Coastal & Marine Conservation

Fellow

Elena McCarthy

2001 Fellow
Elena has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, and graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a Master’s Degree in Ocean Engineering and a Ph.D. in Marine Affairs. She is the author of the book...
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Leslie Abramson Eldridge

2008 Fellow
Leslie currently is the Advisory Council Coordinator at the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary in San Francisco. She is the recipient of a Switzer Leadership grant this year, to coordinate a stakeholder process focused on...
Fellow

Brett Amy Thelen

2004 Fellow
Brett Amy Thelen has been directing place-based, conservation-focused community science projects for more than 20 years, with dual emphasis on creating a valuable learning experience for volunteers and producing reliable, reproducible...
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Chuck Striplen

Chuck Striplen completed his Masters and PhD in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. He attended archeological field school at California State University – Chico, and received a dual B.A...
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Brad Keitt

1997 Fellow
Brad received an MS in Marine Sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz and is a Switzer Foundation Conservation Fellow. His thesis work focused on the conservation and ecology of the Baja California endemic Black-vented...