Emma Green-Beach

Emma Green-Beach, a 2007 Vision Fellow, earned her M.S. in Ecology and Evolution from Rutgers University, studying Dermo disease and population genetics in the wild oyster populations of Martha’s Vineyard. She was mentored by Rick Karney from the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group (MVSG) and worked in his shellfish hatchery during the summers of 2006 – 2010. After earning her graduate degree, Emma worked as a Research Assistant II in the Scientific Aquaculture Program at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, as well as in the Animal Care division, for 3 years. In 2014, Emma returned to the MVSG, full time, as Special Project Manager. For 3 years she managed 10 projects with 13 different grants, a few of which included shell recycling, experimental oyster beds and investigation into harvesting the invasive reed, Phragmites australis as a means to remove nitrogen from our coastal salt ponds. Emma is now the Executive Director of MVSG and a Selectperson for the Town of Oak Bluffs.