/economic linkages. He has served as project manager on over 100 interdisciplinary science/policy research projects dealing with economic aspects of complex scientific/engineering issues. Dr. King has been an advisor to national and international natural resource and economic development agencies, small and large ocean-dependent businesses, seaport administrations, environmental organizations and insurance and financial institutions.

GEOFF LACHER

Dr. Geoff Lacher has been with Tourism Economics since June 2015, and currently manages a variety of

economic impact studies and the International State Travel service. Additionally, he performs DMO budget analyses and other custom research projects. Prior to Joining Tourism Economics, he worked as an assistant professor at Arizona State University where he managed projects examining the economic impacts of tourism and consumer preference analysis and taught classes on sustainable tourism and data analysis.

JAY ODELL

Jay Odell is the North America Fisheries Director for The Nature Conservancy. He previously led the

Conservancy’s Mid-Atlantic Seascape Team, advancing coastal and marine conservation within an ocean region from Virginia to New York. Jay has worked for the Conservancy since 2003, developing and implementing data-driven solutions to address estuarine and marine restoration and conservation challenges. Prior to joining the Conservancy, Jay worked for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife for 13 years on fisheries stock assessment, harvest management, and intergovernmental negotiations.

PHILIP ORTON

Dr. Philip Orton is a research assistant professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New

Jersey. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles on coastal physical oceanography, storm surges, flood risk assessment, air-sea interaction, sediment transport, and coastal and urban meteorology. He is a member of the NYC Panel on Climate Change (NPCC), the Executive Council of the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay, and was appointed by Governor Christie to serve on the New Jersey Wetlands Mitigation Council. He has been contributing to New York City’s flood adaptation planning after Hurricane Sandy, working with New York City on the Special Initiative on Rebuilding and Resilience, and as a member of the winning Living Breakwaters team for the Federal Rebuild By Design competition. His website is http://philiporton.com.

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Dr. Malin Pinsky is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University’s Department of Ecology, Evolution, and

Natural Resources. He is an ecologist and evolutionary biologist with a strong interest in marine communities. Much of his research strives to integrate theory and observation to understand whether and why global changes has substantially different impacts in the ocean and on land.

HOWARD ROSENBAUM

Dr. Howard Rosenbaum is a Senior Conservation Scientist and Director of the Wildlife Conservation

Society’s Ocean Giants Program, which aims to secure the future of whales, dolphins, and other marine species. He is a Senior Scientist at the American Museum of Natural History, core faculty member at Columbia University, a member of the United States Delegation to the International Whaling Commission, and the IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group and Important Marine Mammal Area Task Force. Rosenbaum has led marine mammal conservation projects around the world, including the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans and the Arctic. For more than 27 years, Dr. Rosenbaum’s innovative science has helped protect marine species from current and emerging threats in their most important habitats. In the 1990s, he initiated WCS’s work on whale and dolphin populations off the coasts of Madagascar and Gabon, which continues to address current threats to these iconic marine species. Recently, Rosenbaum and Southall organized ‘At the Crossroads: Global Shipping Lanes and Whale Conservation’ side-event at the February 2017 UN Preparatory Meeting, with a key focus of Ocean Noise as marine pollution (see, https://sdg14.wcs.org/Events/Global-Shipping-and-Whale-Conservation).

JERRY R. SCHUBEL

Jerry Schubel, Ph.D., has been president and CEO of the Aquarium of the Pacific since 2002. He is President

Emeritus of the New England Aquarium, and from 1974-1994 was Dean of Stony Brook University’s Marine Sciences Research Center. For three of those years he served as the University’s provost. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers, and authored, co-authored, or edited seven books. He is a past member of NOAA’s Science Advisory Board and is a member of the Science Advisory Team for California’s Ocean Protection Council and the California Ocean Science Trust. He recently chaired a National Academy committee on the “Value and Sustainability of Biological Field Stations, Marine Laboratories, and Natural Reserves in 21st Century Science, Education, and Public Outreach” (2013-14), and numerous other panels. At the Aquarium of the Pacific he established and directs the Marine Conservation Research Institute, the Aquatic Academy, and the Aquatic Forum.

BRANDON SOUTHALL

Dr. Brandon Southall is President and Senior Scientist for Southall Environmental Associates (SEA), Inc.

based in Santa Cruz, CA, a Research Associate with the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Duke University. He studied communication and hearing in seals and sea lions at UCSC and subsequently directed the NOAA Ocean Acoustics Program within the National Marine Fisheries Service. Dr. Southall later founded SEA, a research and consulting small business conducting and applying science to support environmental management assessments and environmentally responsible development. Brandon served as the chief scientist for a major multi-institutional behavioral response study supported by the U.S. Navy to study marine mammal responses to military sonar systems. He also serves as a technical advisor to international corporations and environmental organizations regarding the impacts of conventional and alternative offshore energy development and commercial shipping.

MARK J. SPALDING

Mark J. Spalding has been the President of The Ocean Foundation since its founding. Mark drove the design

and establishment of the Alaska Oceans Program, the Shipping Safety Partnership, the Loreto Bay Foundation and the St. Kitts Foundation. Mark is the advisor to the Rockefeller Ocean Strategy and designed the first-ever blue carbon offset program, SeaGrass Grow. Mark is serving on the Sargasso Sea Commission. He is a member of the Pool of Experts for the UN World Ocean Assessment, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Blue Economy at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. From 1994 to 2003, Mark was the Director of the Environmental Law and Civil Society Program and Editor of the Journal of Environment and Development at the University of California San Diego’s Graduate School of International Relations & Pacific Studies (IR/PS).

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A The 13th Annual Champion of the Ocean Awards DinnerOctober 12, 2017

Wilson Hall | Versailles & Pompeii Rooms6:00 p.m. Reception6:30 p.m. Dinner6:45 p.m. Welcome, Monmouth University President Grey Dimenna7:00 p.m. Awards Presentation, Urban Coast Institute Director Tony MacDonald

NATIONAL CHAMPION OF THE OCEAN: DR. BILIANA CICIN-SAINFor her dedication to the advancement of ocean research and policymaking around the world, including as the founder of the Global Ocean Forum, Director of the Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy at the University of Delaware, and as an advisor to numerous boards and organizations, including the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and to the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative.

NATIONAL CHAMPION OF THE OCEAN: BARRY GOLDFor his work in developing and championing ocean policy approaches that carefully consider science, ecosystems and those who rely on the ocean during his tenure with the Walton Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and other organizations.

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Barry Gold leads The Walton Family Foundation’s freshwater and marine initiatives to find lasting

solutions that benefit the environment and strengthen local economies. Before joining the foundation, Barry served as director of Marine Conservation at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, where he led efforts to keep the world’s oceans healthy through approaches that take both environmental and community needs into account. This included work to shift fisheries management to an incentive-based system to help end overfishing, rebuild depleted stocks and sustain fishing communities, as well as efforts to advance comprehensive approaches to ocean planning.

Prior to joining Moore, Barry managed the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s work on ecosystem-based management and linking science to policy. Before Packard, he was chief of the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center where he led an effort to restore the Colorado River ecosystem throughout the Grand Canyon. Barry has held senior positions with the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Science, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has served as board president for the Consultative Group on Biological Diversity, the leading affinity group for environmental foundations, and was vice-chair of the California Ocean Science Trust Board.

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BARRY GOLD

Environmental Program Director, The Walton Family Foundation

DR. BILIANA CICIN-SAIN

Director, Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy at the University of Delaware

Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain is a world leader in the field of integrated coastal and ocean governance and has

forged international collaboration among all sectors of the international oceans community to advance the global oceans agenda. As Director of the Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy, Dr. Cicin-Sain oversees a program of research, policy analyses, conferences, publications, and advice-giving to governmental, non-governmental and private sector institutions. She is the founder and president of the Global Ocean Forum, initially mobilized in 2001 to place issues related to oceans, coasts and island states on the agenda of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development and to agree on a detailed set of global ocean targets and timelines.

Dr. Cicin-Sain has served as a policy advisor to numerous international organizations, national governments and U.S. coastal states and counties, and frequently participated in UN negotiations on oceans and coasts. She has served on various boards of the U.S. National Research Council (National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering), including the Marine Board and the Ocean Studies Board; on the Department of Interior’s Scientific Committee on the Outer Continental Shelf; as a senior policy advisor in the International Program Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; as a scientific advisor to the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and to the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative. She has been the recipient of a number of awards for her public policy work on oceans, including the Elizabeth Haub Award for Environmental Diplomacy.

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