Katie Lizza, MRA
Katie Lizza is a marine resource management and policy practitioner with a background in ecology, fisheries, and coral reefs and a keen interest in understanding the interconnections and changes occurring within an ecosystem. Discovering patterns and trends in large datasets intrigues her as she enjoys the data analysis side of being a marine scientist. She brings experience in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and is enthusiastic about using this tool to visualize and analyze scientific data, which allows her to contribute to data-driven and solutions-oriented recommendations related to resource management issues.
Katie is also passionate about finding solutions to complex resource management issues and brings extensive experience working in the government sector coordinating and collaborating across local, state, and federal agencies as well as with NGO’s, resource users, and academic researchers to address issues facing our marine systems. She finds stakeholder engagement and facilitation a key component in marine resource management decision-making and brings experience developing and facilitating multi-stakeholder engagement workshops.
Katie holds a Master’s degree in Marine Resource Assessment and a Bachelor’s degree in Natural Resource Conservation with a focus in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Additionally, Katie is a SSI Divemaster, completing her certification in Nusa Penida, Indonesia where she also participated in conservation work. During her divemaster certification, she participated in coral restoration projects and contributed to the assessment of fish populations in the Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area through fish surveys, baited remote underwater video drops, and post-community video analyses.
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