Our Team

Betsy is founder and executive director of PSRF.  She is also President of the Pacific Shellfish Institute.  Betsy served on the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Acidification and collaborated with NOAA to establish the Kenneth K Chew Center for Shellfish Research and Restoration that PSRF operates to help restore native shellfish and living marine resources.  Betsy has a degree in English from Stanford University and a lifelong interest in the marine world.

betsy@restorationfund.org
206.780.6947

Jodie joined PSRF in 2019 as Deputy Director, where she will advance our science, expand partnerships, and build support for our unique brand of in-water restoration. Prior to PSRF, Jodie worked at The Nature Conservancy and The Natural Capital Project. She received her PhD in Aquatic & Fishery Sciences from the University of Washington. Her 2 kids keep her and her husband on their toes, exploring the wonders of the world, both great and small.

jodie@restorationfund.org
206.795.6378

Brian, PSRF’s in-house ecologist, is interested in all things marine – both as a scientist and a forager.  Brian completed a BS in 1996 at the Huxley College for Environmental Studies at Western Washington University where he studied marine ecology.  Before joining the PSRF, Brian’s work concerned applied science or commercial fisheries.

brian@restorationfund.org
360.280.7410

Josh joined PSRF in 2011 and directs pinto abalone hatchery cultivation, research and field programs aimed at recovery of this unique but severely threatened mollusk. Josh earned an M.S. in Aquatic & Fishery Sciences from the University of Washington. Josh enjoys diving, eating seafood, mountain biking and spending time with family.

josh@restorationfund.org
206.780.6947

As PSRF’s hatchery research director, Ryan guides hatchery-based research on Olympia oyster, pinto abalone and other species.  After growing up in the highland deserts of North Central Washington, Ryan became fascinated by the marine environment at Western Washington University.  He received an MS in Zoology from the University of British Columbia.  Ryan also worked as a research assistant at Dauphin Island Sea Lab and taught courses in marine ecology at Northwest Indian College.

ryan@restorationfund.org

In 2014, Stuart joined PSRF’s Kenneth K. Chew Center where he currently manages hatchery operations, including microalgae culture, and cultivation of Olympia oysters, pinto abalone, and other species. Before moving to the west coast, Stuart received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Bates College in Maine.  Stuart’s competing passions are Marine Ecology and Big Mountains. When he isn’t working with larvae you will find him skiing or diving.

stuart@restorationfund.org

Morgan Adkisson joined PSRF in 2017 as part of the pinto abalone recovery project, where she performs day-to-day care and husbandry of the abalone. She received a degree in Marine Biology at the University of Oregon, where she spent much of her time in Coos Bay, OR at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology.  In her free time she kayaks around the Sound, hikes through the mountains, and drinking lots of local beer.

morgana@restorationfund.org