Meghan Massaua

About Meghan Massaua

A highly motivated, knowledgeable marine professional with demonstrated abilities in science and policy and over a decade of applied experience; a proven leader with proficiency managing large marine conservation and offshore energy projects and facilitating dynamic groups; a team player with well-developed interpersonal skills, able to learn quickly and problem solve. Skills include: project management, facilitation, strategic planning, policy analysis, project evaluation, education and outreach, stakeholder engagement, writing and editing, experimental design, well-developed ecological field skills, data management/statistical analysis, and web design.

Experience

1. Senior Mediator and Program Manager

   Meridian Institute

   Nov 2019 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Designs, manages, and facilitates collaborative approaches to solve complex policy problems. Projects include large and small convenings, coalition and consensus building, strategy development, and multi-year multi-stakeholder collaborations around a range of issues at the regional and national levels including ocean science and policy, aquaculture, plastic waste, offshore energy, fisheries management, water recycling, and coastal management. Negotiates, plans, and executes legislative, planning, and policy initiatives at the federal, regional, state, local, and organizational scales to advance and implement collaborative solutions. Conducts analyses and develops strategy to advance targeted policy interventions and identify regulatory solutions in the executive and legislative branches. Conducts stakeholder assessments, utilizing interviews, surveys, and other social science methods. Catalyzes partnerships and maintain relationships with officials and stakeholders from a variety of perspectives.

Education

• School for Field Studies - Kenya

  Center for Wildlife Management Studies

  2005 — 2005

• Clark University

  BA

  2002 — 2006

• University of Washington

  M.M.A.

  2009 — 2011

Skills

• Natural Resource Management
• Environmental Education
• Community Outreach
• Experimental Design
• Data Analysis
• Policy Analysis
• Environmental Compliance
• Scuba Diving
• Conservation Issues
• Ecology
• Sustainability
• Workshop Facilitation
• Renewable Energy
• Project Management
• Program Evaluation
• Coastal
• Nepa
• Research
• Scientific Writing
• Web Design
• Grant Writing
• Science
• Policy
• Event Planning
• Environmental Policy
• Editing
• Statistics
• Environmental Science
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Environmental Awareness
• Marine Biology
• Qualitative Research
• Energy Policy
• Field Work