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Susan Haynes

Education Program Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (contractor with Groundswell)

Susan is a member of the NOAA Ocean Exploration education team, managing programming that includes: ocean exploration education content development, a national educator professional development program in cooperation with 15 US Education Alliance Partners and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, and cultivating ocean literacy.  Prior to arriving at NOAA Ocean Exploration, Susan was the Director for the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership (CORE at the time) in Washington, D.C. She has also worked as an Education Specialist for Virginia Sea Grant at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, at Oregon Coast Aquarium, and at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. Susan has been a member and served in leadership positions within the National Marine Educators Association for several decades and has served as a co-lead for the All-Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance Ocean Literacy Working Group. 

Susan has dedicated her career to engaging marine scientists in student and teacher education and to sharing the value and excitement of ocean science and exploration with all ages.