Sea Grant Bio
Beth (Owen) Bisson
Beth Owen

Beth joined the Maine Sea Grant team in February 2006. She came to Maine from Washington, D.C., where she worked as a Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Estuarine Reserves Division. Beth's academic and professional background is in education and coastal watershed science and policy. Prior to her graduate work at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, she worked on water quality policy for The Ocean Conservancy in San Francisco, CA; worked for the Student Conservation Association's Conservation Leadership Corps, in Oakland, CA; and taught environmental education in Ferry Beach, ME, and in Eastsound, WA. Beth coordinates all education activities for the Maine Sea Grant College Program, and she is the liaison to educational organizations in the state, region, and nation.

B.A. (Visual Art) Brown University, 1998
M.E.M. (Master of Environmental Management) Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 2004

For more information on education programs and activities at Maine Sea Grant, please visit our Education page.

Contact Information

Beth (Owen) Bisson
Education Coordinator

Maine Sea Grant
5784 York Complex
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469-5784
Phone: 207.581.1440
Fax: 207.581.1426
Email: Beth Bisson