The Office of National Marine Sanctuaries serves as the trustee for a network of underwater parks encompassing more than 600,000 square miles of marine and Great Lakes waters from Washington State to the Florida Keys, and from Lake Huron to American Samoa.

Speaker Ellen Brody is the Great akes Regional Coordinator for NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, She works with Great Lakes communities on new sanctuary designations and nominations, coordinates programs for the national marine sanctuaries, and builds partnerships with other government agencies and organizations. Ellen is currently leading the designation for the proposed Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary. Ms. Brody spent her first nine years with NOAA in Washington, D.C. in the national coastal zone management office, while focusing on the Great Lakes. She now works in Ann Arbor at the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab. She has a BS and MS in environmental policy from the University of Michigan.

Speaker Stephanie Gandulla is a maritime archaeologist and the Research Coordinator for NOAA’s Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, based in Alpena, Michigan. She has participated in projects around the world including the Great Lakes, the South Pacific, Sweden, Jamaica, and the Arctic. Ms. Gandulla holds a BA in English from Montana State University and an MA in Maritime Studies from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. Ms. Gandulla has published and presented a number of papers on topics ranging from Civil War armament and maritime battle techniques to Swedish maritime material culture and has experience in various archaeological documentation techniques, public interpretation, and cultural resource protection policies.

This is the first of a six-lecture. The subject of the series is Global Waters: The Tip of the Iceberg. The next lecture will take place January 20, 2022. The title is Rivers of Power. Learn from well-known experts about an array of interesting subjects, with an interactive Q&A period following each lecture.

Preregistration is required via the OLLI website or phone. A link to access the lecture will be e-mailed to you approximately one week prior to the first session.