Eleanor is the Climate Science Manager at Ocean Conservancy working to advance evidence-based climate solutions as part of Ocean Conservancy’s Science Team. She works across the organization and with external partners on related topics, including blue carbon, adaptation and community resilience.

Prior to her position at Ocean Conservancy, Eleanor was a member of the 2022 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship serving as the Climate Policy Fellow to NOAA’s first Senior Advisor for Climate and one of the first female Vice Chairs of the IPCC, Ko Barrett. In this role, Eleanor worked across NOAA and other federal agencies to advance the administration’s climate policy goals to build a Climate Ready Nation. Eleanor also supported the IPCC’s Gender Action Team and was a member of the US Delegation to the IPCC and NOAA Delegation to COP27, where she spoke about gender and climate change during one of the US Center’s Climate Conversations.

Eleanor has always had a passion for identifying community needs, conducting policy-relevant research and communicating science. This led her to George Washington University, where she discovered an interest in sustainability, private sector engagement and international climate policy culminating in attending COP21 as a student representative. Recognizing the need for additional community-focused research, Eleanor accepted a graduate student position in the University of South Carolina’s Department of Geography where she worked with Dr. Kirstin Dow and the Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments, a NOAA funded lab, on co-produced community-focused research.

Her master’s degree focused on the impacts of sea level rise on coastal agriculture using a multidisciplinary approach blending social science and remote sensing. For her doctoral research, Eleanor continued to work with small business owners in multiple sectors because understanding small business decisions and challenges during disasters can support broader community resilience when confronted with the impacts of climate change.