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New Directors Elected to Board PCCS Panel of Advisors Appointed

Alix Ritchie, owner and publisher of the Provincetown Banner, and Barbara Birdsey, founder and president of the Pegasus Foundation, begin three-year terms at PCCS, a private, non-profit institution founded in 1976 and dedicated to marine science, and preservation of the marine coastal environment, through education, scientific research and conservation. Ms. Ritchie was a driving force behind the formation of the Cape Cod Commission, a planning and regulatory agency, and is an award-winning journalist. Mrs. Birdsey's foundation is committed to animal protection, environmental preservation and public education.

"I'm very pleased have both these dynamic women join us," said John Burman, Chairman of the PCCS Board of Directors. "Barbara's commitment to conservation is very important and I know she'll be a great asset to the board. Alix brings a vision for a Cape-wide sense of community to all that she does," added Burman, vice president of Kingman Yacht Center in Cataumet.

In addition to adding two board members, the Board of Directors appointed the following panel of Advisors: Chris Clark, senior scientist at Cornell University; Richard Danne, president of Richard Danne & Associates; Paul DeRuyter; owner of Whaler's Wharf and Aquarium Mall; Dawson Farber, vice president of Nauset Marine; Carol Green, president of the Phillips-Green Foundation; retired Coast Guard Admiral Jack Linnon (USCG ret); Linda B. Miller, a political science professor at Wellesley College and senior fellow at Brown University; Richard Miller, president, Market Response International; National Book Award Winner Nathaniel Philbrick; Bill Rossiter, president, Cetacean Society International; Mick Rudd, owner of Shankpainter Printing; Mark Silva, president of Benyon, Young & Downs Insurance Agency, former Congressman Gerry E. Studds; David Thornton, a retired senior development Officer at Harvard Law School; Napi Van Dereck, owner of Napi's Restaurant in Provincetown; and Burton Wolfman, a member of the Provincetown School Committee.

Visit www.coastalstudies.org for more information about the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, including our newest education initiative called MassSail, a 'floating classroom' aboard the 125-foot schooner the Spirit of Massachusetts.

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