Tina is staff scientist for Friends of the San Juans where she has managed shoreline research, restoration and protection programs for over 14 years. Tina received an interdisciplinary Master of Science from the University of Oregon in 1999.  She has twenty five years of experience in habitat conservation in the northeast and the northwest working with wildlife refuges, watershed councils and a natural history museum.  Tina served for 8 years on the San Juan County Marine Resources Committee and currently serves on the County’s Salmon Recovery Technical Advisory Group.  Tina lives on Orcas Island with her husband and son and is happiest on a beach, for work or play.