— LISTEE'S SPOTLIGHT —

An esteemed scientist, science advocate and environmental steward, Dr. Rob Moir has found fulfillment as the executive director of the Ocean River Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 2007, where he has aided organizations in their efforts to save the environment. With an emphasis on climate change solutions, he has advanced both the Massachusetts Slow Water Drought Relief Carbon Offset Fund and the Let Forests Grow Carbon Offset Fund, as well as championed the Salem Sound Coastwatch and the Right Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Lending his expertise to legislation in support of collaborative ecosystem-based management, Dr. Moir was instrumental in the passage of the Massachusetts Ocean Planning Act and the Massachusetts 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap. He was also the founding chair of the board of Ocean Champions. Prior to founding the Ocean River Institute, Dr. Moir accrued more than 40 years of professional excellence in environmental conservation, having served as an assistant scientist at the Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and a natural history curator at the Peabody Essex Museum, among other appointments. He earned a Master of Science in teaching and a PhD in environmental studies from Antioch University New England in 1979 and 2002, respectively.