Taylor Goelz
Program Manager, Shipping Decarbonization Initiative, Aspen Institute
Taylor Goelz, MS/MPP, is Program Manager for the Energy & Environment Program (EEP)’s Shipping Decarbonization Initiative for the Aspen Institute. Within this role, Goelz applies her experience of collaborative science policy and partnership to help the Cargo Owners Zero Emission Vessel Initiative (coZEV) engage multinational businesses and US policymakers to accelerate the decarbonization of maritime shipping.
Prior to joining Aspen, Goelz served as a John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow with NOAA Research, focusing on US engagement, outreach and strategic planning for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).
She is currently the host of The Ocean Decade Show, a podcast that aims to guide listeners down the yellow brick road of this global initiative to transform the ocean. Her expertise spans the spectrum of marine resource management, from participatory decision-making processes for oyster management to finance mechanisms for coastal resilience.
Goelz holds both a master’s in marine science and a master’s in public policy through William & Mary and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science’s dual degree program. She received her bachelor’s in environmental science from the University of San Diego.
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Inger Andersen
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Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius
Director of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Ulrike Decoene
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Prof. Dr. Colin Devey
Oceanic Volcanism – Research Division “Dynamics of the Ocean Floor”, GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
António Guterres
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Prof. Dr. Gideon Henderson
Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), United Kingdom
The Honorable Bernadette Jordan
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, South Shore – St. Margarets, Canada
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The Honorable Dr. Jane Lubchenco
Deputy Director for Climate and Environment, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Gesine Meissner
Former MEP, Chair National Committee for the UN Decade Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
Dr. Angela Merkel
Chancellor of Germany
Dr. Vladimir Ryabinin
Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO
