Dr. Shirley Pomponi to Lead Consortium Board of Trustees
The Consortium for Ocean Leadership is pleased to announce that Dr. Shirley Pomponi has been elected as Chair of the Board of Trustees. Outgoing Chair, Dr. Eric Barron, is leaving the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas to head the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.
Dr. Pomponi is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution at Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Pomponi currently chairs the National Academy of Sciences Ocean Studies Board, serves on the Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel, the BIOFlorida board of directors, and the U.S. committee for the Census of Marine Life. Throughout her career, she has held numerous positions in establishing federal ocean policy, including an appointment to the President's Panel on Ocean Exploration in 2000. Dr. Pomponi received her Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography from the University of Miami in 1977.
"I am honored to be appointed as the Chair of the Ocean Leadership Board of Trustees," said Dr. Shirley Pomponi. "I look forward to continue working with Ocean Leadership's Trustees, President Gagosian, and his staff to advance ocean research and education in support of sound ocean policy."
“Dr. Pomponi’s extensive experience and stature will be invaluable assets to our organization. All of us at Ocean Leadership are very much looking forward to working under her direction,” said Bob Gagosian, President and CEO of Ocean Leadership.
Ocean Leadership was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE) and the Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI). Ocean Leadership is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization that represents 95 of the leading public and private ocean research and education institutions, aquaria and industry with the mission to advance research, education and sound ocean policy. The organization also manages ocean research and education programs in areas of scientific ocean drilling, ocean observing, ocean exploration, and ocean partnerships.
