New business manager - Ken Barton

Ken Barton on his old boatKen joins IAN after a 25-year career with NOAA. He retired as a Captain in the NOAA Commissioned Corps and was most recently Acting Director of NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration. He also had the good fortune to command three NOAA ships conducting fisheries research and working in New England, Southeast Alaska, and tropical Pacific waters. Many years ago he graduated from New York State Maritime College with a USCG license to drive ships and a BS in Meteorology and Oceanography. He received his Masters Degree in Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island in 1990. If IAN will allow him any free time, he will likely spend it exploring the creeks of the Bay on his (new to him) 44-foot sailboat or working on his house in Vermont.