Dropping in on some of the 2022 ASBPA Conf. conversations!
The Capital Beach, hosted by Derek Brockbank, provides a round-up from American Shore & Beach Preservation Association’s (ASBPA’s) 2022 National Coastal Conference, “Sand, Surf, and Sediment,” held in Long Beach, CA this September. Not the usual coastal policy-focused podcast, this episode of The Capital Beach has short interviews with six conference attendees: Susan Brodeur, Lee Weishar, Russ Boudreau, Julie Minerva, Brennan Banks, and Peter Ravella, who each bring a different perspective from near-retirement to first year grad-student, from engineer to policy expert, and from east coast to west coast. Catch up on what you missed at the conference, or deepen you conference experience in this coastal conference round-up
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Derek BrockbankDerek Brockbank is Executive Director of Coastal States Organization (CSO), which represents the nation’s Coastal States, Territories, and Commonwealths on ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes issues. With two decades of experience in Washington DC on coastal adaptation policy and organizational development, Derek is connecting state coastal management programs with federal agencies and resources in order to address the greatest coastal challenges facing society. He previously served as executive director for the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) where he led the strategic planning and outreach, government affairs, and development goals of the nation’s leading organization advocating for beach and coastal restoration. Prior to starting with ASBPA, Derek worked as campaign director for a coalition effort to restore the Mississippi River Delta and Coastal Louisiana, and was part of a gulf-wide campaign to pass the RESTORE Act, securing billions of dollars for Gulf Coast restoration. This followed up on his work with National Wildlife Federation on climate adaption. Derek grew up in New York City and got his coastal education from an early age playing on the beaches of Long Island, and kayaking and fishing in Peconic Bay.
