Linwood Pendleton

Linwood Pendleton (born July 20, 1964) is an American environmental economist and a Senior Scholar of Ocean and Coastal Policy at Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. Since October 2014, he holds the International Chair in Marine Ecosystem Services at LabexMER and European Institute for Marine Studies (IUEM - University of Western Brittany). Pendleton is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Duke University Marine Laboratory, part of the Nicholas School of the Environment. Previously, Pendleton served as the Director of Ocean and Coastal Policy for the Nicholas Institute from 2009-2013, and was the Acting Chief Economist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 2011-2013.