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Cheryl Butner
Consultant
Email: cbutner@stanford.edu
Education:
- MBA, Southern New Hampshire University, 2020
- MA International Environmental Policy, Monterey Institute of International Studies, 2007
- BA Spanish Literature and Culture, U.C. Irvine, 1995
- Studied abroad at Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, 1993-1994
Hopkins Marine Station Research:
- The Upstream Alliance http://www.theupstreamalliance.org
- Kids and Climate http://kidsandclimate.stanford.edu
- Developing an ecosystem-based sustainability assessment of aquaculture and fisheries
- The Shark Baselines Project/SharkPulse http://sharkpulse.org
Experience:
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Ocean Policy and Conservation in California & Northwestern Mexico
- Marine Mammals – in particular, the critically endangered Vaquita Porpoise
- Bilingual Environmental Education - Spanish & English
- Sustainable Tourism & Ecotourism
- Social Media, Communications, & Marketing
- Photography
Publications:
- Jorgensen, S.J., F. Micheli, F. Ferretti, T.D. White, J. Alfaro, S. Andrzejaczek, N. Arnoldi, J. Baum, B. Block, G.L. Britten, C. Butner, et al. 2022. Emergent research and priorities for shark and ray conservation. Endangered Species Research 47: 171-203.
- Micheli, F., G. De Leo, C. Butner, R.G. Martone, G. Shester. 2014. A risk-based framework for assessing the cumulative impact of multiple fisheries. Biological Conservation 176: 224–235.
- Micheli, F., G. De Leo, G.G. Shester, R.G. Martone, S. Lluch-Cota, C. Butner, L.B. Crowder, R. Fujita, S. Gelcich, M. Jain, S.E. Lester, B. McCay, R. Pelc, A. Sáenz-Arroyo. 2014. A system-wide approach to supporting improvement in seafood production practices and outcomes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12(5): 297-305.
Work Experience:
- NOAA Office for Coastal Management (current position)
- Comunidad y Biodiversidad (COBI), Mexico
- NOAA National Marine Protected Areas Center, Monterey, CA
- Centro Intercultural de Estudios de Desiertos y Oceanos (CEDO), Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico
- Save The Whales, Seaside, CA
- ¡Viva Vaquita!, Monterey, CA