Based near Victoria, BC, Canada, Dr. Rebecca Martone is the Executive Director of the Ocean Decade Collaborative Center for the NE Pacific, a division of the Tula Foundation. Over the past 20-years Dr. Martone has worked as an applied marine ecologist addressing a variety of issues in coastal ecosystems across the west coast of North America, including marine spatial planning, small-scale fisheries sustainability, cumulative impacts to coastal ecosystems, and monitoring to inform ecosystem-based management. Dr. Martone has a PhD from Stanford University in biological sciences, a Masters in environmental management from Duke University, and a B.A. in environmental sciences from Northwestern University. Rebecca is passionate about working with a diverse community of scientists, community members, industry representatives, and ocean and coastal practitioners to solve the major challenges facing our oceans, and to help protect our coasts and oceans while supporting people’s livelihoods and cultural connections.