Iceberg Effect

Lauren Rosen (Director) is a recent  emigré to the Seacoast from Brooklyn, NY; and has worked as  a freelance director for many years - in  film, theatre and opera, spanning New York to Honolulu. Passionate about engaging and mentoring emerging artists, she has worked as a teaching artist within the NY and NJ Public school system and has been a guest director and artist at SUNY Stony Brook, Fordham at Lincoln Center, The Hartt School and Johns Hopkins University. Lauren works in nonprofit arts management with a focus on community engagement and public programming. She is also the  Project Manager for the city of Portsmouth’s participation in Americans for the Arts’ Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 study.

The Wells Reserve’s nimble, community-based, and revenue-diverse nonprofit arm, Laudholm Trust, develops the Reserve as a center for science, environmental education, and stewardship. With a long tradition of programming community gatherings, special performances, and innovative speakers; we aim to encourage our community members of all ages to critically engage with the present, imagine a better future and collaboratively act for sustainability.

Amy Sterndale (Moderator) is a Seacoast area business advisor with the SBDC. Amy is also the owner of Sterndale Strategic, a communications and marketing consulting firm, where she works with companies on rebranding, crisis communications, and creating powerful business stories to engage with stakeholders.  Amy worked at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire and at Random House, Inc. in New York. At Random House she was a marketing manager for Times Books, Times Business, and Random House Reference, promoting  books by leaders in government, health, technology, and business including current and past U.S. presidents. She received her MBA from UNH and is a past board member of the NH Women's Foundation and the Portsmouth Historical Society. She lives in Durham with her family.

Annie Ropeik (Speaker, Climate Journalist) is a freelance journalist based in Portland. She serves on the board of the Society of Environmental Journalists and works as assistant director of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, a reporting collaborative based at the University of Missouri. Annie previously reported for Spectrum News Maine and spent about a decade as an award-winning local public radio reporter, including for New Hampshire Public Radio, where she founded the newsroom's climate desk, covered wildfire adaptation for NPR and co-hosted the special podcast series "Windfall." A Maryland native, Annie earned a B.A. in classics and philosophy from Boston University.

Dr. Linda Stathoplos (Speaker, Scientist) received her Ph.D. in Oceanography from the Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, in 1989. She worked for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for over 17 years, first managing biological oceanographic data archives, and then managing satellite ground systems to help monitor earth and space weather and sea level. She also worked in private industry for 8 years, making dynamic ocean maps for fishing customers. She has retired from NOAA and is now a consultant for Earth Resources Technology, Inc. She lives in Wells, Maine, with her husband, John Lillibridge.