Mark J. Spalding

(FY11 – Tam sim no)

Mark J. Spalding, Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Ocean Foundation, kuj ua hauj lwm rau Sargasso Sea Commission. Nws yog ib tug Senior Fellow ntawm Center for the Blue Economy ntawm Middlebury Institute of International Studies thiab tus kws pab tswv yim rau Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Qib Siab rau Kev Lag Luam Dej Hiav Txwv Sustainable. Tsis tas li ntawd, nws ua tus kws pab tswv yim rau Rockefeller Climate Solutions Fund, Rockefeller Ntiaj Teb Innovation Strategy, thiab UBS Rockefeller thiab Kraneshares Rockefeller Ocean Engagement Funds (tsis tau pom dua los ntawm dej hiav txwv-centric peev peev). Mark yog UNEPGuidance Working Group tus tswv cuab rau nws txoj kev lag luam Blue Economy Finance Initiative. Nws co-sau lub "Transatlantic Blue Economy Initiative," ib qho kev sib koom tes ntawm Wilson Center thiab Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Mark tsim thawj qhov kev pab cuam xiav carbon offset, SeaGrass Grow. Los ntawm 2018 txog 2023, nws tau ua tus tswv cuab ntawm Pawg Saib Xyuas Kev Tshawb Fawb Dej hiav txwv thiab US National Committee rau Xyoo caum ntawm Kev Tshawb Fawb Dej Hiav Txwv rau Kev Txhim Kho, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, thiab Tshuaj (USA). Nws yog tus kws tshaj lij ntawm txoj cai tswjfwm dej hiav txwv thoob ntiaj teb thiab kev cai lij choj, kev lag luam xiav nyiaj txiag thiab kev nqis peev, thiab kev pab nyiaj txiag ntug hiav txwv thiab dej hiav txwv.

Mark, uas tau ua txoj cai lij choj thiab ua tus kws tshaj lij txoj cai txij li xyoo 1986, yog tus thawj coj ntawm ib puag ncig txoj cai lij choj ntawm California State Bar Association los ntawm 1998-1999. Los ntawm 1994 mus rau 2003, Mark yog tus thawj coj ntawm Environmental Law thiab Civil Society Program thiab Editor of the Journal of Environment and Development ntawm Graduate School of International Relations & Pacific Studies (IR/PS), University of California ntawm San Diego. Ntxiv rau kev qhia ntawm IR/PS, Mark tau qhia ntawm Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD's Muir College, UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy, thiab University of San Diego's School of Law. Mark tau pab tsim qee qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws ntawm kev txuag dej hiav txwv hauv xyoo tas los no. Nws yog ib tus neeg paub txog thiab ua tau zoo hauv kev pab cuam thoob ntiaj teb. Nws coj nws cov kev paub dhau los nrog kev cai lij choj thiab txoj cai ntawm kev txuag dej hiav txwv rau lub Foundation txoj kev pab nyiaj txiag thiab cov txheej txheem ntsuam xyuas. Nws tuav BA hauv keeb kwm nrog Honors los ntawm Claremont McKenna College, JD los ntawm Loyola Law School, Master in Pacific International Affairs (MPIA) los ntawm IR / PS, thiab Wines ntawm Lub Ntiaj Teb Certification los ntawm Cornell University.