I was attracted to GMRI initially by their work in building community among disparate stakeholders struggling to understand and steward the Gulf of Maine. As a Board member, I learned of the overall excellence of the organization in research, in education and in community-building, and in pioneering an adaptive model that links these aspects together for long-term progress in preserving this unique resource. interested in the Gulf of Maine and their vision for using rigorous scientific exploration to support both an ecosystem view of the Gul