Dr. Judith T. Kildow is founding Director Emeritus of the National Ocean Economics Program (NOEP) (www.OceanEconomics.org), located at the Center for the Blue Economy (CBE), Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California, where she currently serves on their Advisory Council and editorial board for their Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics. She is also on the Board of Trustees for the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
She has a PhD in International Relations and Science Policy from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. Her early career as Associate Director for the Center for Marine Affairs at Scripps Institution of Oceanography established her as a founding member of the field of Ocean Policy. In 1999, her National Ocean Economics Program laid the foundation for the field of Ocean Economics.
For more than 50 years working, with scientists and engineers, she has taught and done research to provide evidence for policy makers and the public that oceans and coasts are valuable.
She served 28 years on the faculty of the Ocean Engineering Department at MIT, was Senior Social Scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, James W. Rote Distinguished Professor, California State University Monterey Bay, Research Faculty/Senior Fellow at Harvard University Kennedy School, University of Southern California Wrigley Institute, and University of Vermont, Gund Institute.
Her public service includes Presidential commissions, National Academy boards, federal and state commissions, corporate and editorial boards. She has published and lectured globally on coastal and ocean science policy, economics, and management.
Publications, lectures and awards and more details can be found on her longer CV at www.oceaneconomics.org
