Director, Ocean and Coastal Policy Program, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions

Acting Chief Economist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Linwood Pendleton directs the Ocean and Coastal Policy Program at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. Pendleton’s work focuses on policies that affect human uses and enjoyment of ocean and coastal resources – both living and non-living. He is the Director of the Marine Ecosystem Services Partnership, author of many scholarly articles, and coordinates the Marine Secretariat of the international Ecosystem Services Partnership. Pendleton’s current projects include work with the United Nations Environment Program’s Green Economy Project, UNEP GRID Arendal’s High Level Steering Committee on Deep Sea Mineral Resources in the Pacific, and Blue Carbon Economics (joint with Brian Murray, also from the Institute). Pendleton has served as Acting Chief Economist at NOAA since January 2011.

He holds a doctoral degree in resource and environmental economics from Yale University; a Master's degree in public administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School; a Master's degree in ecology, evolution, and behavior from Princeton; and a Bachelor'ss degree in biology from the College of William and Mary.

Areas of expertise: oceans & coasts, environmental economics, climate adaptation, marine spatial planning, estuaries, coral reefs, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway