Dr. D. James Baker

• Former Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA)
• Former Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere at the U.S. Department of Commerce
• Fellow, American Meteorological Society
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Dr. Baker was previously President of Joint Oceanographic Institutions Incorporated, Dean of the College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington, and a member of the faculties of Harvard University and the University of Rhode Island. He is author of Planet Earth: The View from Space, and has written more than 100 articles on climate, oceanography, and space technology, natural resource management, and sustainable development.