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Jennifer Lash is the founder and Executive Director of Living Oceans Society, Canada's largest Marine Conservation Organization. Jennifer's background is in Public Policy and Administration and she has worked on ocean conservation issues in British Columbia for many years. A lifelong love of the ocean led Jennifer to Australia where she worked on a prawn trawler. The destruction she witnessed during this experience changed her life completely, and inspired her to work for the sustainable health of BC's ocean and the communities that depend on it.

Jennifer is coordinator of the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform and a founding member of the Oil Free Coast Alliance. She also serves on the Board of the Canadian Committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In 2002 the Tides Foundation presented Jennifer with the Jane Bagley Lehman award for excellence in Public Advocacy.

Jennifer lives in Sointula, a remote fishing village on Malcolm Island, with her nine-year-old twins. Her work often takes her from her island home, but she is driven by her passion for the coast and her belief that she is building a better future for her kids through the successful work of Living Oceans Society.