Haley is currently the Chapter Coordinator for the Surfrider Foundation San Diego Chapter. The position entails coordinating local chapter efforts to help protect our oceans, waves and beaches throughout San Diego. She is also President of the Board of Directors for Surfrider Foundation Canada. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Conservation from the University of British Columbia and is currently pursing a Masters degree from the University of San Diego in Nonprofit Management and Leadership. She grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia where she worked as an environmental researcher in forestry, fisheries and coastal resource management. Haley was an active member of the Surfrider Foundation Vancouver Chapter executive committee for nearly five years before relocating to southern California.
With over 75 miles of coastline to cover, San Diego represents one of the largest chapters of the Surfrider Foundation. It is a grassroots organization, which means the people working to protect our local oceans, waves and beaches are volunteers who care about San Diego and want to make a difference.
Globally, Surfrider is involved in a variety of campaigns and programs aimed at protecting our coastal ecosystems. Its campaigns and programs are developed to support its strategic goals/initiatives: Clean Water, Beach Access, Beach Preservation, and Protecting Special Places. The Surfrider Foundation chapter network works on a diverse set of coastal problems ranging from water quality, to single-use plastics in our marine environment, to shoreline armoring and the protection of surfing areas. However, the common thread is that all of these efforts are direct action organizing campaigns, in other words volunteer driven.
The Surfrider Foundation San Diego County Chapter is currently engaged in the following campaigns: Rise Above Plastics, Hold On To Your Butt, No Border Sewage and Beach Preservation. The chapter is also running several programs including Ocean Friendly Gardens, Know Your H20, Blue Water Task Force, Kids for Clean Water and monthly Beach Cleanups.
For more information go to www.surfridersd.org.
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