Ben Scheelk

Ben amayang'anira The Ocean Foundation's Blue Resilience Initiative, yomwe imayang'ana kwambiri njira zothetsera kusintha kwa nyengo ndi kusintha kwa nyengo. Ben amagwira ntchito yothandiza kuti anthu am'mphepete mwa nyanja akhale olimba pobwezeretsa ndikusunga malo okhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja monga udzu, mitengo ya mangrove, matanthwe a coral, udzu wa m'nyanja ndi madambo amchere komanso kuchepetsa nkhawa kumadera a m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndikuwongolera chitetezo cha chakudya cham'deralo kudzera muulimi wokonzanso komanso njira zaulimi. kompositi. Ben adalowa nawo ku TOF atagwira ntchito ngati manejala wa polojekiti komanso wothandizira wamkulu wa Alexandra Cousteau ku Blue Legacy International, imodzi mwama projekiti omwe apangidwa kale ndi TOF. Ben ali ndi Masters of Public Administration (MPA) ndi Certificate in Nonprofit Management kuchokera ku yunivesite ya George Washington. Anamaliza maphunziro awo ku yunivesite ya Northern Michigan ndi BA mu Earth Science ndi International Studies with Honours.

Ben ndi Wapampando wa Board of Directors for The Commons, 501(c)(3) yomwe imapatsa mphamvu okhudzidwa ndi kubwezeretsa mwayi wopeza ntchito zapamwamba za digito ndi zida zotseguka. Amagwiranso ntchito ngati Treasurer pa Advisory Board for Ocean Connectors, pulojekiti yothandizidwa ndi ndalama ya The Ocean Foundation, yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito zochitika za m'kalasi, maulendo oyendayenda, ndi "kusinthana kwa chidziwitso" kuti agwirizane ndi achinyamata ndi kumanga utsogoleri wapadziko lonse ku San Diego ndi Mexico.