Kayla Emerson, Administrative Director
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayla-michellie-emerson/
Kayla is concentrating in Coastal and Marine Management and Environmental Analytics and Modeling. She is primarily interested in coastal resiliency, coastal wetlands, and remote sensing and modeling.
Scout Yokley, Publication Director
https://www.linkedin.com/in/scout-yokley-92b846226/
Scout is concentrating in Environmental Economics and Policy and Coastal and Marine Systems. Prior to Duke, her work primarily focused on researching policies impacting small-scale gold miners in Western Kenya. She hope to utilize her time at Duke to explore the applications of environmental economics techniques on policy decisions and explore community resilience policies in the face of sea level rise.
Natalie Holsclaw, Program Director
https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalieholsclaw/
Natalie is concentrating in Coastal and Marine Management and Environmental Analytics and Modeling. She has experience working in oyster aquaculture areas and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. While at Duke she hopes to explore the applications of data analytics in sustainable fisheries management and coastal resilience monitoring.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-dear
Megan is concentrating in Coastal & Marine Systems and Community Engagement & Environmental Justice. Before Duke, she researched coral reef health and disease. She hopes to use her graduate degree to transition into marine policy work that addresses global coral adaptation and resilience.
Audrey Kuptz, Symposium Director
https://www.linkedin.com/in/audrey-kuptz/
Audrey is concentrating in Coastal & Marine Systems and Environmental Economics & Policy. While at Duke, she hopes to build upon her background in marine science and biology to explore the policy and management instruments that can be used to protect the ocean and the coastal communities that rely on it.