Water Works, Becca Pincus MSEL’11

August 1, 2016

VLS alum, Becca Pincus MSEL’11, Chair of Arctic Studies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and Professor-In-Residence at the Center for Arctic Study and Policy, works to support the Coast Guard’s strategic objectives in the Arctic region.​​

WATER WORKS, ANDY MEEKS JD/MSEL’03

July 30, 2016

VLS alum, Andy Meeks JD/MSEL’03, Development Director at The Freshwater Trust in Portland, Oregon, calls himself a “disrupter of the status quo” in the fight for clean and abundant fresh water.​

Water Works, Margaux Valenti JD’13

July 28, 2016

VLS alum, Margaux Valenti JD’13, Staff Attorney at Riverkeeper in Buffalo, New York, helps gain access, through contractual agreements, to private and public lands to install river restoration projects.

OCEAN VIEW, TOM LEARY JD/MSEL’95

July 26, 2016

VLS alum, Tom Leary JD/MSEL’95, Deputy Legal Counsel to the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman at the Department of Defense in Arlington, Virginia dives into the legal and policy issues related to protecting oceans and marine ecosystems.

Water Wars

June 28, 2016

Few ​​question the need for clean waterways and safe drinking water. But the controversy and litigation involved in attaining those goals is increasing and sometimes makes the ultimate objectives harder to reach.

Ocean View, Peter Van Tuyn JD/MSEL’89

July 22, 2016

VLS alum, Peter Van Tuyn JD/MSEL’89, Managing Partner at Bessenyey & Van Tuyn, LLC in Anchorage, Alaska, dives into the legal and policy issues related to protecting oceans and marine ecosystems.​

Ocean View, Sarah Mooney Reiter JD’13

July 20, 2016

VLS alum, Sarah Mooney Reiter JD’13, Ocean Policy Analyst at Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, Calif., dives into the legal and policy issues related to protecting oceans and marine ecosystems.​

Ocean View, Zachary Lees JD/MELP’12

July 18, 2016

VLS alum, Zachary Lees JD/MELP’12, Staff Attorney at Clean Ocean Action in Sandy Hook, N.J., dives into the legal and policy issues related to protecting oceans and marine ecosystems.​

Ocean View, Stephanie Showalter Otts JD/MSEL’01

July 16, 2016

VLS alum, Stephanie Showalter Otts JD/MSEL’01, ​Senior Research Counsel and Director of Sea Grant Programs at the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford, Miss., dives into the legal and policy issues related to protecting oceans and marine ecosystems.

Ocean View, Meghan Jeans JD/MSEL’02

The kelp forests and rare deep-sea corals off New England’s coast deserve preservation. MeghanJeans is involved with a campaign to protect marine species and habitats through a Marine National Monument […]