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Janis Searles Jones
CEO, Ocean Conservancy
Janis Searles Jones is CEO of Ocean Conservancy, an organization focused on solutions to tackle the most pressing ocean issues of our time. A renowned marine conservation and policy expert, she has deep expertise in Alaska and the Arctic in particular. Jones is an adjunct faculty member and Distinguished Environmental Law Graduate of Lewis & Clark Law School, where she earned her JD and a certificate in environmental and natural resources law. Prior to joining Ocean Conservancy, she was senior regional counsel and policy advisor for Oceana and a staff attorney for the Alaska office of Earthjustice. Jones was a 2017 Pew Marine Fellow.
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Our planet can sustain life because of one universally unique feature: the ocean. It produces half the oxygen we breathe, nourishes our bodies with food and our minds with ins...