Marine Biologist
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Sterling, Virginia, United States
Brian is a native of the of the lower Chesapeake Bay watershed in Virginia. He graduated from Lynchburg College in Virginia with a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science. Brian earned a degree of Master of Environmental Management from Duke University and soon thereafter accepted a job with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Brian worked for 7 years with NMFS in various fishery management capacities including coordinating fishery management plans for golden tilefish, surfclams and ocean quahogs, horseshoe crabs, weakfish, Atlantic sturgeon, and American eel. Brian has extensive experience working with U.S. Fishery Management Councils with jurisdiction in the Atlantic and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Brian began working with BOEM’s Office of Renewable Energy Programs in 2010 to aid in the assessment and study of environmental impacts from offshore renewable energy along the U.S. Atlantic seaboard.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2022
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET