The North Pacific ocean is getting warmer and experiencing more frequent extremes like marine heat waves. At the same time it is also getting more crowded with salmon, in part due to industrial scale hatchery production to support commercial fisheries.
Michael Burbank is a Managing Director with Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management and manages a team that provides highly customized financial advice and investment solutions to individuals, families, and foundations with $20 million or more in investable assets. Michael is a Certified Investment Management Analyst and CFP and completed the Securities Industries Association Management Program at the Wharton School and the GE Management Course. An avid boater, fisherman and scuba diver, Michael graduated with a B.S. in Aquatic Biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Cynthia Stebbins has extensive experience in the non-profit and research sectors, participating in numerous boards and councils. Cynthia has been actively involved with the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Association since 1997, and is currently an honorary Board Member for this esteemed biomedical research and education organization. For decades, Cynthia served on the Women’s Committee for the Wildlife Conservation Society, where she led fundraising activities. She has also served as a Board Member for the International Seakeepers Alliance and EcoHealth Alliance.
Charles (“Chuck”) Zegar is one of the original four founding partners of Bloomberg Financial Markets. He was the technical computer expert for this partnership. He originally designed, programmed, and managed development of the Bloomberg terminal system. Prior to Bloomberg, Chuck was a vice president at Salomon Brothers (planning and choosing data processing equipment). Mr. Zegar has a BS in chemistry from Long Island University (1971). He also has two master’s degrees from New York University in Computer Science (1977) and Biology (2005).
The SNAPP working group, Andean Camelid Disease is in their early stages of being their work on finding management strategies for mange which is affecting guanacos and vicuñas in South America.
Parasites are unseen heroes that maintain ecosystem stability; they are scarcely studied and highly threatened by global change, and now there is a global plan to conserve them.