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Meg Caldwell
Executive Director
Meg directs the Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program at Stanford Law School, where her research and teaching focuses on the use of science in environmental and marine resource policy development and implementation as well as private and public incentives for natural resource conservation. She served on the California Coastal Commission from 2004-2007, including two years as its chairperson. While Chair of the Commission, Caldwell also served on the board of the California Coastal Conservancy. Since 2004, she has been a member of the California Marine Life Protection Act Blue Ribbon Task Force for the central and north central coasts and is currently serving on the Third Phase Task Force for the south coast. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty in 1994, Caldwell was an instructor at San Jose State University and the University of California, Davis; counsel for MicroCLEAN, Inc.; a member of the City of Saratoga Planning Commission; and an associate in the environmental law group of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen. She earned her B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley and her JD from Stanford Law School.
Phone: 650.723.4057 E-mail
Stephen G. Monismith
Interim Senior Scientist
Stephen Monismith’s research in environmental and geophysical fluid dynamics involves the application of fluid mechanics principles to the analysis of flow processes operating in rivers, lakes, estuaries and the oceans. Making use of laboratory experimentation, numerical modeling, and field measurements, his current research includes studies of estuarine hydrodynamics and mixing processes, flows over coral reefs, wind wave-turbulent flow interactions in the upper ocean, turbulence in density stratified fluids, and physical-biological interactions in phytoplankton and benthic systems. Because his interest in estuarine processes is intertwined with an interest in California water policy issues, he has been involved with efforts at developing management strategies for improving the "health" of the Bay through regulation of freshwater flow into the Bay. Professor Monismith currently teaches Environmental Fluid Mechanics at Stanford University and since 1996, has been Director of the Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory. He was a resident fellow of Robinson House (Stanford's environment theme house) and is a 1989 recipient of the Presidential Young Investigator award. Prior to coming to Stanford, he spent three years in Perth, Australia as a research fellow at the University of Western Australia. Professor Monismith received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.
Phone: 650.723.3921 E-mail
Adina Abeles
Planning Director
Adina Abeles is the Planning Director for the Center - focusing on strategic plan and project implementation. Before joining the Center, Adina was the California Program Manager for COMPASS where she worked to connect marine science and scientists to marine policy, and trained scientists to communicate their work to both the media and the public. Previously, Adina taught diving, built back country trails, and taught outdoor education and maritime history. She received her BA from Cornell University and her Master's from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Phone: 831.333.2090 E-mail
Meghan Jeans
Co-Director, Fisheries Leadership and Sustainability Forum
Meghan is the Co-Director of the Fisheries Leadership and Sustainability Forum, designed to assist current and future members of the Regional Fisheries Management Councils by increasing their understanding of fisheries and ocean science, economics and policy and developing integral leadership and problem-solving skills. Prior to joining the Center, Meghan worked on federal and international fisheries management and marine wildlife conservation for the Ocean Conservancy, the Marine Fish Conservation Network, and NOAA among others. She also served as an international legal consultant for the British Virgin Island National Parks Trust and worked in environmental litigation in Kauai, Hawaii. Before diving into the world of resources management and ocean policy, Meghan taught SCUBA and marine biology and worked as an EMT and mountain search and rescue officer. She has a B.A. in biology and environmental science from Colby College as well as an M.S. and J.D. in environmental and natural resources law and policy from Vermont Law School.
Arlo Hemphill
Communications Specialist
Arlo Hemphill is the communications specialist for the Center for Ocean Solutions (COS), implementing outreach as well as supporting the Center's goals through the use of communications tools. With a background in marine science and conservation outreach and program management, his recent work history includes science editing, website management and campaign-based work with an emphasis on the conservation of the High Seas. Formerly with Conservation International, where he directed outreach for Defying Ocean's End and other ocean initiatives, Arlo is a member of the World Commission on Protected Area's (WCPA's) High Seas Task Force and a former steering committee member of both the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition and the Forum for the Conservation of the Patagonian Sea and Areas of Influence. Arlo also spent a number of years working in South America and the Caribbean as a field practitioner, working as a scientific diver, forest mapper, sea turtle technician and web correspondent for scientific expeditions on tropical river systems; managing cross-cutting initiatives in the Andes; and establishing a research station and private reserve on the coast of mainland Ecuador. A Fellow National of the Explorers Club, Arlo is an avid backcountry hiker and enjoys any opportunity to get in water.
Masako Esparragoza
Office Manager
Masako has worked at Stanford University for over nine years as office manager, project coordinator, and executive assistant. Previously, she has worked in facilities and in event management for companies such as: Metro Furniture (Steelcase), Hakone Gardens, the Hewlett Foundation, and Interop Company. At UC Davis and Humboldt State University, she majored in Zoology & Paleontology.
Margaret Krebs
Program Manager, Environmental Leadership
Margaret has dedicated her career to designing educational programs that draw on real-world scenarios to promote change. Based at Stanford University’s Woods Institute for the Environment, Margaret coordinates the Center for Ocean Solution’s graduate marine education initiative - MARINE. Margaret also currently works with Stanford’s Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, designing program modules for leadership, communications, policy & partnering, that enable academic environmental researchers to be effective leaders and communicators. Prior to joining the Leopold Leadership Program, Margaret managed two Stanford training grants to design new learning environments that integrated technology to support teaching and learning. At Stanford University Medical Media & Information Technologies (SUMMIT), she planned multiple training events, including facilitating a live surgery broadcast between Stanford clinicians and surgical residents in Sydney, Australia. Margaret’s interest in teaching and learning developed while she was an undergraduate in innovative study programs at Earlham College and evolved further when she became a teacher designing a “school without walls” in Philadelphia. This background inspired her future work in developing programs to bring research and innovation to new audiences in diverse settings – from an early childhood research center in New Haven, Connecticut to Cisco Systems in Silicon Valley.
Matthew Armsby
Early Career Fellow
Matthew Armsby recently graduated from Stanford Law School, where he worked in the Environmental Law Clinic and spent summers at Earthjustice and the Environmental Defense Fund. In his research, he focuses on the law and policy of marine and coastal resources, with particular interests in marine zoning and long-term planning
Erin Prahler
Simpson Tacher & Bartlett Public Service Fellow
Erin graduated from the University of Hawaii's law school where she received an Environmental Law Certificate and focused on marine protected areas and fisheries regulation. After working as a corporate associate for several years, she joins the COS team as a Public Service Fellow from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. Erin is currently working on the California Marine Spatial Planning Project.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Melissa Foley
Science Research Fellow
Melissa is currently finishing her PhD in marine ecology at the University of California Santa Cruz. Her research focuses on how the movement of subsidies across habitat borders at the land-sea interface influences ecosystem structure and function in nearshore marine habitats. Melissa is with the COS science team to develop the ecological principles of ecosystem based marine spatial planning.
Robert B. Dunbar
W.M. Keck Professor of Earth Science, Stanford University
As a professor of Earth Science at Stanford University, Robert Dunbar is also Director of the Stanford University Stable Isotope Lab. He was the founding director of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Environment and Resources and former Victoria P. and Roger W. Sant Director of the Earth Systems Program, the largest undergraduate and co-terminal masters program in the School of Earth Sciences. Professor Dunbar has been distinguished as a J. Frederick and Elisabeth B. Weintz University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, a senior fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and a Senior Fellow of the Woods Institute for the Environment. Professor Dunbar's research interests link climate dynamics, marine science, and environmental policy and solutions. His research group works on topics related to global environmental change, with a focus on the hydrological cycle, air-sea interactions, tropical ecosystems, and polar biogeochemistry. His group also specializes in studies of climate change during the past 50 to 12,000 years. He received his B.S. in Geology from the University of Texas at Austin, and his Ph.D. in Oceanography from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.
Chris Scholin
President & CEO
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
Chris Scholin is the President and CEO of MBARI. A Missouri native, he received a B.A. in Biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a M.A. in Molecular Biology and Immunology from Duke University and a Ph.D from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (MIT/WHOI) Joint Program in Biological Oceanography. Dr. Scholin first came to the MBARI as a Postdoctoral Fellow and in 1994 joined the staff as a Scientist with a focus on development and application of molecular probes for detection of a variety of water borne microbes, in particular toxic and harmful algae. Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Scholin served as Chair of MBARI’s Research Division from mid-2005 to early 2009. In addition to his role with COS, he currently serves on an External Advisory Committee for the University of Miami’s Oceans and Human Health Center as well as on the Board of Trustees of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. He maintains an active research program that focuses on development and application of instruments for collecting and analyzing microorganisms remotely in coastal, open ocean and deep sea environments.
Stephen Palumbi
Director, Hopkins Marine Station
Stephen Palumbi's research focuses on genetics, evolution, conservation, population biology and systematics of a diverse array of marine organisms. Professor Palumbi is a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and a Harold A. Miller Professor in Marine Sciences. He has contributed a wealth of scientific literature informing issues such as the genetics and evolution of sea urchins, whales, cone snails, corals, sharks, spiders, shrimps, bryozoans and butterfly fishes. Professor Palumbi’s published books include Marine Reserves: An Ecosystem Tool for Marine Management and Conservation and The Evolution Explosion, which provides a critical look at the intersection of evolution and high-tech modern life. He has also contributed to films to enhance science communication including the BBC/Animal Planet TV series The Future is Wild, Urban Shark Hunting, Resilience on the Reef, and The Secret Life of Whales. Professor Palumbi moved his laboratory from Harvard University in August 2002 to Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station. He received his B.A. in Biology from Johns Hopkins University and his Ph.D. in marine ecology from the University of Washington.
Mike Sutton
Vice President and Director of the
Center for the Future of Oceans, Monterey Bay Aquarium
Ocean policy expert Michael Sutton has served as vice president and founding director of the Center for the Future of the Oceans at the Monterey Bay Aquarium since 2004. Before joining the aquarium, he was director of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s conservation and science program. Prior to that, Sutton served as vice president of the U.S. Land and Wildlife Program for the World Wildlife Fund, as well as senior program officer for international wildlife policy for the World Wildlife Fund. He also served as special agent for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and worked for the National Park Service as a park ranger from 1980 to 1984. Since May of 2007, Sutton has been an appointed member of the California Fish and Game Commission.
Buzz Thompson
Co-Director, Woods Institute for the Environment
A leading expert in environmental and natural resources law and policy, Barton H. “Buzz” Thompson has contributed a large body of scholarship on environmental issues ranging from the future of endangered species and fisheries to the use of economic techniques for regulating the environment. He is the founding director of Stanford law school’s Environmental and Natural Resources Program, Director of the Woods Institute for the Environment, and a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Professor Thompson is chairman of the board of the the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation, a California trustee for The Nature Conservancy, and a board member of both the American Farmland Trust and the Natural Heritage Institute. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty in 1986, Professor Thompson was a partner at O’Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles and a lecturer at the UCLA School of Law. He was a law clerk to the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist ’52 (AB ’48, AM ‘48) and Judge Joseph T. Sneed of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Professor Thompson received his B.A. from Stanford University and his JD/MBA from Stanford Law School/Stanford Graduate School of Business.
-Leon E. Panetta co-chair Joint Ocean Commission Initiative
