Briefings
Issues Facing Coastal Communities and Their Economic Resilience
Deb DeLuca, executive director, Duluth Seaway Port Authority, Duluth, Minn.
Beth Ginter, executive director, Chesapeake Conservation, Silver Spring, Md.
Seth Rolbein, director, Cape Cod Fisheries Trust, Chatham, Mass.
Moderator: Dr. Susan White, president of the Sea Grant Association and director of North Carolina Sea Grant
Resilience Challenges Facing Coastal Communities
Honorable Joyce “Jay” McCreight, District 51, Maine State Legislature
Marilyn Hemmingway, CEO, Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce, Georgetown, South Carolina
Amber Mae Petersen, owner, The Fish Monger’s Wife LLC, Muskegon, Michigan
Meg Reed, coastal zone specialist, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, Salem, Oregon
Moderator: Dr. Susan White, president of the Sea Grant Association and director of North Carolina Sea Grant
Coastal Communities’ Resilience Challenges in a COVID Environment
Timothy J. Greene, Sr., chairman, Makah Tribal Council, Neah Bay, Washington
Michele Nekota, director, Department of Parks and Recreation, city and county, Honolulu, Hawaii
Charleen Greenhalgh, town planner, Town of Harwich, Massachusetts
Honorable John Tecklenburg, mayor, Charleston, South Carolina
Moderator: Dr. Fredrika Moser, president of the Sea Grant Association and director of Maryland Sea GrantÂ
Coastal Communities’ Resilience Challenges in a COVID Environment
Honorable Emily Larson, mayor, Duluth, Minnesota
Mark Labhart, former Tillamook County commissioner, Oregon
Carl Schneider, vice president and owner Schneider Insurance, Mobile, Alabama
Scott Budden, partner, Orchard Point Oyster, Co., Stevensville, Maryland
Moderator: Dr. Fredrika Moser, president of the Sea Grant Association and director of Maryland Sea Grant