Kate Wing, Executive Director
Kate founded Intertidal Agency to work at the intersection of technology, design strategy, and ocean issues. She has more than 20 years experience in the social sector as an advisor, grantmaker, advocate, and consultant. She co-founded the Net Gains Alliance, a coalition supporting data modernization in U.S. fisheries, and helped launch Fishnet.ai, the first open training library of commercial fishing images. She is the co-chair of the Data Committee for the UN Decade of Ocean Science and Sustainability and regularly serves as a mentor for ocean tech accelerators and early career ocean professionals.
Dr. Rachael E. Blake, Director of Data Science
Rachael brings broad experience in marine science, data science, and technical problem solving to Intertidal Agency. She has engaged with diverse stakeholders and interdisciplinary teams while leading data-intensive projects at non-profits and academic research centers. As part of her commitment to continuous learning and open research, she has contributed to software packages that improve reproducibility and developed lessons on data documentation. In addition to her work at Intertidal Agency, she maintains active research collaborations including a long-term analysis of intertidal data from Alaska and studies of global insect biodiversity and invasions, and serves on the Media Committee of the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (SORTEE).
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