1. Monica P Medina was born on 1962 and is an American attorney and government official who previously served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs at the Department of State.
18 Facts About Monica Medina
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Monica Medina was the US Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission.
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Monica Medina briefly served as President and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society.
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Monica Medina received an Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarship in 1979 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University.
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Monica Medina received her Juris Doctor with honors from Columbia Law School.
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Monica Medina began her career in the office of the general counsel of the Army, where she served on active duty in the United States Army.
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Monica Medina was later appointed to serve as general counsel of NOAA from 1997 to 1999.
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Monica Medina served as a senior officer in the Pew Environment Group, where she provided advice and assistance on issues of marine law and policy.
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Monica Medina served on the presidential transition team of Barack Obama.
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Monica Medina served as the US Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission.
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Monica Medina led efforts on Arctic conservation, restoration of the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, conservation of endangered species, and fisheries management and enforcement.
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Monica Medina later served as a member of the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services.
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Monica Medina is a board member of the Service Women's Action Network and the Georgetown Sustainable Oceans Alliance board.
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Monica Medina has written opinion columns for The New York Times, HuffPost, The Hill, and USA Today.
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Monica Medina frequently writes about environmental policy, and has authored columns supportive of the Green New Deal.
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Monica Medina has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, CGTN America, and NPR.
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Monica Medina's nomination was reported favorably by the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee on August 4,2021.