<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">From: Leigh Zimmermann <</span><a href="mailto:leighzimm@GMAIL.COM" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">leighzimm@GMAIL.COM</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Subject: Job: President & CEO, Consortium for Ocean Leadership</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The Consortium for Ocean Leadership is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">organization that represents more than 90 of the leading public and private</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ocean research education institutions, aquaria and industry with the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">mission to advance research, education and sound ocean policy. The</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">organization has an annual budget of $235 million and more than 55 staff</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">that help shape the future of ocean science and technology through</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">discovery, understanding and action. Ocean Leadership currently manages and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">coordinates ocean research and education programs in areas of scientific</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ocean drilling, ocean observing, and ocean exploration and facilitates</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ocean partnerships. Ocean Leadership is increasingly focused on national</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">advocacy for science and science support.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">POSITION OVERVIEW</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The President is the Chief Executive Officer of the Consortium for Ocean</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Leadership and reports to its Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">seeks a strategic and visionary leader who is dedicated to and driven by</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the intricacies and intersections of scientific, societal and national</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">needs. The President proactively leads conversations that build trust, and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">leverages relationships and partnerships across federal, academic, and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">industrial sectors to advance the needs and missions of the ocean sciences</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">community.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Please see Ocean Leadership's website for more details:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<a href="http://oceanleadership.org/position-announcement-president-ceo-ocean-leadership/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://oceanleadership.org/position-announcement-president-ceo-ocean-leadership/</a><br>
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