So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish!

As our fellowship year comes to a close this week, we'd like to give a big thanks to all of our host offices, and state and national Sea Grant program staff who have made this experience such a positive one.  We have all learned valuable lessons and made strides toward shaping our next career steps.  Biggest congratulations to all those fellows who have (at least temporarily) figured it out!

•  Andy Coleman continues to work on sea turtle conservation at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies,
• Hannah Dean and Joe Fillingham are returning to their ivory towers to work towards their PhDs,
• Chelsea Combest-Friedman is traveling to Mexico for an extended visit where she will continue to apply for jobs and soak up the sunshine,
• Jenn Cudney, Rosa Gonzalez, and Amanda Keledjian will be staying on with the Offices of Sustainable Fisheries and Protected Resources to continue growing their fellowship portfolios and developing relationships within NOAA Fisheries, 
• Nikki Teutschel, Nicole Rohr, and Kristen Bor have secured awesome jobs on the Hill,
• Olivia Lee will be staying on with NSF and continuing to look for post doc positions around the world,
• Emily Gamelin, Katrina Phillips, and Megan Mueller are looking to stick around and do great things in OAR,
• Josh Stoll, after much internal debate, has decided to continue work in NOAA Fisheries Policy and begrudgingly give DC another year of his life,
• O.J. heads back to Michigan to wow the midwest with his knowledge in evolutionary genetics,
• Ayana Johnson will be working as an ocean envoy for the Waitt Foundation, traveling the world investigating innovative fisheries practices,  

• Ben Carswell will be flying south to put his expertise to work on Jekyll Island and finish his thesis,
• Becky Blanchard is taking her grace, style, and interdiscplinary know-how to Oregon, where she will work as an Adjunct Professor and finish her PhD dissertation,
• Colin Hume takes our favorite Knauss spouse all the way to Washington State, where he'll be working  in Seattle and encouraging us to come visit,
• Christina Hoefsmit and Abby Graefe are moving to Rhode Island and Chicago, respectively, where they plan to enjoy friends and find an awesome jobs,
• Caitlin Frame heads to Europe for travel and a post doc position in Switzerland - awesome!
• Amy Scaroni will be partying in Australia for a month and then returning to finish up projects in Sea Grant,
• Lauren Land will be finishing up projects in Sea Grant before moving to begin her new position coordinating sustainability projects for the Louisiana State Sea Grant program - Geaux Tigers!
• Anna Coffey will be using what she learned this year to continue working for the Department of Energy, and
• Heidi Geisz is finishing up her fellowship and enjoying time with her new little one.

Phew!  Think about all the great work we have done and will continue to do with our new-found appreciation for the challenges that surface at the interface of science and policy!  I know I speak for more than myself when I say that we are all excited to be joining the ever-expanding community of Knauss alums.  Wishing everyone the absolute best in their future endeavors.