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Louisa Koch, NOAA’s Director of Education, educates and inspires the public and future workforce about the Earth System working with NOAA’s amazing array of people, partners, places and information. Louisa also serves as NOAA’s National Team for Regional Collaboration, helping to address complex, place-based challenges that require interdisciplinary approaches and regionally tailored solutions. Ms. Koch served as NOAA’s acting Deputy Under Secretary and Deputy Assistant Administrator for Research. Prior to joining NOAA, Ms. Koch worked at the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Defense and the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress. Ms. Koch earned a Master’s in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor’s in Physics from Middlebury College. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two daughters.

Daniel is a National Geographic Explorer in the area of environmental education. Right now, he is developing a Young Birders Club in a rural community of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, to generate environmental awareness and positive attitudes and actions towards biodiversity .

I'm a nature-based pediatric occupational therapist. I help nature-based educators and families support kids with disabilities and special needs in an outdoor environment.

Investigating Place-Based Sustainability Education, Professional Development for secondary education.