(B.S., Natural Resources, University of Michigan; M.S., Ph.D., Fisheries Biology, University of Washington) is co-founder and president of TerrAqua. His recent focus has been aquaculture and agriculture development. He has developed farming studies and projects for clients ranging from small, distressed traditional communities to a Fortune 500 company. These projects often encompass cultural, environmental and economic preservation. Earlier, he advised clients—government agencies, environmental law firms, universities, Fortune 500 companies—on sustainable development issues, and on the fate and transport of environmental contaminants and assessment of ecological and human health risks in marine and aquatic ecosystems. He developed a conference series on marine pollution effects on fisheries and ecosystems, and its significance to environmental managers. He evaluated global climate change, international ocean issues, water quality issues, coastal protection, aquaculture and the fishing industry at the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Navy. He has worked as a farmer on Israeli agricultural collectives, and currently grows oysters commercially in Chincoteague, Virginia. He is also a senior associate with the Arlington, VA-based Ocean Associates, Inc., a NOAA Fisheries contractor, and an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland University College Graduate Program in Environmental Management, where in 2011-2012 he received the university’s top teaching award.