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Earlier this year I was in Florida on

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Contributing Writers visit to FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, and was welcomed to the facility

Kevin Hardy for an interview with Jim Sullivan, Executive Director.

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Having been in this seat for many years, I ‘knew’ Harbor Branch – or at least I thought

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I did – courtesy of receiving regular press notices on the works that it does. But upon spending a couple of hours with Sullivan, in his of? ce and touring the facilities, my eyes

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Our interview starts on page 34, but I’ll give you the ‘cheat sheet’ version here. Sullivan

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Nicole Ventimiglia is a long-tenured and well-regarded scientist and researcher, one who never wanted nor [email protected] saw himself in the top leadership spot at an academic institution. But then a funny thing

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Nearly four years later, Sullivan is entrenched not only in FAU community, but in the [email protected] circle of leadership across academia, government and business to help de? ne and address

Accounting some of the most pressing matters that affect our oceans and waterways. While Sullivan

Esther Rothenberger [email protected] does miss certain aspects of being in the lab, he sees his role as a conduit to facilitate sci-

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