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Friday May 18, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PCCS Hires New Executive Director(Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA) - At its recent annual meeting, the board of directors of the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) elected Richard Delaney of South Orleans as executive director, effective July 1, 2007. Delaney will succeed Peter Borrelli who is retiring after twelve years at the helm.
As director of Massachusetts coastal zone management throughout the 1980s, Delaney was involved with the scientific, policy, legal, regulatory and political aspects of the Boston Harbor clean-up, the debate over proposed oil drilling on Georges Bank, major open space acquisitions, coastal wetland, and marine habitat protection. In 1989, he was the founding director of the Urban Harbors Institute (UHI) at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, and provided technical assistance and training to local governments and non-profit organizations in the United States and in over twenty countries. Delaney has been instrumental in establishing several environmental initiatives, including an outdoor residential environmental program for Cape Cod National Seashore, the Mass Bays National Estuary Program, the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Waquoit Bay National Estuary research reserve, and the now international Coast Weeks initiative. As national chair of the Coastal States Organization representing the views of the governors of thirty-five coastal and Great Lake states and five US Territories, he was the lead spokesperson on issues in Washington, DC testifying before congressional committees, addressing national conferences and working to develop a healthy consensus of diverse issues. # # # The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies is dedicated to researching and protecting marine mammals and marine ecosystems in the Gulf of Maine through research, conservation and public education programs. PCCS is internationally renowned for its whale research, and is a leading authority in science-based resource management policies in Massachusetts.# # # ContactTanya Gabettie Communications Coordinator O: 508.487.3622 Ext. 103 E: tgabettie@coastalstudies.org
Rich Delaney
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Delaney brings a seasoned perspective and vast experience in coastal management and marine conservation through various positions over the last twenty-five years.
