- Kate Thompson
- National Marine Sanctuary Program
Kate Thompson is a National Education Liaison and project lead of OceansLIVE for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Sanctuary Program. She brings her knowledge of live dive programming, and distance learning to this exciting Aquarius Mission to ensure the message “If Reefs Could Talk” is communicated through the mission’s live programming on the OceansLIVE.org portal. Kate has worked for the program at both the site and national level coordinating education and outreach for projects, programs and expeditions to better ensure protection and stewardship of our national marine sanctuaries’ natural and maritime heritage resources.
She is a National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Working Diver and a certified underwater archaeologist which enables her to bring the experiences of diving and the underwater world to the public and into the classroom. She has worked with teachers and students a like in bringing the preservation and conservation ethic to the education world. She received her Master's of Science degree in Park, Recreation Tourism Management with a specialization in Cultural Resource Management from Michigan State University. While persuing her Master's she also studied abroad in a Coastal Resource Management Program in Anguilla British West Indies. Although she has been diving all over the world, her native sweetwater seas of Michigan are still her favorite dive destination.
