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Center for Coastal Studies

Provincetown, Massachusetts

A nonprofit, independent research organization dedicated to
advancing applied research, education, and public policy
initiatives for the betterment of coastal ecosystems, the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS
or the Center) seeks an executive director to lead the Center into
its next era of impact. Drawn to the Center’s ethos of doing
science that matters, the next executive director will bring a deep
passion for the CCS’s commitment to scientific rigor.

The Center for Coastal Studies provides sound science to
formulate solutions that address the ocean’s most pressing
challenges. Rooted in investigation, CCS’s work delivers
cutting-edge discoveries about marine and coastal ecosystems and
the life inhabiting them. Its impact extends far beyond research,
motivating and equipping communities to engage in protecting
coastal and ocean resources. CCS’s work focuses on the waters of
Cape Cod, Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, and the broader Gulf of
Maine, the latter of which is known to be the most rapidly warming
body of water on the planet, but extends globally – partnering with
researchers across six continents. With nearly 50 years of
experience, CCS is uniquely positioned to address the urgency of
our degraded oceans and the demands of the current climate
crisis.

Today, CCS has a wide-ranging and active
portfolio of impactful science, from endangered whale species
to shark and seal research to collaborations with marine fisheries.
As just a sampling of impact outcomes, the Center has disentangled
more than 250 whales and trained more than 40 countries in its
disentanglement methods; removed and recycled 160,000 pounds of
debris from the ocean floor; helped local towns analyze more than
8,000 water samples annually to help improve water quality; and
supported 23 Cape and Islands towns with access to CCS’s
user-friendly app to predict the extent of impacts from
approaching, and future, storm-related flooding events. CCS’s next
executive director will reinforce the strength and quality of the
organization’s portfolio and ensure infrastructure is effective in
its scale and scope to support mission-critical work.

The next leader will galvanize CCS’s high-performing team,
board, community members, political leaders, funders, and other
external partners, bringing diverse groups together for a shared
purpose: forging strategic partnerships to motivate communities and
stakeholders to engage in protecting coastal and ocean resources.
This moment calls for a collaborative, people-first leader with
outstanding abilities in relationship development and communication
who will convey the impact of the Center’s research to critical
audiences.

The Center for Coastal Studies has retained Isaacson, Miller, a
national executive search firm, to support the search for its next
Executive Director. Please submit all inquiries, nominations, and
applications (including CVs and letters of interest) through the
Isaacson, Miller website:
https://www.imsearch.com/open-searches/center-coastal-studies/executive-director.