AltaSea Project

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Sharkbait Dive Club is proud to Host Pat Means-Manager, Outreach and Strategic Partnerships for the AltaSea Project on Tuesday June the 9th at 6:30pm at Graziano’s Ititalian Restaurant in Yorba Linda. Pat will be speaking to us about The AltaSea Poject.

Alta Sea brings together science, business and education to generate innovative solutions to the global challenges of sustainability. Located on an iconic 35-acre campus in the Port of Los Angeles, AltaSea works to demonstrate how the oceans directly contribute to the well-being of humankind and the health of the earth.

To do so, AltaSea will:

Expand science-based understanding of the oceans. AltaSea will convene and support the world’s best marine scientists in an urban ocean-based research facility that develops creative and cross-disciplinary solutions.
Catalyze the creation of relevant new industries. AltaSea will support new and existing businesses that commercialize scientific breakthroughs and emerging technologies to create ocean-related products and services.
Pioneer cutting-edge education and communications programs. AltaSea will ignite knowledge and excitement in audiences of all ages and backgrounds with programs that communicate about the oceans and their importance in achieving global sustainability.

Their Mission:

The ocean is one of the greatest treasures of the world, fundamental to our very existence. It is not only beautiful and mysterious, but it also nourishes and inspires billions of human beings around the globe. The ocean strongly influences weather patterns and the climate, and absorbs carbon dioxide. It is a critical source of food, energy and mineral wealth; and supports recreation, tourism and the transport of people, goods and food.

Humankind has long viewed the bounty of the ocean as inexhaustible and thus has neglected to adequately protect and manage it. In addition, the ocean is still an unexplored frontier, and the full measure of its vast resources is yet unknown. Only now are we beginning to understand its importance, search its depths, and appreciate its significance.

AltaSea knows that a world that values both the beauty and unexplored potential of our ocean is better placed to reverse the long-term trends of depletion and invest in its future. Through a unique collaboration of science, business, and education, AltaSea seeks revolutionary approaches to ocean-related sustainability issues. While the challenges are great, AltaSea believes that together we can create the future to which we all aspire.

Our Featured speaker is Pat Means Director of Communications and Community at AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles.

Prior to joining AltaSea in 2014, Pat headed Turning Point Communications, where, as a marketing

expert serving Fortune 1000 companies, non-profit organizations and small businesses, she developed

demonstrated expertise in formulating and executing communications strategies that leverage

traditional and on-line media channels. With the mission of providing information, resources and

solutions to clients and readers, the company’s publication, Turning Point Magazine, grew to become

the number one publication of its type in California and number four of its type in the United States.

Her other past work includes Director of Public Affairs and Radio Host at KACE Radio, Event Manager at

ProServ Inc., Marketing Manager at Motown Records, Account Executive at what is now Draftfcb

Advertising, and Product Manager at the Purex Corporation.

As founder and board chair of the TPC Foundation, Inc., which provides journalism and business training

for underserved graduate and undergraduate students attending Los Angeles area colleges and

universities, Pat develop experience in the non-profit arena as well.

Pat also has extensive community outreach experience, having been responsible for developing and

driving outreach, strategic partnerships and other initiatives with internal and external stakeholders and

leaders in order to ensure appropriate community engagement, both at AltaSea and for organizations

such as Wells Fargo, Cox Radio, the U.S. Department of Census and Los Angeles Metropolitan

Transportation Authority.

She currently serves on the Community Advisory Board for Wells Fargo, Los Angeles Metro Region, and

is on the Governing Board and finance committee of the Al Wooten Jr. Foundation. She is a former

Commissioner of the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pension Fund. She has served on the boards of the

Black Enterprise/Greenwich Street Partners Private Equity Fund Advisory Board, the West Angeles

Community Development Corporation, the Los Angeles African American Women’s Political Institute,

Inc. (LAAAWPPI) and the Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce.

Pat has been recognized for her business leadership by a number of prestigious organizations, including

being named the USC Black Alumni Association’s Outstanding Alumni of the Year; California State

Assembly Pioneer Awardee; National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO-LA) Hall of Fame

Inductee and Small Business Advocate; the Los Angeles Commission on Women President’s Award and

the Los Angeles Business Journal Women Who Make A Difference Award.

She received both her MBA and B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern

California.