Oceana has announced the promotion of Susan Murray to Deputy Vice President, Pacific. Murray is responsible for managing three Pacific offices located in Juneau, Portland, OR, and Monterey, CA. In her tenure with Oceana, Ms. Murray has successfully driven ocean conservation policy victories in the Pacific and Arctic for the past decade. She received her undergraduate degree from Duke University, and has lived in Juneau for the past 22 years.

Oceana is the world’s largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans. Oceana wins policy victories for the oceans using science-based campaigns. Since 2001, the organization has protected over 1.2 million square miles of ocean and innumerable sea turtles, sharks, dolphins and other sea creatures. More than 550,000 supporters have already joined Oceana. Global in scope, Oceana has offices in North, South and Central America and Europe.