Experience

Moonjelly Foundation

• United States
• Conservation Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-founding Member and Science Director

  • Jul 2023 - 6 months

  France Working with Moonjelly’s closest Indigenous and local community partners, listening to their needs, and working with them to find new ways to finance the work they feel needs to be done to restore and care for the ocean, on their own terms.



Ocean Knowledge Action Network

• Executive Director

  • Jul 2021 - 2 years 6 months

  Paris Working with partners to facilitate the engagement of stakeholders in the co-creation of science and knowledge in support of a healthy ocean and the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.



Global Change Institute

• South Africa
• Research Services

• Honorary Professor

  • Jun 2018 - 5 years 7 months

  Brisbane, Australia



Université de Bretagne Occidentale

• France
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• International Chair of Excellence

  • Oct 2014 - 9 years 3 months

  AMURE, Laboratory of Excellence, European Institute for Marine Studies My position at UBO and the European Institute of Marine Studies lets me pursue world class research while being actively involved in corporate and not-for-profit positions focused on ocean science and conservation. I supervise doctoral students and other graduate students in France and the United States.



Duke University's Nicholas Institute

• Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Marine Conservation Science

  • Jan 2014 - 10 years

• Director of Ocean and Coastal Policy

  • Sep 2009 - Dec 2013



UNESCO

• France
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Member, Executive Planning Group for the UN Decade of Ocean Sciences

  • Dec 2018 - Oct 2021

  Working to transform ocean science to meet the sustainable development goals.



C4IR Ocean

• France
• Medical Practices

• Senior Vice President for Science

  • Jul 2019 - Jun 2021

  Oslo Area, Norway



World Wildlife Fund

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global Lead for Ocean Science

  • Sep 2017 - Sep 2020

  Ploumoguer, France I support both WWF's Global Science Team and the Ocean Practice that coordinates ocean conservation across the globe.



REV Ocean

• Norway
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Conservation and Innovation Advisor

  • Mar 2019 - Jul 2019

  Oslo Area, Norway Working with REV Ocean and the Ocean Data Foudation to create transformative and collaborative data and science for a thriving and healthy ocean.


Conservation Strategy Fund
• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Secretary, Board of Directors

  • 2008 - 2015

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Acting Chief Economist

  • Jan 2011 - Aug 2013

The Ocean Foundation
• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Fellow

  • Jul 2007 - Sep 2009

UCLA
• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Associate Professor

  • 2004 - 2007