User:Anchorharbor/Dan Haifley

Dan Haifley has been Executive Director of O'Neill Sea Odyssey, a free ocean science and ecology program for school-aged youth sailing Monterey Bay, since 1999 (http://www.oneillseaodyssey.org/osoTeam/crew.asp). From 1986 to 1993, he was Executive Director of Save Our Shores, based in Santa Cruz, California where he spear-headed the creation of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and lead the effort against offshore oil drilling, including passage of 26 local ordinances in California counties and cities limiting development of onshore facilities for offshore drilling (http://www.saveourshores.org/about-us/history). Mr. Haifley writes a newspaper column for the Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper called "Our Ocean Backyard".

Dan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He previously served on the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council from 2001 to 2007 and the Board of Directors of the Santa Cruz County Conference and Visitor's Council from 1993 to 1995 and from 2000 to 2006. He has received recognition from the California State Senate, State Assembly, the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments and the City of Santa Cruz for his efforts to help establish the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and to protect California's coastline (http://www.oneillseaodyssey.org/osoTeam/crew.asp).