Leslie-Ann McGee

Leslie-Ann McGee is Director of Programs at the World Ocean Council, the only international, cross-sectoral alliance for private sector leadership and collaboration in "Corporate Ocean Responsibility." In addition to other leadership responsibilities, Ms. McGee leads the WOC's Marine Spatial Planning Program and chairs the WOC MSP Work Group.

A graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder (B.A.) and the Duke University Nicholas School for the Environment (M.E.M.), her experience also includes leading the Ocean and Coastal Solutions group at Battelle Memorial Institute, serving as Director of the Office of Coastal Zone Management for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and staffing the Habitat, MPA and Ecosystems Committee of the New England Fishery Management Council while stationed in Woods Hole, MA.