Date:6/1/2011

environmental well-being and human well-being, and moving practice into policy. He is leading an effort to inventory and value ecosystem services for the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Yoskowitz leads the Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Services Collaboratory, is the designated expert on the Environmental Protection Agency's Ecosystem Services Research Program pilot study in Tampa Bay, and works with the Gulf of Mexico Alliance on ecosystem services. He also is exploring the economic impact of climate change on the coastal zone, specifically sea level rise and freshwater inflow and is currently working with Mexican colleagues on a socio-economic assessment of the Gulf of Mexico for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization's Large Marine Ecosystem project. Dr. Yoskowitz serves on the National Research Council Committee on the Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Mississippi Canyon-252 Oil Spill on Ecosystem Services in the Gulf of Mexico. He also sits on the Ecosystem Scientific and Statistical Committee and Socio-Economic Panel for the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.

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Dr. Susan Williams
President, Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF), and Professor, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis

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