Alumni

Annabelle Leahy

Program: M.M.A. Master of Arts in Marine Affairs, 2023 Current position: EU-U.S Fulbright Schuman Researcher

Bigford, Thomas E.

M.A.M.A., 1977 Policy Director, American Fisheries Society

Clayton Starr

Program: M.M.A. Master of Arts in Marine Affairs, 2022 Current position: Environmental and Permitting Specialist / Orsted

Clea Harrelson

Program: M.M.A. Master of Arts in Marine Affairs, 2020 Current position: Anthropology and Environmental Policy PhD Student, University of Maine

D’Aversa, Nelle

M.A.M.A., 2017, Coastal Management Specialist, NOAA Office for Coastal Management via Lynker

Dacanay, Kira

M.A.M.A., 2010, Sr. Fisheries Biologist, N.J. Dept. of Environmental Protection

David Hill

Program: M.M.A. Master of Marine Affairs, 2021 Current position: Captain, USCG (Ret.)  

DeVoe, M. Richard

M.M.A. 1980, Executive Director, S.C. Sea Grant Consortium, state government

Elizabeth Conley

Program: M.M.A. Master of Arts in Marine Affairs, 2022 Current position: Economics Research Technician II at Ocean Associates, Inc., on contract with NOAA Fisheries to support the Social Sciences Branch of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Fenderson, Madeleine

M.A.M.A., 2020, Marine Environmental Planner, Tetra Tech

Gibson, Thomas J., Jr.

M.M.A. 1999 Chief of Staff and Head of Policy at EPA (retired)

Girrier, Robert P.

M.M.A., 1990, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy

Habegger, Leigh

M.A.M.A., 2013, Executive Director, Seafood Harvesters of America

Habtemichael, Asta

M.A.M.A., 2019, PhD student in Biological and Environmental Sciences/Chemical Oceanography

Jami Miller

Program: M.M.A. Master of Arts in Marine Affairs, 2023 Current position: California Sea Grant Coastal Mendocino Extension Fellow  

Jarbeau, Shannon

M.A.M.A., 2012, Community Rating System and Floodplain Coordinator, Barnstable County / Cape Cod Cooperative Extension

Jess Hiltz

Program: M.M.A. Master of Arts in Marine Affairs, 2022 Current position: Program Administrator, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center

Katie Castagno

Program: M.M.A. Master of Arts in Marine Affairs, 2014 Current position: Director, Land-Sea Interaction Program, Center for Coastal Studies

Katie Urbanski

Program: M.M.A. Master of Arts in Marine Affairs, 2022 Current position: Oceanographic Technical Specialist at Ocean Associates, Inc. supporting NOAA CO-OPS

Knapman, Cindy

M.M.A., 2005, Communications Leader, University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program

Lassiter, Katrina

B.S. 2005, Senior Policy Analyst, Aquatic Resources, W.A. State Department of Natural Resources

Lauren Farnsworth

Program: M.M.A. Master of Arts in Marine Affairs, 2021 Current position: Sr. Program Manager, Offshore Wind – MassCEC

Lazar, Vanessa

M.A.M.A., 2011, Research Associate, the Gulf Research Program at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Leah Feldman

Program: M.M.A. Master of Arts in Marine Affairs, 2019 Current position: Coastal Policy Analyst, Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council

Letty Cass

Program: M.A.M.A. Master of Arts in Marine Affairs, 2023 Current position: Ocean Associates, Inc

Lohmann, Hilary

M.M.A., 2015, Coastal Resilience Coordinator, US Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources

MAF Alum Susan Forcier appointed to lead RI Environmental Protection Bureau

Forcier earned an MMA from URI and a JD from Roger Williams University through our joint degree program in 2005.

Martinez, Catalina

M.M.A., 2001, Regional Program Manager, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research

McIntosh, R. Duncan

Ph.D., 2018, Oceanography Officer, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Melanie Nash

Program: M.M.A. Master of Arts in Marine Affairs, 2021 Current position: Sustainability and Resilience Planner, Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission