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Rebecca Goldburg is a Senior Scientist at Environmental Defense, a national non-profit research and advocacy organization. Based in New York City, Goldburg’s work focuses on public policy issues concerning both marine and terrestrial food production. Her current focuses include creating incentives for more environmentally responsible seafood production and to reduce antibiotic use in animal agriculture. Goldburg currently serves as an advisor to the Luce Foundation's Environment Program. She is also a member USDA’s working group to develop organic standards for aquaculture and the Marine Aquaculture Task Force established by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Pew Charitable Trusts. Her past service includes USDA's National Organic Standards Board, the National Academy of Science's Committee on Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Crops, and the US State Department's US-EU Consultative Forum on Biotechnology. Goldburg also works with companies. For example, she worked with McDonald's Corporation to develop the company's global policy on antibiotic use in food animals, and she is currently working with corporate partners to develop new seafood purchase specifications. Goldburg is a frequent speaker and an author of numerous publications, including "Marine Aquaculture in the United States" (Pew Oceans Commission, 2001) and "Effect of Aquaculture on World Fish Supplies" (Nature, 2000). Frequently interviewed by the media, Goldburg has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including CBS Evening News, CNN, PBS’s News Hour with Jim Lehrer, and NPR’s All Things Considered, and has been quoted in numerous publications. Dr. Goldburg holds an A.B. in Statistics from Princeton University and an M.S. in Statistics and Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Minnesota. She received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Minnesota in 2002. | 