Title: Director

Company: Ocean River Institute

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Affiliations/Associations/Societies:

• Association of Youth Museums (Now Association of Children’s Museums) (council member, 1994)
• Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park (advisory council, 1996-2002, 2010-present) (chairman, advisory council, 2010-2016)
• Cambridge School of Weston (board of directors, 1987-1994)
• Essex County Ornithological Club (president, 1986-1994)
• Gulf of Maine Marine Educators Association (president, 1984-1985)
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Lecturer, 2022)
• Institute of Museums and Library Services (grant reviewer) (general operating support, 1993-1995)
• Massachusetts Cultural Council (science literacy task force, 1993)
• Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters (treasurer, 2001-2016)
• Massachusetts Marine Educators (1980-Present)
• National Marine Educators Association (1995-2001) (director, 1984-1986) (president, 1999-2000)
• Ocean Champions (board of directors, 2003-2010) (founding chairman, 2003-2010)
• Salem Sound Coastwatch (founding chairman, 1986-1994)
• Save the Harbor/Save the Bay (board of directors, 1992-2000) (former president, 1994-2000)
• Scientists Warning Europe (observer Glasgow COP26, UN Climate Change Conference, 2021)
• Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (sanctuary advisory council representing conservation, 2008-2016)

Achievements:

• Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2013)
• Featured, Marquis Radio (2019)
• Inductee, Top Professionals of the Year, Marquis Who’s Who (2019)
• Recipient, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2019)
• Featured Member, Marquis Millennium Magazine, Marquis Who’s Who (2018)
• Featured Member, Calendar Series, Marquis Who’s Who (2017)
• Inductee, Worldwide Lifetime Achievement (2016)
• Featured Member, Live365 (2016, 2015)
• Inductee, Elite American Executives (2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2010)
• Featured Member, Pro-Files Magazine, Who’s Who Publishers (2015, 2011)
• Industry Expert, “Top 101 Industry Experts,” Who’s Who Publishers (2015, 2014, 2011)
• Professional of the Year, Worldwide Who’s Who (2015, 2013, 2010)
• Inductee, Lifetime Membership, Cambridge Who’s Who (2010)
• Switzer Environmental Fellowship, Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation (1996)
• James Centorino Award for Distinguished Performance in Marine Education, National Marine Educators Association (1988)
• Rockefeller Brothers Fund Award for the Development of a College Course on Cetacean Biology, Ecology and Conservation (1976)

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