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NOAA Environmental Leadership Seminar Series: FY21 Presenters

Presenters are listed according to the Fiscal Year calendar October 2020 to September 2021.

Date

FY21

October 13th

2-3pm

 

Dr. Neil Jacobs, former Administrator of NOAA

Title: From Orchids to Oceans - Environmental Citizen Science

Recording: https://youtu.be/AtUghTVOY14

November 11th

2-3pm

Vanessa Griffin, Director, Office of System Architecture and Advanced Planning (OSAAP)

Title: The Future of NOAA’s Satellite Observing and Data Information Systems

Recording: https://youtu.be/KDXOWGxmZmk

December 8th

2-3pm

Admiral Timothy Gallaudet, PhD, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere/ Deputy NOAA Administrator

Title: NOAA Environmental Leadership: My Observations of 3 Years of World Class Science and Engineering

Recording: https://youtu.be/RuZLjedL1-8

January 12th

2-3pm

 

Nicole LeBoeuf, NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) Acting Assistant Administrator, and the permanent Deputy Assistant Administrator 

Title: Shifting Sands: Leadership in a Time of Change

Recording: https://youtu.be/ogs2hfbbQp0

February 9th

2-3pm

Irene Parker, Assistant Chief Information Officer National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) 

Title: NOAA/NESDIS Transformation with Innovative Technologies

Recording: https://youtu.be/tjlL2_u8m6Q

March 3rd

3-4pm

Benjamin Friedman, Deputy Under Secretary for Operations, performing the duties of Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator

Title: The Biden-Harris Transition and the Year of the NOAA Workforce

March 9th

2-3pm

Jason Link, PhD, NOAA Fisheries- Senior Scientist for Ecosystem Management

Title: 10 Ocean Prophecies

Recording: https://youtu.be/k7eCYs9F12Y

April 22nd

12-1pm

RADM Nancy Hann

RADM Nancy Hann, Deputy Director for Operations, NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), and Deputy Director of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps

Title: People, Platforms, and Culture - The Roadmap to Sustainable Excellence

Recording: https://youtu.be/PhRpIVaD2q4

May 11th

2-3 pm

 Ajay Mehta, Acting Director of the Office of Satellite Ground Services (OSGS) within NOAA's Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)

TitleEmbracing the Chaos: Lessons Learned from Organization Change in NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)

Recording: https://youtu.be/7ny5I9LXXKI

June 23rd

2-3 pm

Joseph A. Pica, Deputy Director, National Centers for Environmental Information within NOAA's Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS)

TitleA Leadership Journey: From the Depths of the Ocean to the Surface of the Sun

Recording: https://youtu.be/Nfvda-IEBC4

July 13

2-3 pm

Dr. Venkatachalam (Ram) Ramaswamy, Director NOAA/OAR Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)

TitleRiding the Winds and Currents to Understand and Predict the Climate System

Recording: https://youtu.be/pNoUUMcwcS0

September 14th

2-3 pm

Dr. James Morris Jr, Marine Ecologist, Coastal Aquaculture Siting and Sustainability, Marine Spatial Ecology Division, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service

Title: New Spatial and Engineering Intelligence Applications for Pioneering Ocean Food Systems and Energy Production

Recording: https://youtu.be/7GRguW06ULw