Since 2016, The SeaDoc Society has grown its impact and reach, expanding not only our scientific capacity but also launching our youth education program and accelerating outreach efforts. This heady time for SeaDoc has been led by Regional Director Markus Naugle.

This month, Markus announced his resignation as Regional Director from SeaDoc Society due to recent changes in his father’s health that require Markus’ help. Please join us in wishing Markus and his family all the best in this time of need.

"My simple words could never express fully my depth of gratitude for my three years of service to SeaDoc and the Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center,” he said. “Any success SeaDoc has appreciated these past three years has been the result of a collective team effort that brings me great joy. I am hopeful and confident that my family will get through this, and I remain a strong proponent for SeaDoc and its important mission in the Salish Sea. You all are shining examples of what is bright and true in a complicated world.”

Over the last three years, The SeaDoc Society hired a Communications and Marketing Manager, which has dramatically expanded our translational science efforts and storytelling, and an Education Coordinator, which is bringing Salish Sea science to the youth of Washington State and British Columbia. We also hired a new Executive Assistant. Markus built this amazing team, managed the staff and our Board of Directors, and helped expand SeaDoc’s vision and impact during his time at SeaDoc.

We will miss him and are grateful for the strong foundation he’s built. He leaves us in a great place as we enter the new year. We will begin the search for a new Regional Director this winter, so please keep an eye out for the job announcement and share it with any great candidates once it is posted. Join us in thanking Markus and wishing him and his family all the best.