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Shoreline
Preservation Fund
Grants Manager
Scott Bull
Education
Scott
Bull completed a Bachelors of Science Degree in Environmental Studies
with Honors in 1996. After working at the Marine
Science Institute for several years, Scott received a fellowship
for graduate research in marine
restoration in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine
Ecology. He completing a Master’s Degree in Marine Biology
in 2003 and published his research "Evaluation of Techniques
for Surfgrass Restoration" in Restoration
Ecology in
May 2004
Activism
While
an undergraduate at UC Santa Barbara, Scott co-founded the Isla
Vista Chapter Surfrider Foundation in 1994. He later lead a campus-wide
ballot initiative in 1999 that established the Shoreline
Preservation Fund (SPF) which raises
$180,000 each year to be distributed in grants for local coastal enhancement.
Scott was instrumental in the establishment of the Fund serving as
chair of the Board of Directors for the first two years of its founding.
His
commitment to community issues elected him to the Gaviota
Coast Conservancy (GCC) Board of Directors in 2001, Citizens
Planning Association Board of Directors in 2003, and Goleta
Valley Beautiful Board of Directors in 2005, of which he still
serves on all.
Scott
has continued to play an important role with the Santa
Barbara Chapter and Isla
Vista Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation over
the past twelve years, currently as Chair of Santa Barbara Chapter and
student affairs advisor for IV Surfrider. He is a key lead
activist on several major coastal issues, and is responsible for public
outreach.
Employment
Scott
worked part time for the City of Santa Barbara Creeks
Restoration and Water Quality Improvement Division conducting creek
and ocean water quality monitoring efforts from 2003-2005. Currently,
he is employed with the University of California Santa Barbara
in Associated
Students. He serves primarily as Shoreline
Preservation Fund Grants Manager, in addition to Student Affairs Advisor
to influencial UCSB student organizations with large annual budgets including AS
Recycling Program, Environmental
Affairs Board, and AS
BIKES.
On his free time, Scott enjoys traveling to distant countries and surfing local breaks along the Gaviota and Santa Barbara coastline.
Email Scott
Bull