Erin Eastwood

Erin Eastwood is a member of ELI's Emerging Leaders Initiative and Program Director for the National Ocean Protection Coalition, where she works to build support for effective and lasting protection of our ocean’s special places. Prior to her work with the National Ocean Protection Coalition Erin served as the Campaign Manager for the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where she gained broad experience connecting science with public policy to advance ocean health. She completed a John A. Knauss Fellowship with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 2016, after receiving her Master’s in Conservation Biology from Columbia University. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from Loyola Marymount University.