Introducing the New RMP Manager: Dr. Melissa Foley

SFEI is very pleased to announce that Dr. Melissa Foley joined our staff as the new RMP Manager in late December. She is a marine ecologist by training but an interdisciplinary scientist in practice. She has extensive experience working with scientists, lawyers, decision-makers, tribes, and stakeholders on a wide range of topics, including water quality, wildfire, dam removal, cross-habitat connectivity, ocean acidification, spatial planning, cumulative effects, ecological tipping points, and ecosystem-based management. Melissa received her PhD from the University of California Santa Cruz, was an Early Career Fellow with Stanford University's Center for Ocean Solutions, followed by a Mendenhall Research Fellow at the U.S. Geological Survey. Most recently, she was a Senior Scientist with Auckland Council in New Zealand, where she worked at the science-policy interface using long-term environmental monitoring data to inform regional and national management and policy strategies. You can reach her via email at [email protected] and via phone at (510) 746-7345. Welcome Melissa!