Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 32, Number 3, 1 March 2015 — New Papahānaumokuākea superintendent [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

New Papahānaumokuākea superintendent

Athline Clark, who has more than two decades of experience with the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries in the Florida Keys and Hawai'i, as a sanctuary advisory eouneil member for Hawaiian Islands

HumpbackWhale National Marine Sanctuary, has been named superintendent of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

Clark has worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the past five years and formerly served as the State of Hawai'i co-manager for Papahānaumokuākea, the National Oeeanie and Atmospheric Administration said in a news release. She graduated from Kailua High School and received a master's degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Hawai'i-Mānoa. Tim Johns, NOAA's Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Advisory Coun-

eil chair, said Clark brings "a weahh of knowledge about the history and management of this special plaee." The eouneil provides advice and recommendations to the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries about the management of Papahānaumokuākea. Papahānaumokuākea is cooperatively managed to ensure ecological integrity and achieve strong, longterm protection and perpetuation of Northwestern Hawaiian Island eeosystems, Native Hawaiian culture and heritage resources for current and future generations. Three co-trustees - the Department of Commerce, Department of the Interior and State of Hawai'i -joined by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, protect this special plaee, inscribed in 2010 as the first mixed (natural and cultural) UNESCO World Heritage Site in the United States.

Athline Clark