[Coral-List] Reef Relief Virtual Annual Meeting

[Reef Relief]

*Save the Date for Reef Relief's Annual Membership Meeting!*

This year, the meeting will take place on Zoom and will be open to the
public!

*$15 suggested membership donation*

*Donate in advance at: **www.reefrelief.org/act/donate
<http://www.reefrelief.org/act/donate>*

*Thursday, November 19th*

*5:00pm to 7:00pm *

Join us for guest speakers touching on Keys wide reef monitoring, The
Iconic Reefs Project, The National Marine Sanctuary Blueprint Plan, and
Reef Relief’s Annual Report.





Speaker Info:



*James W. Porter, Ph.D.  Josiah Meigs Professor of Ecology, Emeritus  Odum
School of Ecology *

James W. Porter is the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Professor of Ecology,
Emeritus at the  University of Georgia. Dr. Porter received both his
Bachelor’s and Ph.D. degrees from Yale. He has testified before Congress
four times about the effects of (1) climate change on  coral reefs, (2)
global biodiversity loss, and (3) underwater munitions contaminating coral
reefs  on Vieques, Puerto Rican.

Dr. Porter has published more than 120 papers in peer review scientific
journals, ten  percent of which are either in Science, Nature, or the
Proceedings of the National Academy of  Science. He has authored 3 books.

In 2005 he received the Eugene P. Odum Award for environmental education
from the  Ecological Society of America, and in 2006, he was elected
President of Sigma Xi, the Scientific  Honor Society with more than 160,000
members worldwide, including all living Nobel  Laureates. In 2020 he
received the Coral Reef Society’s top Eminence in Research Award.

Dr. Porter's award winning photographs have appeared in Life Magazine and
the New  York Times. His work has been featured on the ABC World News, NBC
Nightly News, and CNN. His documentary film, Chasing Coral, to which he
contributed as the Chief Scientific  Advisor and a Principal Cast Member,
won the Audience Choice Award at the 2017 Sundance  Film Festival, and then
went on to win a 2017 Peabody Award and the 2017 Emmy for Best  Nature
Documentary.

While it is highly unusual for anyone in retirement to receive support from
the National  Science Foundation, Dr. Porter has just won a competitive
research grant for image analysis of  his long-term photographs covering
the growth and change of Caribbean coral reefs over the last four decades.




*Sarah Fangman Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Superintendent*

As superintendent of Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Sarah Fangman
is responsible for leadership, vision, and strategic direction, overseeing
a staff of more than 30 employees and affiliates. Fangman came to the
Florida Keys in 2017 with 19 years of experience working for the National
Marine Sanctuary System, most recently as superintendent of Gray’s Reef
National Marine Sanctuary from 2014-2017. She was the program coordinator
of the Southeast, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Region from 2005-2014, and
served as the research coordinator for Channel Islands National Marine
Sanctuary from 1998-2005. Through her work with the sanctuary system,
Fangman has conducted more than 600 scuba dives in the Florida Keys,
obtained a USCG 100 Ton Master’s Captain’s license, and became a certified
submersible pilot. Fangman first came to NOAA in 1996 as a Presidential
Management Fellow, where she was the special assistant to the deputy
director of the Northwest Fisheries Science Center. She holds a Master’s
degree in Marine Affairs from the University of Washington.



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When: Nov 19, 2020 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Topic: Reef Relief's Annual Membership Meeting

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