Reef Relief has added two staff members, Erin OâBrien and Taylor Tsacoumis, and promoted current staff member Dora DeMaria. Previous assistant program director, Alex Risius, has been accepted as a board member.
OâBrien, education coordinator, was born and raised near Buffalo, New York, and received a bachelorâs degree in marine science with a minor in environmental studies from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2018. Upon graduating she moved to the Florida Keys, where she served as a Reef Relief education intern from January to August 2019. She has also participated in an internship with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, working with the Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program and volunteering with the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery and Aquarium and the New York Marine Rescue Center.