Rebecca Goldman Martone, PhD, works as an applied social-ecological systems scientist collaborating with diverse rightsholders and stakeholders to co-develop, communicate, and mobilize knowledge to inform conservation and stewardship of marine and coastal ecosystems. She has worked in partnership with Indigenous governments and communities, federal and provincial/state agencies, NGOs, academic institutions, and industry to inform marine spatial planning and protected area management, small scale fisheries sustainability, Indigenous food security, climate change and cumulative impacts, and restoration and stewardship of estuarine, intertidal, rocky reef and kelp forest ecosystems. Originally from the USA, she holds a PhD in Biological Sciences from Stanford University, a Masters degree in Environmental Management from Duke University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences from Northwestern University. 

After moving to British Columbia in 2008 for a postdoctoral degree at UBC, she worked for the Province of BC as a marine biologist, supporting the Marine Plan Partnership and the Great Bear Sea Marine Protected Area Network planning process. She has also worked as the Executive Director of the UN Ocean Decade Collaborative Center for the Northeast Pacific with the Tula Foundation, and as the Assistant Science Director at the Center for Ocean Solutions at Stanford University in California. She is currently working as the marine science advisor with the Nanwakolas Council, learning from and supporting the member First Nations stewardship.