Mark J. Spalding

(FY11–I le taimi nei)

Mark J. Spalding, Peresetene o le Ocean Foundation, e galue foi i le Sargasso Sea Commission. O ia o se Uso Sinia i le Nofoaga Autu mo le Blue Economy i le Middlebury Institute of International Studies ma o se Faufautua i le Vaega Maualuga mo le Sustainable Ocean Economy. E le gata i lea, o loʻo galue o ia o le faufautua i le Rockefeller Climate Solutions Fund, le Rockefeller Global Innovation Strategy, ma le UBS Rockefeller ma Kraneshares Rockefeller Ocean Engagement Funds (tupe faʻafaigaluega e leʻi tupu muamua i le sami). O Mareko ose sui ole UNEPGuidance Working Group mo lana Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Initiative. Na ia tusia faatasi le "Transatlantic Blue Economy Initiative," o se poloketi soofaatasi a le Wilson Center ma Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Na mamanuina e Mareko le polokalame muamua o le carbon offset blue, SeaGrass Grow. Mai le 2018 i le 2023, na avea ai o ia ma sui o le Ocean Studies Board ma le US National Committee mo le sefulu tausaga o Ocean Science mo le Sustainable Development, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (USA). O ia o se tagata poto faapitoa i faiga faavae o le sami faavaomalo ma tulafono, tupe lanumoana ma tupe teufaafaigaluega, ma le gataifale ma le gataifale alofa.

O Mareko, o le sa galue faaloia ma galue o se faufautua o faiga faavae talu mai le 1986, sa avea ma taitaifono o le vaega o tulafono o le siosiomaga o le California State Bar Association mai le 1998-1999. Mai le 1994 i le 2003, sa avea Mareko ma Faatonu o le Siosiomaga Tulafono ma Sosaiete Sivili Polokalama ma le Fa'atonu o le Journal of Environment and Development i le Graduate School of International Relations & Pacific Studies (IR/PS), Iunivesite o Kalefonia i San Diego. I le faaopoopo atu i le lauga i le IR/PS, sa faiaoga Mareko i le Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD's Muir College, UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy, ma le Iunivesite o San Diego's School of Law. Na fesoasoani Mareko e mamanuina nisi o taumafaiga sili ona taua mo le faasaoina o le sami i tausaga talu ai nei. O ia o se tagata tomai ma faamanuiaina i le tulaga faavaomalo. Na te aumaia lona poto masani i tulaga faaletulafono ma faiga faavae o le faasao o le sami i le fuafuaga a le Faalapotopotoga Faavae mo le faia o tupe ma le iloiloga. O lo'o ia umia le BA i le tala fa'asolopito ma fa'ailoga mai le Kolisi o Claremont McKenna, JD mai Loyola Law School, Master in Pacific International Affairs (MPIA) mai le IR/PS, ma le Wines of the World Certification mai le Cornell University.