Coastal Scientist | Marine Debris Program Director
Ted joined the Federation in 1997, coming from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, where he managed education programs and watershed planning initiatives for nine years. He has served as the Federation’s education director, Cape Fear Coastkeeper®, and as a coastal scientist. Ted coordinates large-scale coastwide marine debris and abandoned-derelict vessel removal efforts, and he works on state and regional marine debris and ADV policy and planning initiatives. Ted also designs and implements oyster habitat restoration projects and supports living shoreline projects in the southern region. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in zoology from Connecticut College, and he is working to complete the marine biology graduate program at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.