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3/05-3/06 Central
Coast Project Manager, California Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA)
Initiative
The California Marine Life Protection
Act Initiative is a public-private partnership aimed at improving California's
marine protected areas. DeLapa oversees a complex, high profile, collaborative
planning process along the central California coast, the first region of California
to implement the MLPA. DeLapa managed a technical planning staff that supports
a
stakeholder group composed of 32 members and 23 alternates and a nine member
science advisory team.
9/96-5/99 Founder and Consultant,
Sea Studios Foundation
Along with two other founders, DeLapa developed a novel concept for a
television production organization, helped raise $11 million for the
television series
The Shape of Life (co-production with National Geographic Television),
and consulted on the development and production of the series.
1/96-5/99 Founder
and Executive Director, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
DeLapa founded a nonprofit
foundation
for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, then on a part-time basis
served as its first
executive
director.
6/94-4/95 Strategy Consultant,
Center for Marine Conservation
In cooperation with the Center for Marine Conservation and the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, DeLapa wrote the business plan
for and incorporated
a nonprofit cooperating association.
9/92-11/93 Senior Research
Analyst, California Environmental Business Opportunities Project, Community
Environmental Council
DeLapa identified emerging environmental technologies, analyzed market
barriers, and developed strategies for overcoming those barriers in collaboration
with
members
of the California Legislature, business leaders, and environmental groups.
2/92-6/92 Campaign Manager,
Naomi Schwartz for Supervisor, Santa Barbara, California
3/87-3/89 Field Representative,
State Senator Gary K. Hart
Responsibilities included constituent casework, legislative research,
business liaison, and policy analysis.
6/84-9/84 Consultant, SRI
International
As special assistant to the president of SRI, DeLapa researched land
use policies and their impacts on corporate facility-siting in the Bay
Area
and published
the
San Francisco Bay Area Land Use Survey.
3/80-6/83 Director, Columbia
River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST)
DeLapa was the chief administrator of CREST,a
bi-state environmental planning and research organization consisting of nine
local governments. He supervised a technical staff of thirteen, wrote grants,
and managed a $1.5 million budget. He was also project officer for the Columbia
River Estuary Data Development Program (CREDDP), one of the largest interdisciplinary
programs on estuarine ecology ever conducted. He led a six-month Congressional
lobbying effort to secure funding for its completion, then hired and supervised
a program staff.
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